Foreigner

On-site Go

Personally,

In front of the Offices of Foreigners, Superior Headquarters or the Police Stations of the locality where the interested party intends to remain or fix his residence.

Basic data of the procedure:

• Form of initiation: At the request of the interested party.
• Type of procedure: Authorizations, Licenses and Concessions.
• Subject of the procedure: CIVIL RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND RELATIONS.
• Resolution of the procedure:
  • Bodies competent to resolve this procedure:
    • Government Subdelegates or Government Delegates in the Autonomous Uniprovincial Communities.
  • Maximum period for resolving and notifying: 3 months.
  • The decision on the procedure does put an end to the administrative procedure.
  • 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. Open a new window. External link.
• Resources that can be interposed:
  • Replenishment
    • Organ that resolves the appeal: Organ that dictated the act.
    • Time-limit for lodging the appeal: 1 month
  • Contentious - Administrative
    • Organ that resolves the appeal:
      • Contentious Court - Administrative.
      • Central Administrative Litigation Courts; Administrative Litigation Chambers of the High Court of Justice.
      • Administrative Litigation Chamber of the National Court; Administrative Litigation Chamber of the Supreme Court.
    • Time-limit for lodging the appeal: 2 months from the publication.

Regulations:

• 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: 994235