NIE
Residency card Spain - How to obtain one
NIE for European citizens living
in Spain (Page 3)
Until a month ago, after you went to the police
office with the required documents, they would send
you the NIE to your home address after about a month.
Now things have changed, as they will give you the
NIE straight away. The bad part is, however, the
long queue you now need to do outside the police
office in Barcelona. The office opens at 9am, but
people start queuing from 7am. Also, the office,
even though they close at 14.00, only admits up
to 250 people a day. All the others will be sent
home and asked to queue on another day, so make
sure you are there quite early.
The DNI
The DNI is the Spanish ID, equivalent to a residency
card for foreigners. Nowadays it is no longer necessary
for EU citizens to have one. If you want, however,
you can still apply for one, after you have obtained
the NIE, by asking for information in the same office
where you obtained the NIE (Calle M. L’Argentera
2-4, Barcelona).
Documents required for living in Barcelona to non-EU
residents
Non-EU citizens who wish to stay in Spain for more
than three months, need to get a residency permit.
They need to apply for a residency permit within
30 days of their permanence in Spain at the local
police station. In alternative, they can apply for
a residency visa in the Spanish Embassy in their
country.
Social Security (Seguridad Social) in Barcelona
and Spain
When moving to Spain it is useful to get a Social
security number, especially if you are going to
be self employed. You can find all the information
you need and the addresses of the Social Security
Offices in Barcelona and Spain on http://www.seg-social.es/inicio/?MIval=cw_usr_view_Folder&LANG=6
Police
office location - click on map
Update: March 10th 2008: From
Martin Tozer: "Europeans do not need to have
empadronamiento to get the NIE. They can get it
directly from the police station. At least this
was the case for myself and numerous other colleagues
in October 2007."
Update: September 20th 2008: From
Jura Zymantas: "Sometimes bureaucracy does
get better. It's only a
1-step process and as was mentioned earlier, you
don't need to be "empadronado".In September
2008, in Barcelona, students with EU nationality
only needed to go to the police station in Joan
de Borbó, submit the filled application for
the "certificado de registro de residente comunitario"
and go pay the "tasas". (It seems the
banks and "caixas" going in towards the
sea are more amenable than the ones on Joan de Borbó
which only allow this transaction on fixed days.)
When you return to the police station, your certificate
is printed up and includes your NIE.
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