<aside> 🔥 Complete list of documents for obtaining TIE — Residence Card in Spain — after approval of residence permit under Law 14/2013 (Digital Nomad & Entrepreneurs)

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→ Back to the Spanish Startup Residence Permit: A Comprehensive Guide (Apr’2025 EN Edition)

<aside> 🔥 How’s it works in 2025? - In Barcelona, appointment slots for fingerprints (for the following week) open on Thursday at 15:00, like clockwork! No need to choose a specific office, please!

• The card takes 15 days to be ready
• Only one type of appointment, no need to overthink it
• It’s all simple, it’ll work out, don’t worry!

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Residential card (TIE)

<aside> 🔥 THE WHOLE PROCEDURE IS SUPER SIMPLE

You can’t mess it up fatally — no one’s going to revoke your residency or send you home. The form is really easy to fill out, and if there’s a mistake, they’ll fix it on the spot.

You’ve already been granted residency, so relax — this is one of the easiest steps, with zero risk of losing your permit.

You don’t need an expert, a document checker, or some kind of genius. Believe in yourself, you’ve got this :)

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Steps

1. Book a fingerprint appointment at the police station (yes, even for babies)
2. Go in person to give your fingerprints
3. Wait 2–3 weeks
4. Go and personally pick up your card (no, they won’t mail it, and they won’t hand it over with a power of attorney)

• Appointment booking site:— Solicitar cita para tomar huellas

<aside> ⁉️ What type do I need? May 2025: Just use it.

POLICÍA-TOMA DE HUELLAS (EXPEDICIÓN DE TARJETA) INICIAL, RENOVACIÓN, DUPLICADO Y LEY 14/2013

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<aside> ⁉️ How to know if you need a padrón (empadronamiento) and where you can give your fingerprints

• If you already have a padrón — stop reading, just book your appointment in your province (where you’re registered), bring the padrón, and you’ll get your card with no issues.

• ONLY FOR BARCELONA & MADRID PROVINCES: When you submitted your documents, did you put an address in the province of Barcelona or Madrid on the MI-T form, and now you’re planning to give fingerprints in the same province?

• You DO NOT NEED a padrón! Use the same address on the TIE form as you did for your residency application. They won’t ask for the padrón. (There’s a small chance a clueless clerk might ask — in that case, you can either convince them or book a new appointment and try again. It’ll work out.)

• ALL PROVINCES EXCEPT BARCELONA AND MADRID: Are you giving fingerprints in a different province? Did you write an address outside of Barcelona or Madrid on your residency application? Then you DO NEED a padrón → you must give fingerprints in the province where you’re registered.

(There’s a tiny, random chance they won’t ask for it — but normally, they will.)

(!) Please don’t DM asking “But do I need a padrón though?” — you’ll just get this exact message again :)

If you DO need a padrón → give your fingerprints in the province where you’re registered.

This padrón logic is based on real cases — 1,000 people have gone and tested it.

If you still have questions — you’re overcomplicating it. Everything you need is right here.

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<aside> ♻️ So how do I give fingerprints without a padrón if they’re asking for it and I haven’t rented a place yet?

OK, here’s the secret recipe (as of May 2025, still valid): Go give your fingerprints in Reus. Reus, Tarragona Province. Book an appointment after 15:00.

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