In order to carry out any immigration procedure in Spain, whether it is an initial application for your residence permit or renewal (for example), you will have to fill out and submit a specific application form that will vary depending on the type of residency you are applying for.
In this page, you will find all immigration application forms with a direct download link, as well as the procedure associated with each one of them.
With these forms, you will be able to apply for any type of visa or residence permit, as well as carry out extra procedures such as getting your return authorization, NIE, and much more.
Key takeaways
- What they are: each immigration procedure in Spain needs its own application form, which depends on the type of residency you request, whether it is a first application or a renewal.
- Work permits: EX-03 is for a residence and work authorisation as an employee (por cuenta ajena), EX-07 for working as a freelancer or starting your own business, and EX-05 for the EU Blue Card.
- Non-lucrative and family: EX-01 is used for the non-lucrative residence visa and EX-02 for family reunification, whether you bring relatives to Spain or join family members who are already here.
- Exceptional circumstances: EX-10 covers residence and work for exceptional circumstances: social, family, sociolaboral, socioformativo and second chance arraigo, plus international protection or humanitarian reasons.
- NIE and TIE: EX-15 is the form for the NIE, whether you are a resident or a non-resident, and EX-17 is for the TIE card when you register your fingerprints.
- Return authorisation: EX-13 is the form for the return authorisation, which lets you leave Spain and come back while your residence card is being processed or renewed.
If you know which form you actually need, you just need to scroll down to the EX form you are looking for, click on the link, and download it instantly.
Otherwise, we have also attached a small description defining what each of the forms is used for, updated in accordance with current Immigration Regulations (Royal Decree 1155/2024).
That way, you will be able to verify if you are downloading the appropriate one.
EX-00 Form: residences and extensions
The EX-00 form is used to apply for your stay authorization and for a stay extension. That is, for example, to apply for or renew your student visa, for research or exchange programs.
EX-01 Form: non-lucrative visa
Form 01 is used to apply for the non-lucrative residency visa in Spain (i.e., a residency permit that allows you to live in the country but not to work as long as you have sufficient economic funds).
EX-02 Form: family reunification visa
If you wish to bring your relatives with you or you want to join your family members who are already in Spain, then you must be aware that the family reunification visa requires this document.
EX-03 Form: work permits
To apply for your residence and work authorization (i.e., a work visa to legally work for a Spanish company), which is called “por cuenta ajena” in Spanish.
EX-04 Form: internship residency
If you wish to apply for residency to do an internship in Spain, this is the form you must fill in and submit.
EX-05 Form: Blue card
The EX-05 form must be used by foreigners from outside the European Union who wish to obtain the EU Blue Card.
EX-06 Form: Fixed-term work permits
To obtain your residence and work authorization for fixed-term employment.
EX-07 Form: self-employed work permit
If you are going to start your own business or work as a freelancer in Spain, you must apply for the residence and self-employment work authorization through this form.
EX-08 Form: transnational services
Form 08 is required to obtain authorization for temporary residence and work in the framework of transnational services.
EX-09 Form: Temporary residency
For the application for a temporary stay or residency, with the exception of a work permit.
EX-10 Form: Arraigos
This form, vastly used by many foreigners, is used to obtain a residence and work authorization for exceptional circumstances, i.e., what is called arraigo (either social arraigo, family arraigo, sociolaboral, socioformativo or second chance arraigo), as well as the residency for international protection or humanitarian reasons.
EX-11 Form: long-term residency
The EX-11 form is widely used when you have been living in Spain for at least 5 years; you will be able to apply for long-term residency or EU permanent residency (which will grant you the capacity to legally stay in the country for 5 extra years indefinitely). And that is done through form EX-10.
EX-12 Form: working authorization
This form is required to obtain a working authorization (“autorización para trabajar”); for example, applying for a full or part-time work permit for self-employment or employment purposes.
EX-13 Form: return authorization
This is an indispensable form, since it is used to obtain your return authorization. That is to say, the document you need in order to leave Spain and then be able to re-enter back again while your residency card is being processed or renewed.
EX-14 Form: temporary movement of minors
In this case, this document is used to request the prior report for the temporary movement of foreign citizens under 18 years old (” desplazamiento temporal de menores extranjeros”).
EX-15 Form: NIE
Another essential immigration form. With the EX-15 form, you can apply for your NIE (foreigner’s identity number, which you need for most legal procedures), either as a resident or as a non-resident. You can also apply for the concordance certificate.
EX-16 Form: registration card
The form required to obtain a registration card, which is called “cédula de inscripción” in Spanish (either initial or renewal) or a travel document (with or without return to Spain); in order to leave the Spanish territory and visit any specific countries.
EX-17 Form: TIE
The EX-17 form is the document you must submit at your closest immigration office when requesting your TIE or physical foreigner identity card (that is, the document that contains your NIE and residency type) when you register and associate your fingerprints.
EX-18 Form: Registration Certificate as a EU citizen
This form is used both to get registered at the Central Foreigners Registry (“Registro Central de Extranjeros”) and to get your registry certificate as an EU citizen in Spain.
EX-19 Form: EU community card (family member card)
If you are willing to successfully obtain the community card (that is, the residence permit granted to non-EU relatives of an EU citizen living in Spain), you must formalize your application using form EX-19.
This form is destined for people from the EU, the EEA or Switzerland.
EX-20 Form: Brexit residency
This immigration form is necessary to get the residency document under Article 50 TEU for UK citizens wishing to move to Spain.
Basically, it regulates their situation after Brexit.
EX-21 Form: family of UK citizens
Following on from the previous section, the EX-21 immigration form is used by third-country nationals who are family members of UK citizens and who also want to obtain their residency document in Spain regulated by Article 50 TEU.
EX-22 Form: UK frontier workers
In order to complete the application for the residence permit regulated through Article 50 TEU for UK frontier workers.
EX-23 Form: TIE for UK citizens
And, finally, application form EX-23 is essential so that both a UK citizen and her relatives obtain their TIE (after they have been granted residency).
Form Under the Law for Entrepreneurs 14/2013
Finally, you may well want to apply for any visa or permit under the Entrepreneurs Law. These visas are requested at the UGE (“Unidad de Grandes Empresas”), and differ when it comes to their application procedure with the all permits under the general immigration law in Spain.
Thus, whether you want to apply for:
Although it is no longer possible to apply for it, you can still renew your golden visa under this law.
You will have to submit your application using the MI-T form, which you can download here.
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