Permit Price
£50
Getting Your Firearms Permit for Spain
Last Updated:
March 5, 2026
Processing Time
15 business days minimum from Spanish Consulate
Authority
Guardia Civil via Spanish Consulate General, London
Difficulty
Moderate
Best Hunting Months
Boar Oct–Feb, partridge Oct–Jan, ibex year-round
Tristan Dummer
Founder
Spain offers some of Europe's finest driven hunting — montería wild boar drives, red-legged partridge shoots, and red deer stalking across vast private fincas. Since Brexit, UK hunters are treated as third-country nationals and must obtain a firearms import permit through the Spanish Consulate before travelling. The process is well-established and outfitters are experienced in guiding clients through it, but paperwork must be in order before you leave. You deal with the destination country's authorities — no UK export paperwork is required for temporarily travelling with your own firearms.
Step 1: Confirm Your Hunt and Obtain an Invitation Letter
Confirm your hunt dates, location, and accommodation with your Spanish outfitter. You will need a formal letter of invitation from them confirming the dates, the region, and the nature of the hunt. This letter is a required part of your permit application.
Step 2: Apply to the Spanish Consulate General, London
Submit your firearms permit application to the Spanish Consulate General in London at least one month before your departure date — the minimum processing time is 15 business days but delays are common. A maximum of three firearms per hunter is permitted.
Step 3: Gather Required Documents
You will need: a valid passport, your UK Firearm Certificate with a certified English-to-Spanish translation, a completed application form, a full airline itinerary, and your invitation letter. Translations must be certified — your outfitter may be able to recommend a qualified translator.
Step 4: Declare at the Point of Entry
On arrival in Spain, present your permit at the Intervención Central de Armas y Explosivos (ICAE) or the Intervención de Armas y Explosivos de la Guardia Civil (IAE) desk at the airport. These are the Guardia Civil firearms units responsible for verifying your documentation and recording your firearms details. Do not proceed through baggage claim without completing this step.
Step 5: Comply with Regional Hunting Regulations
Hunting in Spain is regulated at autonomous community level. Your outfitter will hold the necessary licences and permissions for the finca. The national body is the Real Federación Española de Caza. Foreign hunters do not require a separate Spanish hunting licence when hunting on private land through a licensed outfitter — confirm this with your outfitter before travel.
We can manage your application for you
We handle the forms in collaboration with the authorities to make sure everything is in your hands or on your phone before you fly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Some hunting and sporting competition shoots ask outfitters and hosts to organise their guests temporary firearms permits. Your outfitter will be able to do this on your behalf through the Ambulo platform or you can do it yourself.
For outfitters and hosts organising permits for their guests, please contact tristan@ambulo.co to streamline this process.
To amend your application and your permit, before you travel, you need to contact us at least 14 days before your departure date. If you need to make amends to your permit, please email tristan@ambulo.co
Generally, you do not need to buy an additional permit for your stopover. However, some countries may require you to buy an additional permit. This is generally on a country by country basis. For example, if you are travelling to Poland, but flying to Germany and driving across, you may have to buy a permit for Germany, depending on the location.
Permit costs vary depending on the country you are travelling to. Once our permits go live you will be able to see a full pricing break down. We have priced this to be roughly the same price as hiring a rifle or shotgun at your final destination. Nothing beats taking your own equipment across!
At the moment, extending the length of your permit duration is not possible. We advise that you ask your host to either add a buffer time frame to the end of your trip in case you would like to stay longer. You can of course come back earlier if needs be but the duration and date of validity for your permit is linked to your arrival and departure dates you set out in your application.
For business and partnerships, please contact tristan@ambulo.co
At the moment, Ambulo only provides permits for the destination you are hunting within. If you are driving to your destination and crossing countries, you will have to follow each countries firearm rules and restrictions. This generally means you will need a permit for each country, if you are driving through Europe, for example.
We do not offer refunds at the moment, but is something we are working on. The reason we do not offer refunds is based on the agreements set by consulates, embassies and police forces of the destination countries.
You can either scan your Firearms License, Passport and letter of invitation through a traditional printer scanner, or use an application like Turbo Scan.
If you are using an app that converts photos into a scanned file, ensure all areas of the pages you scan are clear and legible and are saved as a PDF. For people with a UK firearms license, where your certificate contains multiple pages, ensure all pages are photographed and collated into one PDF.