British in Toledo: what Brexit changed on your papers

The procedure, in Spanish and in English

Forms

• Modelo 790 código 012

Where

Ronda de Buenavista 57, Toledo (police procedures); the confirmation of your booking says which office

Carry

• Pasaporte
• Old green certificate (if kept)
• Proof of residence before 2021
• Certificado de empadronamiento
• Fotografía reciente
• Tasa 790-012, paid (bank stamp or justificante de pago)

Two groups, two routes

• Resident in Spain by the end of 2020: you keep your rights under the Agreement, and your document is a TIE that names it
• Arriving since then: you need a visa or an authorisation first, like any other non-EU citizen, and then a TIE
• Owner or visitor who lives in the UK: no card, only a NIE if you buy, sell or inherit

The Withdrawal Agreement card

For Agreement residents, the Delegación del Gobierno lists a procedure of its own among the police procedures of its Toledo office, Ronda de Buenavista 57: “POLICIA-EXP. TARJETA ASOCIADA AL ACUERDO DE RETIRADA DE CIUDADANOS BRITANICOS Y SUS FAMILIARES (BREXIT)”. In English: issue of the card linked to the Withdrawal Agreement, for British citizens and their family members. It is booked like any other police procedure, with a cita previa.

Bring proof of your life here before 2021: the old green paper, if you kept it, a padrón certificate, a rental contract, a Spanish tax return, a job contract. The more clearly the papers show your residence by that date, the simpler the appointment.

Still holding the old green certificate

Many British residents registered as Europeans before Brexit, on the green certificate, and still keep that paper. It records your registration, but it has no photograph and says nothing about the Agreement. The TIE does both, so a border officer or a bank clerk can read your status from the card alone. The exchange is the procedure above.

Moving to Toledo now

A British citizen who moves here now applies like any non-EU citizen: a visa from a Spanish consulate in the UK, for work, study, family or residence without work (residencia no lucrativa), and then the toma de huellas for a TIE after arrival. Buying a home here opens no door to residence: the golden visa ended in 2025.

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In Toledo, in particular

British residents of Toledo, Illescas, Seseña or Talavera de la Reina book the Withdrawal Agreement card for the province of Toledo. The Delegación del Gobierno lists it among the police procedures of its office at Ronda de Buenavista 57, always by cita previa. Bring proof of your residence before 2021, even if you also bring the old green paper.

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