Public Holidays / Closures
Spain visa application centers will not serve the public on the following holidays in 2025:
| HOLIDAYS |
DAY |
REASON |
Quito |
Guayaquil |
| 1 January |
Wednesday |
New Year |
✔ |
✔ |
| 3 March |
Monday |
Carnival |
✔ |
✔ |
| 4 March |
Tuesday |
Carnival |
✔ |
✔ |
| 17 April |
Thursday |
Holy Thursday |
✔ |
✔ |
| 18 April |
Friday |
Good Friday |
✔ |
✔ |
| 2 May |
Friday |
Labor Day |
✔ |
✔ |
| 23 May |
Friday |
Battle of Pichincha |
✔ |
✔ |
| 25 July |
Friday |
Foundation of Guayaquil |
|
✔ |
| 11 August |
Monday |
Cry of Independence |
✔ |
✔ |
| 10 October |
Friday |
Independence of Guayaquil |
✔ |
✔ |
| 3 November |
Monday |
Independence of Cuenca |
✔ |
✔ |
| 4 November |
Tuesday |
All Souls Day |
✔ |
✔ |
| 6 December |
Friday |
Quito Festival |
✔ |
|
| 8 December |
Monday |
Immaculate Conception |
|
✔ |
| 25 December |
Thursday |
Nativity of the Lord |
✔ |
✔ |
Spain visa application centers will not serve the public on the following holidays in 2026:
| HOLIDAYS |
DAY |
REASON |
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year |
| 6 January | Tuesday | Epiphany of the Lord |
| 16 February | Monday | Carnival Monday |
| 17 February | Tuesday | Carnival Tuesday |
| 2 April | Thursday | Maundy Thursday |
| 3 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day |
| 25 May | Monday | Battle of Pichincha |
| 10 August | Monday | Independence Cry |
| 12 October | Monday | Spanish National Holiday |
| 2 November | Monday | All Saints' Day |
| 7 December | Monday | Constitution Day |
| 8 December | Tuesday | Immaculate Conception |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas |
