Dummy ticket (flight reservation) for Spain visa from India

What the Spain checklist asks for

• Roundtrip flight bookings in every traveller’s name, held rather than purchased.
• Hotel accommodation for the whole stay or, for family visits, an invitation letter from your host issued by the Spanish national police.
• A cover letter with the purpose, dates, companions, transport and accommodation.
• Bank statements for the last six months, for you and for any sponsor.
• ITR-V or Form 16 for the last two years.
• Travel medical insurance of at least €30,000, valid across Schengen for the whole trip.

A real order: flight reservation and hotel bookings matched date by date

Spain: the options side by side

BLS International and your jurisdiction

Spain collects visa applications in India through BLS International, with centres in New Delhi (Barakhamba Road), Mumbai (Nariman Point), Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Puducherry, Chandigarh and Jalandhar. Which mission decides depends on where you have lived: BLS says the applicant “should be a resident of the said jurisdiction for at least a period of six months”.

The Consulate General in Mumbai covers Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu. The Embassy in New Delhi covers the north and east, including Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, as well as Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

What the Embassy asks for, and what it does not want

The Embassy’s list of documents for tourism and private visits groups the trip details together: a cover letter, “Flight bookings (roundtrip)”, and hotel accommodation for the whole stay. If you are visiting family or friends in Spain, the hotel is replaced by an invitation letter from the resident issued by the Spanish national police, the carta de invitación.

Two rules go beyond the EU list for India. Spain wants bank statements for the last six months, for you and any sponsor, where the EU list asks for three, and ITR-V or Form 16 for two years. It also asks applicants to refrain from providing documents other than those mentioned. A tidy file of exactly the listed items reads better than a thick one.

Mumbai and Delhi decide differently

In 2025 Spain received 90,720 Indian applications, down from 97,204 the year before. The Consulate in Mumbai handled 50,389 and did not issue a visa in 11.7% of them; the Embassy in New Delhi handled 40,331 and the rate was 20.0%. Only 16.1% of the Spanish visas issued to Indians were multiple-entry, one of the lowest shares in Schengen.

You cannot choose your mission, but the pattern tells you two things. Delhi-jurisdiction applicants, including most of Punjab and North India, face the stricter reading and should make every document agree. And because most visas issued are not multiple-entry, plan on a visa for the trip you describe rather than a long one: make the reservation your real dates, not placeholder ones.

Timing with BLS, and transit through Spain

BLS sends files to the Embassy or Consulate the next working day, or within 2 to 4 days from non-metro centres, and the EU standard decision time is 15 calendar days. Mumbai-jurisdiction centres only accept files whose travel date is more than 15 calendar days after submission. Book the BLS slot first, then order the flight reservation for the day you walk into the BLS centre, or the evening before. The airline, not BLS or the desk, sets the hold on an unpaid booking and can let it lapse at any time, so order it close to your BLS visit and check the names as soon as it arrives.

Since 4 March 2026 Spain no longer requires an airport transit visa from ordinary Indian passport holders, as the Embassy announced on 19 February 2026. If you connect airside in Madrid or Barcelona to a third country, for example in Latin America, that transit visa is no longer needed. Check the rule again before booking, as transit policy can change.

Flying from India to Spain

Your reservation should follow a route you could realistically fly. These are common options; schedules change, so the desk confirms what is bookable for your dates.

Mistakes to avoid with a Spain application

• Looking for a VFS appointment. Spain’s applications go through BLS International.
• Using a Mumbai-jurisdiction centre with less than 15 days to the travel date.
• Three months of bank statements when Spain asks for six.
• A host’s informal letter instead of the police-issued carta de invitación.
• Adding documents the Embassy did not ask for.
• Buying the air ticket before the visa, against the Embassy’s advice.

Dummy ticket and hotel bookings, matched to your itinerary

We do not send one loose document. The desk matches the flight reservation and every hotel booking to your itinerary: the same dates, the same cities, and no night left uncovered. These are the real documents of one order for a Switzerland visa file, issued on 5 November 2026: one flight reservation and four hotel bookings that cover all 9 nights between the two flights. Personal details are blacked out; everything else is as issued.

• Flight reservationEtihad, Hyderabad (HYD) to Zurich (ZRH), status Confirmed
• Hotel booking, ZurichMEININGER Hotel Zürich Greencity, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, GenevaB&B HOTEL Geneva Airport, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, LucerneSeminarhotel Romerohaus, 2 nights
• Hotel booking, Zurich AirportLeonardo Hotel Zurich Airport, 1 night

Open the full documents and the day-by-day table: flight and hotels matched date by date

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