TIE HoyIndependent residence application EX-02
Requirements, documents and steps for applying for independent residence in Spain.
Which form and ground do I choose?
Use EX-02 → “Residencia independiente de la persona reagrupante”.
Select your actual Article 69 ground and attach its proof; a job offer, separation or adulthood alone does not satisfy every ground.
Spouse, partner and children
Spouse/partner: at least one year of family authorization plus own qualifying means, employment or self-employment (Art. 69.1).
Children/legal wards: adulthood plus a qualifying Art. 69.1 condition, or adulthood plus five years in Spain (Art. 69.4).
Relationship ended, violence or death
Breakup normally requires a three-year relationship and one year together in Spain, with a common-child custody exception.
Art. 69.2 sets six-month filing clocks from the specified court/registry notice, victim-proof notice, or death. Keep that dated proof; violence and death do not share the ordinary one-year wait.
Parents and Blue Card families
Reunited parents need a work authorization route; the applicant/authority may depend on the work modification.
Blue Card families have a separate five-year EU residence condition, including the last two in Spain (Art. 69.5–6). Use the official independent-residence procedure for your branch.
Decision and card
Hoja 11 specifies three months with negative silence for spouse/child independent applications; a parent’s work modification follows its own procedure.
Read the exact approval or refusal. A pending application is not an independent grant; after approval, follow the TIE procedure stated in the decision.
What to do
Match your proof and filing clock to the exact independence ground.
Steps
- Match your permit and event to Article 69, not Article 99 or EU retention.
- Complete EX-02; attach full valid passport, family permit and ground-specific evidence.
- File at your residence-province Extranjería office or Mercurio; pay the applicable fee.
- Keep the receipt and monitor formal notices; after approval follow the card instructions in the decision.
Basis
RD 1155/2024 Art.69 separates spouse/partner, event, child, Blue Card and parent independence grounds. EX-02 records the ground; a parent’s work route can change applicant and authority.