Foreigner Procedures
Procedures and Procedures
Long-term residence card
Document intended to identify the foreigner for the purposes of proving his legal status in Spain.
A foreigner who has been authorized to reside and work in Spain indefinitely under the same conditions as Spaniards is in long-term residence.
Requirements and conditions
Classes and typologies
- Residence of long duration national.
- Long-term residence - EU.
Who are the interested parties?
- Foreigners who have been granted the national residence permit or the EU-long residence permit.
Period of validity
- Foreigners who hold an EU residence permit must apply for the renewal of their Foreigner ID card every five years. In the cases of the second and subsequent renewal, if the holder of the authorization has already reached the age of 30 years, the validity of the issued card will be 10 years.
- In the cases of the second and subsequent renewal, if the holder of the authorization has already reached the age of 30 years, the validity of the issued card will be 10 years.
How to carry out the procedure
On-site Go
- The management will be carried out personally
- The application and the accompanying documents must be filed with any Aliens Office or Police Station.
- The management will be carried out personally
Documentation
Passport or travel certificate or, where applicable, valid registration card.
A recent photo, in color, on white background, size card.
Proof of payment of the corresponding fee.
Information
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:
- Directorate General of Police
- Bodies competent to resolve this procedure:
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 1155/2024, of 19 November, approving the Regulation of Organic Law 4/2000, of 11 January, on the rights and freedoms of foreigners in Spain and their social integration. Open a new window. External link.
- Code of the procedure: 994242
Models of forms
- Application for Long-Term or Long-Term EU-Residence Authorization (Form EX17) Opens a new window. External link.
- Rate, amount and place of payment
- Printed Tax Model 790 Code 012 Opens a new window. External link.
- View Amount of Fees
- Banks, Savings Banks and Credit Cooperatives, in which it is not necessary to have an open account, by presenting the entry document
All the procedures
All the formalities and procedures of foreigners
- Foreigner procedures
- Extension of short-term stayForm EX29
- Student card for foreigners starting or renewing(Form EX17)
- Assignment of NIE at the request of interested party.(Form EX15)
- Certificate of registration(Form EX16)
- Certificate of Resident(Form EX15)
- Certificate of non-resident(Form EX15)
- Statue of Stateless Person(Form)
- Authorisation issuance invitation letter(Form)
- EU citizen registration certificate(Form EX18)
- Initial card or renewal residence or residence and work(Form EX17)
- Residence card for a relative of a citizen of the European Union(Form EX19)
- Authorization and renewal of temporary residence for exceptional circumstances(Form EX10)
- Authorization of Return(Form EX13)
- Long-term residence card(Form EX17)
- More information
- Return of Foreigners
- Prohibition of departure
- Prohibition of entry
- Refugee identity document, subsidiary protection and stateless person
- Travel document for refugee, subsidiary protection and stateless person
- Document Letter of Invitation
- Authorization of registration of undocumented persons
- Exceptional authorisation of entry
- Exceptional authorisation for a short stay
- Visa processing transit/stay at the border
- Refusal of entry into Spain
- Expulsion of foreigners
- Sanctioning in the matter of foreigners
- Foreigner Fees
- Documentation and Information