Foreigner

Requirements and conditions

• Citizens of an EU Member State. or of another State party to the E.E.E. Agreement who will be residing in Spain for a period of more than three months, are obliged to apply personally to the Office of Foreigners of the province where they intend to stay or establish their residence or, failing that, to the corresponding Police Station, their registration in the Central Register of Foreigners. This application must be submitted within three months from the date of entry into Spain, and a registration certificate will be issued immediately stating the name, nationality and domicile of the person registered, his foreigner identity number, and the date of registration.

• Who are the stakeholders?

  • Citizens of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or of the Swiss Confederation.

How to carry out the procedure

• Period of validity

  • Once you have resided legally in Spain for a continuous period of five years, at the request of the interested party, a certificate of the right to reside permanently will be issued.

    Art. 10 Royal Decree 240/2007

• Face-to-face Go

  Before the Immigration Offices of the province where the interested party intends to stay or establish his residence or, failing that, before the corresponding Police Stations .

  • Personally within three months from the date of entry into Spain

Documentation

• Application Form for Registration in the Central Register of Foreigners (Form EX18)
• Proof of payment Tax model 790 Code 012.
• Valid and valid passport or national identity document, as well as documentation proving compliance with the requirements for registration established in art. 7 of Royal Decree 240/2007. In the event that this document is expired, a copy of the document and the request for renewal must be provided.

Information

• Basic data of the procedure:

  • Resolution of the procedure:
    • Bodies competent to resolve this procedure:
      • By Own Competition:
        • Directorate General of Police
    • Maximum period for resolving and notifying: Expedition immediately.
    • The resolution of the procedure does put an end to the administrative route.
    • Effect of the lack of resolution in this period: Dismissal (initiation at the request of the interested party).
    • Regulations governing administrative silence:
      • ORGANIC LAW 4/2000 of 11 January, on the rights and freedoms of foreigners and their social integration.
  • Resources that can be interposed:
    • Replacement
      • Organ that resolves the resource: Organ that dictated the act.
      • Period for lodging an appeal: 1 month
    • Contentious - Administrative
      • Organ that resolves the resource:
        • Contentious Court - Administrative.
        • Central Administrative Litigation Courts; Administrative Litigation Chambers of the High Court of Justice.
        • Administrative Litigation Division of the National High Court; Administrative Litigation Division of the Supreme Court.
      • Period for lodging an appeal: 2 months.

• Regulations:

  • ORGANIC LAW 4/2000 of 11 January, on the rights and freedoms of foreigners and their social integration. Open a new window. External link.
  • ROYAL DECREE 240/2007 on free movement and residence in Spain of citizens of the Member States of the European Union and of other States parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Open a new window. External link.
  • Code of the procedure: 994234