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Get Your Spanish TIE (Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero) After Residence Authorization
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Solicitud de tarjeta de identidad de extranjero — modelo oficial
Official application form (modelo oficial)
Required: Original and copy
Common identifier: EX-17 (Solicitud de tarjeta de identidad de extranjero)
The Policía Nacional page refers to the form as 'modelo oficial'. EX-17 is the conventional form code used in practice.
Pasaporte o título de viaje
Passport or travel document
Required: Original, with the entry stamp or border-control mark from your point of entry into Spain
If you do not have an entry stamp, you may instead submit a declaración de entrada filed personally at any Comisaría de Policía or Oficina de Extranjeros within 72 hours of arrival.
Fotografía reciente, en color, fondo blanco, tamaño carné
Recent passport-size colour photograph
Required: One recent colour photo on a white background, passport / carné size
Visado, en su caso
Visa, where applicable
Required: Original visa, where the residence authorization was preceded by a Spanish visa
Resolución de concesión de la autorización
Resolution granting your authorization
Required: The administrative resolution granting the residence authorization that justifies issuing the TIE
Specific cases include Visados SME, transboundary-worker authorizations, Ley 14/2013 entrepreneur authorizations, and authorizations granted on judicial review.
Justificante del abono de la tasa modelo 790 código 012
Proof of fee payment
Required: Original bank-stamped or online-paid justificante for the tasa modelo 790 código 012
Pay the fee in advance and bring the proof to the appointment — the Comisaría or Oficina de Extranjeros will not start the trámite without it.
Afiliación o alta en la Seguridad Social, en su caso
Social Security registration (where applicable)
Required: Where the underlying authorization (for example a work permit) requires Seguridad Social registration
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