TIE HoyFamily reunification Spain
Choose the family framework before collecting documents. Your current permission, location and stage determine the next action.
Student family arrival — what do I do before fingerprints?
I · Choose the family route
FAMILY IN SPAINFamily residence in Spain — which route fits you?Your relative’s legal status determines the framework. Check your nationality, relationship and both locations before preparing documents.FAMILY REUNIFICATIONCan You Apply for Family Reunification in Spain?Check your residence history before preparing an ordinary family application.SPANISH FAMILYSpanish family residence — can you use this route?Check your family relationship and where each of you lives before choosing the application procedure.FAMILY IN SPAINEU family residence — eligibility in SpainCheck your own nationality, family link and the EU citizen’s residence basis before applying for a family card.FAMILY IN SPAINStudent family stay — eligible relatives in SpainCheck the principal’s study category and remaining permission. Eligible dependants have linked stay, with no work right under this permission.
II · Check eligibility and prepare
FAMILY REUNIFICATIONWhich Relatives Can Join You in Spain?Match the relationship to Article 66 before collecting certificates.FAMILY REUNIFICATIONHow Much Income Is Needed for Family Reunification?Calculate the initial application threshold and prove the resources behind it.FAMILY REUNIFICATIONHow to Get a Suitable Housing Report in SpainRequest the housing report before filing; a lease alone is not the report.FAMILY REUNIFICATIONDocuments Needed for Family Reunification in SpainBuild the sponsor’s EX-02 packet; the later consular visa has its own documents.FAMILY REUNIFICATIONSworn translation, apostille and legalization in SpainCheck language and authentication separately before paying to process a foreign document.
III · Submit the application
FAMILY REUNIFICATIONEX-02 family reunification applicationThe sponsor files the initial authorization in Spain before the relative applies for a visa.SPANISH FAMILYEX24 application — where do you file as Spanish family?Submit the initial Spanish-family residence request using your actual relationship and both locations.FAMILY IN SPAINEU family card application — how do I file EX-19?Apply after entry, within three months. Keep the filing receipt; it proves lawful stay while the initial card is pending.FAMILY IN SPAINStudent family application — where do I submit?Choose your own abroad or lawful-in-Spain procedure. The consular family-visa application also processes the stay authorization.
IV · While waiting
FAMILY REUNIFICATIONFamily reunification application statusSeparate the informative case status from the notification that starts a deadline.SPANISH FAMILYSpanish family residence status — what does waiting mean?Understand your pending initial Spanish-family authorization, rather than the later consular visa or card production.FAMILY IN SPAINStudent family application status — where do I check?Follow the channel on your own receipt. Domestic permission and a consular visa have different stages and decision clocks.FAMILY AND RESIDENCERequerimiento response — how do I submit the missing documents?Read the actual request before counting days. Its service date, deadline and designated submission channel control your response.
V · Visa and entry
FAMILY REUNIFICATIONFamily reunification visaApply for the ordinary visa after the sponsor receives the authorization approval.FAMILY IN SPAINSpanish family visa — consular stepsTwo tracks: sponsor in Spain with authorization notified, or both abroad where the visa also requests residence.FAMILY IN SPAINEU family entry — do I need a visa?Check your nationality and any qualifying family residence card before travelling to join or accompany the EU citizen.
VI · Cards and later status
FAMILY IN SPAINStudent family arrival — what do I do before fingerprints?An SLF visa holder first needs the stay authorization recorded at Extranjería. Check that record before attending the TIE appointment.FAMILY REUNIFICATIONFamily reunification first TIEEnter within the ordinary visa window, then start each relative’s first card.FAMILY IN SPAINIndependent family residence — which legal route applies?Read the legal basis of your current permit first. Ordinary independence, Spanish-family independence and EU retention are separate tasks.FAMILY REUNIFICATIONIndependent residence application EX-02File under Article 69 for ordinary reunited relatives; Spanish/EU-family permits use other rules.FAMILY IN SPAINSpanish family independent residence — applyDeath, departure, divorce or violence may open Art. 99; stable partners 94.1(c) excluded.FAMILY IN SPAINEU family residence retention — what changes after separation?Identify the event and prove the Article 9 ground. Notify the competent authority; this is not a Spanish-family independence application.FAMILY IN SPAINPermanent EU family card — when can I apply?Check continuous lawful residence, not just your card’s expiry. Permanent family residence uses its own EX-19 procedure.FAMILY AND RESIDENCEFamily reunification renewal — when and how do I apply?Use the ordinary family-residence renewal rules. Check both permissions, the continuing relationship and the actual renewal evidence.FAMILY IN SPAINSpanish family renewal — under five yearsArt. 95.4 renews only grants under five years while conditions hold. A five-year card date is not automatic long-term eligibility.FAMILY IN SPAINStudent family extension — is the student’s renewal enough?No automatic family renewal follows the student’s approval. Check your own expiry and whether the principal is extending or requesting a new authorization.
Changes and problems
FAMILY AND RESIDENCEResidence refusal remedies — which appeal fits my decision?Read the actual decision and remedy paragraph. Whether it ends the administrative route and whether it is express or presumed determines the next step.FAMILY AND RESIDENCEFamily sponsor change — can I still renew?Identify the change before choosing renewal or independence. Article 71 has specific substitute-sponsor cases; Article 69 governs independence.