01Who gets one
Non-EU nationals who will live here: workers holding a visa, students on long courses, relatives joining a resident, non-lucrative residents, plus UK citizens protected by the Withdrawal Agreement. EU citizens never receive one; theirs is the green certificate.
02Order of play
- Enter Spain on your visa, or with your authorisation granted
- Reserve the toma de huellas through the cita previa system, province of Zaragoza
- Complete form EX-17; settle the Modelo 790-012
- Bring passport, photos, form, paid fee and the document granting your permit
- Return for the card once the office says it is ready
03Start the day you land
The deadline for requesting the card counts from your entry into Spain, and slots take time of their own to find, so begin booking within your first days in Zaragoza. Leaving the country before the card exists can also make coming back awkward, which is why we plan the booking around your arrival date.
04Bring along
- Passport showing the visa, and a copy
- EX-17 with your signature
- Recent photos in passport format
- The paid fee slip
- The resolution or visa behind your stay
- A padrón certificate, should the office ask
In Zaragoza
"Expedición TIE" features on the police list of procedures for Zaragoza's Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras, Avda. de Valencia n.º 50. Reserve the fingerprint session under the province of Zaragoza and hold on to the confirmation, which says where and when.
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
Not quite: the card displays your NIE, but it also has its own support number, which certain online forms request.
Exactly as long as the permit underneath: a student card tracks the course, a work card tracks the authorisation.
Count on going yourself. Collection is explained at the fingerprint session.
Report it, then reserve a slot to request a duplicate. Travel planned meanwhile? Read up on the autorización de regreso.