TIE HoyEU citizen registration — green certificate with your NIE
Requirements, EX-18 form and documents you need for EU citizen registration at the police station. Covers children too.
Which procedure do I need as an EU citizen staying over three months?
Apply for the Registration Certificate using EX-18; do not use EX-15 or the family-member card.
Book “POLICÍA — CERTIFICADO DE REGISTRO DE CIUDADANO DE LA U.E.” in ICP.
You receive the green A4 certificate with your NIE.
What must I bring, and what is different for an EU child?
Adult: valid passport/ID, padrón, work or resources-and-insurance proof, EX-18 and paid 790-012 (€12).
Child: a parent files it; add the birth certificate, parent’s registration/NIE and parent ID.
Generate Tasa 790-012.
What to do
Use EX-18 for every EU citizen, adult or child, who will reside in Spain for more than three months.
Bring
- Valid passport or national ID and copy
- Padrón for the Spanish address
- Employment proof, or sufficient resources plus public/private health cover, or student enrolment
- Completed EX-18; for a child, signed by the parent or legal representative
- Paid Tasa 790-012: €12
- For a child: birth certificate, parent’s registration certificate or NIE, and parent’s ID with copy
Steps
- Download and complete the official EX-18.
- Generate, pay and keep the Tasa 790-012 receipt.
- Book “POLICÍA — CERTIFICADO DE REGISTRO DE CIUDADANO DE LA U.E.” in ICP.
- Sort originals and copies for your route: work, resources with insurance, or studies.
- For a child, attend as the parent or legal representative with proof of the relationship.
Basis
Article 7 of Royal Decree 240/2007 requires registration for stays over three months and provides for an immediate certificate containing the NIE. Article 3 of Order PRE/1490/2012 sets the evidence for workers, self-sufficient people and students; EX-18 expressly provides for a legal representative, including a child’s parent.
More questions
When is the EU family-member residence card the correct route?
Use it when the family member is not an EU, EEA or Swiss national.
An EU-national child applies for their own EX-18; a non-EU family member follows the family-member card route.