Madrid Barajas Airport Immigration and Customs
Immigration and Customs at Madrid Barajas Airport
Spain is part of Europe's Schengen group of countries, and so the same visa and immigration rules apply. The countries including in the Schengen agreement include:
Germany, Austria, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Finland, France, Netherlands, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Czech Republic, Estonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland.
In order to travel within Spain, you may be required to show your passport even though a Visa is not required. You should hence always carry this document with you. In order to travel around Europe, you will definately need to show your passport and, where needed, your travel visa.
Customs and Duty Free
If you are travelling within Europe you are likely to not have any restrictions on items such as alcohol, tobacco and perfume.
Travel to the Canary Islands
Although the Canary islands are part of Spain politically, for trade purposes they are not classed as EU. Hence there are customs restrictions on items such as alcohol, tobacco and perfume when travellingn to or from this region.
