Huellas TIE Toledo: from fingerprints to the card in your hand

The procedure, in Spanish and in English

Forms

• EX-17
• 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

• EX-17 with your signature
• Pasaporte and visado (visa), with a copy
• Fotografía reciente (a recent colour photo)
• Tasa 790-012, paid (bank stamp or justificante de pago)
• Resolución, if granted in Spain
• Certificado de empadronamiento

Before the card: your permission

The TIE grants nothing by itself. It is the document of a right you already have: a visa stamped in your passport by a Spanish consulate, or a resolución, the written decision of the Oficina de Extranjería, if your authorisation was granted in Spain.

Arrived on a visa? Then the fingerprints are your first cita previa for the province of Toledo. The rules allow little time after entry, and slots are not always easy to find.

Toma de huellas: the first visit

Toma de huellas means “taking of fingerprints”. The officer checks your papers, records your prints and your signature, and hands you a resguardo. Translated, the word means “safeguard”: it is the slip that proves your card is in production. Keep it safe: you show it to collect the card, and it is your proof of the request while you wait.

• EX-17, filled in and signed
• Pasaporte with the visa inside, plus a photocopy
• Fotografía: one recent colour photo, passport size, plain white background
• Tasa 790-012, with the bank stamp or the online receipt
• Resolución favorable, when the authorisation was granted inside Spain
• Certificado de empadronamiento, often requested
• Justificante de cita, printed or on your phone

Recogida de tarjeta: the second visit

Recogida means “collection”. The Delegación del Gobierno lists the recogida of the TIE among the police procedures of its Toledo office, served with a cita previa, so plan on a second booking. Go yourself, with the resguardo and your passport.

Before you leave the counter, read the card: your name, your NIE, the type of residence and the dates. A mistake is easier to fix on the spot than later.

When the card ends

A TIE lasts as long as the authorisation behind it. When the authorisation is renewed, a new card follows, with a new fingerprint appointment. Long-term residents renew the card itself: the Delegación names that procedure together with the toma de huellas. A trip abroad while the renewal is pending calls for an autorización de regreso.

In Castilla-La Mancha, a renewal or change of some temporary residence permits (residence without work, family reunification, employed or self-employed work) can be supported by an informe de esfuerzo de integración, a report on your effort to integrate, issued by the Junta de Comunidades, the regional government. It is for people on the padrón of a town in the region. You apply on the Junta’s sede electrónica with a digital certificate or Cl@ve, or in person at one of its registry points, with your TIE, your padrón certificate and your application or the letter from the Oficina de Extranjería. If no report arrives within one month, the Junta says the effort can be shown to the Oficina de Extranjería by any other lawful means.

In Toledo, in particular

Huellas TIE Toledo: the Delegación del Gobierno lists the toma de huellas and the recogida de TIE among the police procedures of its office at Ronda de Buenavista 57, both by cita previa, and policia.es lists TIE issue at the Comisaría de Talavera de la Reina as well. Each visit is a separate booking, so check the office on each confirmation.

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