your documents
This is the heaviest document chain of any destination in this guide, and it has a shape worth learning: legalise first, translate second, and finish everything before you fly to Delhi.
The set below is what a Nepali applicant is normally asked for. The Delhi mission publishes its own current list, and that governs.
Acceptance letter
From a RUCT-registered institution, for a registered degree.
Legalised academic documents
The full chain — Nepal has no apostille, so there is no single certificate.
Sworn Spanish translation
A traducción jurada of the legalised documents, by a recognised translator. Separate from legalisation.
Proof of funds
100% of the IPREM per month of stay, as stable funds rather than a recent deposit.
Private health insurance
Valid in Spain, full coverage, no co-payments, no waiting periods, for the whole stay.
Police clearance
From Nepal Police — and it needs legalising and translating as well.
Medical certificate
Commonly required for stays over six months. Confirm the current wording with the mission.
Passport, forms and photographs
To the Delhi mission's specification, with biometrics at lodgement.
You will also need India travel arrangements to attend the appointment. That is not a Spanish requirement, but it is a real application with its own timeline and it belongs on the same plan.
There is no Spanish mission in Nepal. The Embassy of Spain in New Delhi holds consular jurisdiction over Nepal, so the visa is lodged there in person. The Nepali offices below are where the legalisation chain and the police clearance actually happen.
Department of Consular Services, MoFA
Online Police Clearance Report (OPCR)
Confirm the current Delhi channel and appointment system yourself before booking anything — visa intake arrangements at large missions change, and this is the detail most likely to be out of date in anything you read, including this page.
Understand why there is no apostille
Nepal is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention. Countries that are can accept a single apostille certificate; Spain cannot for Nepali documents, so a chain of offices has to certify them instead.
Complete the legalisation chain first
Issuing body, then the relevant Nepali ministries, then the Spanish diplomatic channel. Order matters — a step done out of sequence usually has to be redone.
Then get the sworn translation
A traducción jurada by a translator recognised by the Spanish authorities. It translates the legalised document including its certifications, which is why it comes second.
Do the police clearance on the same track
It is not exempt. The Nepal Police certificate needs legalising and sworn-translating exactly like your academic documents.
Why the chain exists: Nepal is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, so Spanish authorities cannot accept a single apostille certificate — documents go through a full legalisation chain instead
And the second requirement: a traducción jurada — sworn translation into Spanish by a translator recognised by the Spanish authorities, applied to the legalised documents including their certifications
One figure we can give precisely, and one we cannot.
The funds requirement: 100% of the IPREM per month of stay — currently €600 a month, so €7,200 for a full year, with tuition separate and on top
The visa fee for a Nepali passport: no Nepal rate we could verify
Spanish visa fees vary by nationality on a reciprocity basis, which is why a figure quoted for another country's applicants tells you nothing about yours. Ask the Delhi mission for the rate that applies to a Nepali citizen when you book.
Most of your file is issued in Nepal and is identical whichever destination you choose. Each of these has its own guide with the office address, the fee and the steps.
Spain asks more of the Nepal side than any other destination here. If you take one thing from this page: start the legalisation chain before you have an offer, because it does not depend on admission and it is what decides your intake.