Obtaining your NIE or Residencia

An NIE (Nu­mero Iden­tidad Ex­tran­jeros) is a Span­ish tax iden­ti­fic­a­tion num­ber as­signed by the Na­tional Po­lice to all for­eign­ers with fiscal ob­lig­a­tions. It is a legal re­quire­ment prior to work­ing in Spain, open­ing a bank ac­count, pur­chas­ing a prop­erty, ob­tain­ing a mort­gage, etc.

It is a very im­port­ant step for­ward, so be­ing your rep­res­ent­at­ives in Spain, this is one of the first things that we have to take care of.

The pro­ced­ure to ap­ply for your NIE without speak­ing the lan­guage can be dif­fi­cult and stress­ful. To be­gin with, it is very im­port­ant that we have all the doc­u­ments and in­form­a­tion re­quired by the au­thor­it­ies, as well as filling out the com­plex ap­plic­a­tion forms and pay­ing the gov­ern­ment fees. We can either ac­com­pany you to the ap­point­ment or we can ap­ply for your NIE num­ber on your be­half us­ing Power of Attorney as your legal rep­res­ent­at­ives.

The NIE doc­u­ment it­self is is­sued on a stand­ard A4 page, with the re­cip­i­ent’s full name, their place of birth, their na­tion­al­ity, and the num­ber it­self, along with a stamp and sig­na­ture provided by the Na­tional Po­lice.