Guides by topic
Home, money & driving
5 guides on this topic, in the order newcomers usually need them. Each one cites the official sources behind its facts.
Register your address in Barcelona
Alta en el Padrón municipal de habitantes
Empadronamiento is registering the Barcelona address where you actually live on the city's padrón.
Exchange an eligible foreign driving licence
Canje de permiso de conducción extranjero
Exchanging a foreign driving licence (canje) means swapping it for a Spanish licence through the DGT.
Open a Spanish bank account or understand basic-account rights
Cuenta de pago básica / apertura de cuenta bancaria
You can open a Spanish bank account under the bank's own identity checks, and credit institutions in Spain that offer payment accounts must also offer a regulated basic payment account (cuenta de pago básica) to qualifying applicants.
Register or update your fiscal address and personal tax-census data
Modelo 030 — Censo de obligados tributarios / cambio de domicilio y datos personales
Modelo 030 is the Agencia Tributaria form individuals use to register or update personal tax-census data, such as their fiscal address, when they are not in the business or professional census, which uses Modelo 036.
Opt into Spain's tax regime for people moving to Spain (Beckham Law)
Régimen especial aplicable a los trabajadores, profesionales, emprendedores e inversores desplazados a territorio español
The Beckham Law is the common name for Spain's special tax regime for certain people who move to Spain for work or a qualifying professional activity.