Just arrived in Spain: your first weeks, step by step
The first paperwork that makes you exist legally in Spain: municipal registration (empadronamiento/padrón), NIE/TIE, the digital certificate, your health card and your first rental — in the right order.
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Your first steps after landing
Register at your town hall — the base for almost every other procedure.
Open guide → TIE cardYour physical residence card: appointment, fingerprints and documents.
Open guide → Health cardGet your tarjeta sanitaria and access public healthcare.
Open guide → First rental & depositRenting your first home: contract, fianza and your rights.
Open guide → Digital certificate / Cl@veThe key to almost every online procedure in Spain.
Open guide →Explore the other hubs
Informational guide. Rules and deadlines change — check your case with NAVI.
This guide is general information about Spanish law, not a legal opinion on your case. Rules change and outcomes depend on your own facts and documents — check your situation before you act on it.
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Included: checks of Spanish documents, letters, requests and contracts before signing, Action Plans, consultation and sending your claims by burofax.