01Situations it covers
- Expired TIE, renewal filed and still unresolved
- Card lost, stolen or damaged, duplicate not ready
- Occasionally, an application pending while a serious reason forces a trip
02Folder contents
- Passport, with a copy
- Proof of the renewal, or the police report of the loss or theft
- The application, completed, and the Modelo 790-012, paid
- Travel dates, should the office want them
03Permission first, flights second
Its validity is limited. Ask for it as soon as dates are known, and buy tickets once it is in your hands rather than before.
04How a case helps
We confirm that your situation qualifies, draft the application and search for a slot at the Zaragoza office, which lists autorizaciones de regreso among its procedures.
In Zaragoza
The police page of Zaragoza's Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras, Avda. de Valencia n.º 50, includes "autorizaciones de regreso" among its procedures. It shows the phone number 976 791 495 yet no opening hours, so reserve a slot and go by your confirmation.
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, do not rely on it. The receipt shows you filed; it is no travel document. This authorisation is.
It exists to get you back into Spain. Transit countries may apply their own rules, so check the itinerary.
No. EU citizens travel on their passport or national identity card.