Certificado de registro UE Toledo: the green certificate, translated

The procedure, in Spanish and in English

Forms

• EX-18
• Modelo 790 código 012

Where

Ronda de Buenavista 57, Toledo (police procedures, same building as the Oficina de Extranjería); Comisaría de Talavera de la Reina, C/ Carlos Barral 2

Carry

• Impreso EX-18 (the form), signed
• Pasaporte or DNI of your country, with a copy
• Proof for your category: work, study or means
• Seguro de enfermedad (health cover), if you do not work
• Tasa 790-012, paid (bank stamp or justificante de pago)

Who needs it

Europeans need no visa to settle in Spain. A holiday needs no paper at all; a move does. Once Toledo, or a town of the province, has been your home for three months, Spanish law expects you to be registered.

No NIE yet? The registration assigns one. Already have a number, perhaps from buying a flat? That same number goes onto the certificate. A relative from outside the EU does not use this form: theirs is the EX-19.

Your category, in the words of the law

Spanish rules register Europeans under a few categories. Choose the one that matches your life now, and bring the proof that goes with it.

• Trabajador por cuenta ajena, an employee: the contrato de trabajo, or the employer’s certificate of your post
• Trabajador por cuenta propia (self-employed): your registration as an autónomo, a self-employed worker
• Recursos suficientes y seguro de enfermedad (enough money and health insurance): bank statements or a pension, with public or private health cover such as an S1 form
• Estudiante (student): proof of enrolment, health insurance, and a declaración responsable, your own signed word that your money covers your stay
• Familiar (family member): proof of the family link with a European who is registered here, and that relative’s certificate

What to carry on the day

• EX-18, filled in and signed by you
• Pasaporte or documento nacional de identidad (national ID card), valid, plus a photocopy
• The proof for your category
• The paid Modelo 790 código 012
• A padrón certificate from your ayuntamiento, the town hall, if you have one: it is the simplest proof of your address
• Your cita previa confirmation

Where the province registers you

The Delegación del Gobierno’s page for Castilla-La Mancha lists “POLICIA-CERTIFICADO DE REGISTRO DE CIUDADANO DE LA U.E.” among the police procedures of its Toledo office, Ronda de Buenavista 57, served always with a cita previa. policia.es also lists “régimen comunitario”, the rules for EU citizens, at the Comisaría de Talavera de la Reina, Calle Carlos Barral 2.

What the certificate does not do

The green certificate carries no photograph. It proves a registration, not an identity: at a bank or an airport desk, show it next to your pasaporte or your national identity card. If you move house or your circumstances change, tell the police, so that the paper stays true.

In Toledo, in particular

For the certificado de registro UE in Toledo, the Delegación del Gobierno lists the procedure among the police ones at Ronda de Buenavista 57, always by cita previa, and policia.es lists EU registration at the Talavera de la Reina comisaría too. To show your address, a padrón certificate from your own ayuntamiento (Toledo, Bargas, Seseña or wherever you live) is the easiest paper.

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