spanish residency card

Spain is a wonderful and sunny country to live, but if you want to move here you need to know the process to get your residency card and the different ways to apply for it.

In Advisors Costa Blanca, we want to help you to become a legal resident. We can make the process fast and easy, book the appointment for you and go with you to the police foreign office.

As a result, you will not have problems with the language. 

What is permanent residency?

Who needs to obtain the Residency permit?

When our team receive this question: Europeans are obliged to register and get the residency permit in Spain?

Our answer is always the same, all citizens member of the Europe Union spending more than 90 days in Spain, must register as a resident.

What does a green residency card look like? The Residency, in Spanish “Certificado de Registro de Ciudadano de la Unión” is a green card without a picture that comes with your personal information. In this card, you can see your NIE number.

This card allows you to stay here legally for more than 3 months, but that doesn’t indicate that you will become a fiscal resident.

Permanent residence permit

There is a big confusion about the permanent residency, please stop reading conflicting and misleading information on the internet.

The permanent residence card doesn’t need to be renewed. You can apply for it after 5 years of living legally (using a temporary residency) and uninterrupted in Spain.

In some cases, it is possible to apply for it in less time. Please contact us to study your case.

Where do I apply for my residency card?

The only way to apply for Residency is in person. It is impossible to apply for the residence permit using Power of attorney. You must be present on the day of the appointment.

And it only can be submitted in a police station and most of the time you must book a previous appointment. Find your nearest police station.

When do I become a Spanish tax resident?

Any person becomes resident, once they apply for the residency card, but that doesn’t mean that you become a tax resident.

3 different circumstances to be considered tax resident:

• Have stayed longer than 183 days.
• Your main economic activities take place in Spain.
• People with dependents who are Spanish resident.

Otherwise, if you are not in one of these cases, you are considered non-resident for the tax propose.

Apply for the Spanish residency card

First of all, you need to know that, if you are from a non-European Union country you must entry legally in Spain and you probably must have a Visa before entering Spain and obtaining the Residency card.

Furthermore, every police station is different, therefore it is impossible to write all the requirements for every single place.

Please contact us to see the requirements in your city.

Citizenship of the European Union or family member of EU citizen, there are 4 common ways to apply for residency, in any of the cases, you will need a Padron (update, less than 3 months old) and show proof of income.