When does the one-month TIE deadline start?

Students

• If your student stay is longer than six months, you must request your TIE in person within one month of entering Spain.

  Official source: Real Decreto 1155/2024 — art. 34.3

• If your student stay is six months or shorter, the TIE obligation does not apply: your visa covers your stay.

  Official source: Real Decreto 1155/2024 — arts. 34.3 and 208

Non-lucrative visa

• With a non-lucrative residence visa, you must request your TIE in person within one month of entering Spain.

  Official source: Real Decreto 1155/2024 — art. 63.5

Work (employee or self-employed)

• For an initial general-regime employee or self-employed work permission, request the TIE within one month of your Social Security registration. Arrival alone is not the trigger.

  Official source: RD 1155/2024 — arts. 73.3 and 85.8

Family reunification

• For a first TIE after a general-regime family reunification visa, request the card within one month of entering Spain. This route is not the EU-family or Spanish-citizen-family procedure.

  Official source: Ministerio de Inclusión — Hoja 8: reagrupación familiar

Renewals and approved authorizations

• Where the TIE follows a granted residence authorization, the general card rule is one month from grant or when the authorization becomes effective. Use the approval notification for the card stage; a work permission conditional on Social Security registration has a different trigger.

  Official source: RD 1155/2024 — art. 209.1

In the meantime

• Your valid visa proves your legal situation from the day you enter Spain until you get your TIE.

  Official source: Real Decreto 1155/2024 — art. 208

• Not meeting your TIE obligations can lead to penalties under Spain's immigration law, so apply on time.

  Official source: Real Decreto 1155/2024 — art. 209.4

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