01A good fit for
- New hires whose employer wants the number before day one
- Buyers about to sign for a flat or a plot before a Zaragoza notary
- Heirs, investors and account holders living outside Spain
- Students who want the number settled before term
02How consulates handle it
The paperwork mirrors the Spanish one: form EX-15, passport and copy, evidence of the reason, the fee. Each consulate sets its own booking channel and payment method, and some want extra copies, so we go through your consulate's instructions with you before booking anything.
The consulate forwards the request and passes on the answer once a number is assigned. Rather not juggle those steps yourself? You can also start your NIE request remotely with Gestoraz, which handles that route at a distance.
03Consulate, or Zaragoza?
Living in Zaragoza already: the police office here, not a consulate. Abroad with weeks to spare before the move: the consulate saves an appointment hunt after landing. Flying out in a few days: filing in Zaragoza after arrival tends to be simpler.
04What we prepare
- An EX-15 completed from your passport
- A read-through of your consulate's particular rules
- The evidence of your reason, drafted with your employer or notary if useful
- A landing plan: padrón, social security, bank
In Zaragoza
Land in Zaragoza with a consulate-issued NIE and you will not need a NIE appointment again. EU citizens settling here go on to register as residents at the police office on Avda. de Valencia n.º 50, which also lists TIE issue among its procedures for non-EU residents.
Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Zaragoza
- Address
- Avda. de Valencia n.º 50, 50005 Zaragoza
- Phone
- 976 791 495
Handles
- NIE certificates and assignment
- EU citizens (régimen comunitario)
- TIE issue
- return authorisations (autorizaciones de regreso)
- students
- extensions (prórrogas)
- non-lucrative residence
- asylum
- travel documents and identity documents (cédulas)
The police page gives no opening hours: go at the time your cita previa confirmation gives.
Questions
No: same national number, same system behind it.
The number grants no right to work. EU citizens may work freely; non-EU citizens need a suitable visa or authorisation on top.
Only partly. Your route goes through a work authorisation and a visa, and the number arrives with them. Our page on being hired from abroad maps the chain.