Working in Toledo: the numbers your employer asks for

The procedure, in Spanish and in English

Where

TGSS, Plaza San Agustín 3, 45001 Toledo (901 502 050), or online

Carry

• NIE document
• Passport or identity card
• Visa or work authorisation, if you are not an EU citizen
• Contract or job offer

EU, EEA and Swiss workers

You may work freely. Ask for a NIE, on its own or with the green certificate, and register as a resident once you have lived here for three months. Your contract is the proof for the certificate. Living in the province with a job in Madrid changes none of this: your papers stay with Toledo.

Non-EU workers: the authorisation first

For a non-EU citizen, permission to work is written either in a visa stamped by a Spanish consulate or in an autorización de trabajo (work authorisation). For this province, the Oficina de Extranjería en Toledo at Ronda de Buenavista 57 rules on authorisations. The employer often starts the application. A NIE alone, even one asked for on form EX-15, never allows you to work.

Número de afiliación: the Social Security number

The TGSS gives this number. Its full name is Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social, in English the general treasury of social security. It is given once and never changes. The employer may request it for you; you can also request it online, or in person at one of the TGSS offices. Bring your NIE document and your passport or identity card.

Alta: the registration before day one

Alta means registration. The employer must give you the alta in the Seguridad Social before you start. You can check it later in your informe de vida laboral, the report of your working life, which you can request from the Seguridad Social.

Self-employed: the autónomo

An autónomo is a self-employed worker. To register as one, you need your NIE first, and, if you are not an EU citizen, an authorisation that allows self-employment.

Public offices in the province

Two public offices in the city are useful in a first job. The TGSS has its provincial office at Plaza San Agustín 3, 45001 Toledo, phone 901 502 050 or 915 410 291; it deals with affiliation, the Social Security number. The Oficina de Empleo de Toledo, the regional employment office of the Junta de Comunidades, is at Bajada de Castilla-La Mancha 5 (rear entrance), 45003 Toledo, phone 925 330 830: registration as a jobseeker, job offers, EURES for work elsewhere in Europe, training and support for self-employment. No hours are given for it.

The Junta lists other employment offices in the province, among them Illescas (Carretera de Ugena, phone 925 330 800) and two in Talavera de la Reina: Calle Amor Divino 3 (925 839 410) and Avenida Pío XII 2 A (925 839 445).

In Toledo, in particular

For the whole province, the Oficina de Extranjería en Toledo at Ronda de Buenavista 57 rules on work authorisations: the Delegación del Gobierno gives its hours as Monday to Friday, 9:00 until 14:00, gives no phone, and accepts applications online through MERCURIO or in person with a cita previa. The police procedures for workers, the NIE and the TIE, are in the same building, and the Comisaría de Talavera de la Reina lists them too.

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