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Procedure · NIE Barcelona

Partners and children of Europeans: the family card in Barcelona

When an EU citizen settles in Spain, a husband, wife or registered partner from outside the EU, and their children or dependent parents, can live here under EU rules too. They skip the ordinary immigration route and apply with form EX-19 for the EU family card, the tarjeta de familiar comunitario.

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§1Who it covers

The card is for relatives who are not EU citizens themselves: a spouse or registered partner, children under 21 or older and dependent, and dependent parents. The EU citizen must be registered in Spain, or register in the same period.

§2The file

  • Form EX-19, completed and signed by the applicant
  • The applicant’s passport and a photocopy
  • Proof of the relationship: a marriage, partnership or birth certificate, with an apostille or legalisation and a sworn Spanish translation if it was issued abroad
  • Your EU relative’s registration certificate and passport or ID
  • Proof of dependency, where the relationship requires it
  • Proof that the 790-012 fee is paid
  • One recent colour photo

§3A card, with fingerprints

Unlike the green certificate, this is a photo card with fingerprints. Applying, giving fingerprints and collecting the card can take more than one appointment, and the resolution sets how long the card is valid.

The police counters in Barcelona

Offices of the Policía Nacional, not ours: you go there for the appointment itself.

  1. Counter A · EU citizens · TIE issueSant Martí de Provençals, Sant Martí

    Oficina de Régimen Comunitario (Policía Nacional, Rambla Guipúzcoa)

    EU registration certificates, NIE numbers for EU citizens who are not resident, autorizaciones de regreso. The same address hosts the Oficina de Régimen General, which issues TIE cards to non-EU citizens.

    Address
    Rambla Guipúzcoa 74, 08020 Barcelona
    Hours
    Mon–Fri 9:00–14:00, with cita previa
    Official phone
    932 951 071

    Every procedure here is by cita previa. Non-EU citizens who are not resident get their NIE at Passeig de Sant Joan 189. No official page names a metro station or a bus stop for number 74: use the map.

    Map of this addressListed on policia.esAccess: guia.barcelona.cat

  2. Counter B · Non-EU, not resident

    Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras (Passeig de Sant Joan)

    NIE numbers for non-EU citizens who are not resident, residence certificates for non-EU citizens.

    Address
    Passeig de Sant Joan 189, 08037 Barcelona
    Hours
    Mon–Fri 9:00–14:00
    Official phone
    935 209 523
    Metro
    metroL4 Joanic
    Bus
    bus15 · 20 · 39 · 45 · 47 · 55 · 114 · 116

    Lines listed on a how-to-get-there sheet of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

    Map of this addressListed on policia.esAccess: upc.edu

  3. Counter C · TIE collectionEixample, corner of Enric Granados

    Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras (Carrer de Mallorca)

    Collection of TIE cards for non-EU citizens.

    Address
    Carrer de Mallorca 213, at Enric Granados, 08008 Barcelona
    Hours
    Mon–Fri 9:00–14:00
    Official phone
    934 514 804

    Map of this addressListed on policia.es

Questions on this entry

Can we apply at the same time?
The EU citizen can register while the family member applies; each has their own form and appointment. Bring the EU citizen’s certificate if it already exists.
Can the family member work with this card?
Yes. Holding the EU family card means you may also work in Spain, as an employee or on your own account.
Our marriage certificate was issued outside the EU. What do we do with it?
Foreign civil documents usually need an apostille or legalisation and a sworn translation into Spanish. Start with this: it is the slowest part of the file.

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