Guides to your TIE
Short answers to the questions people ask most, built only from official sources, each with the date we last checked it.
- What to bring to your TIE fingerprint appointment
The documents to bring to your TIE fingerprint appointment in Spain: EX-17, passport, photo, 790-012 fee receipt. Each item with its official source.
- How to fill in the EX-17 form
Fill in the Spanish EX-17 form correctly: current version, capital letters, date format, NIE boxes, the first-card box and DEHú notifications. With sources.
- The 790-012 fee: which option to choose and how to pay
Which 790-012 option to choose for a first or renewed TIE, the current amount, and how to pay at a bank without a Spanish account. Official sources.
- NIE vs TIE: what's the difference?
The NIE is your foreigner identity number; the TIE is the card that proves your status in Spain. What each one is, who needs a TIE and how long it lasts.
- When does the one-month TIE deadline start?
The one-month TIE deadline starts at a different moment depending on your case: entry into Spain, Social Security registration or approval. With sources.
- Getting your TIE as a student in Spain
Studying in Spain for more than six months? When you need a TIE, your one-month deadline, the EX-17 box to tick and the 790-012 fee. Official sources.
- Your first TIE with a non-lucrative visa
Arrived on a non-lucrative visa? Entry window, your one-month TIE deadline, how long the first permit lasts, the EX-17 box and the fee. Official sources.
- Renewing your TIE: documents and fee
Renewing a temporary residence TIE in Spain: approval comes first, your deadline, the documents to bring and the 790-012 renewal fee. Official sources.