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Procedure · NIE Barcelona

Studying in Barcelona as a non-EU student: the paperwork in order

For courses longer than 90 days, students from outside the EU apply for a student visa at a Spanish consulate before they travel, and the NIE comes with it. In Barcelona the list continues: fingerprints for the student TIE, the padró at your new address, a bank account, perhaps a part-time job.

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Have this prepared

§1Before the flight

  • The admission letter from your university or school
  • Proof of the means to fund your stay
  • Health insurance that the consulate accepts
  • A passport valid for the whole course
  • The visa application, at the consulate that covers the place where you live

§2Your first weeks in Barcelona

Once you have an address, register on the padró and book the toma de huellas for your student TIE. Most universities run an international office that explains their own steps, and the city’s Barcelona International Welcome desk helps international students and their families with settling-in procedures, by appointment.

§3Working while you study

A student stay allows some paid work, within limits set by the immigration rules, and an employer will need your NIE and a social security number to hire you. Read what your authorisation permits before you sign anything.

§4Renewal, and the end of the course

A student TIE follows your course. Renewal is requested before it expires, with proof that your studies continue. When the course ends, the rules offer other routes, such as looking for work or taking a job, and each has its own application.

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

Do I need a NIE before I arrive?
Students who travel with a national visa are assigned a NIE in the process; it is usually printed on the visa, and it is the number that will appear on your TIE.
I am an Erasmus student from Italy. Does any of this apply?
Not really. Students from EU countries follow the EU route, with the registration certificate if they stay longer than three months.
Can my partner join me in Barcelona?
Family members can apply to join a student under conditions set by the immigration rules; each files their own application.

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