Your first 90 days in Barcelona

Register the Barcelona address where you usually live so the city records your residence and you can prove it for later local procedures.

Get the foreigner identification number Spain uses to identify you in administrative, economic and professional dealings.

Set up Cl@ve or an FNMT certificate so you can identify yourself and complete supported Spanish government procedures online.

Book the official appointment required by the correct authority for an in-person government procedure.

Register your residence in Spain if you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen staying for more than three months.

Get the EU-family residence card if you are a qualifying non-EU family member accompanying or joining an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen.

Get or maintain a long-duration study stay for qualifying education in Spain, with the work rights and financial rules that apply to your study category.

Live in Spain without carrying out work or professional activity by proving the required financial means, health cover and other conditions.

Get an employer-sponsored initial residence and employed-work authorization under the general immigration regime.

Get permission to live in Spain and carry out a viable self-employed activity under the general immigration regime.

Apply through UGE-CE for the specific Ley 14/2013 route that matches remote work, a highly qualified role or an innovative business project.

Get the physical foreigner identity card that documents an already granted qualifying residence or stay status.

Get the personal Social Security number used for employment and other relationships with Spain’s Social Security system.

Get the Catalan public-health identification card after CatSalut has the coverage and identity data needed to assign your CIP.

Apply for a public or concerted school place in Barcelona using the current school-year pre-enrolment or out-of-period admission process.

Open a bank account under the bank’s KYC rules or use the regulated basic-payment-account framework if you qualify.

Use the dedicated EX-24 route if you are a qualifying family member of a Spanish citizen and the EU free-movement EX-19 regime does not apply instead.

Have INSS or ISM recognize or confirm publicly funded healthcare entitlement when it is not already registered automatically, before obtaining the regional health card.

Use Modelo 030 to register or update personal tax-census information such as fiscal address when you are not using the business/professional Modelo 036 route.

Apply for the dedicated EX-25 residence authorization for a qualifying foreign minor born in Spain to a parent with a qualifying residence authorization.

Reunify qualifying family members with a non-EU resident sponsor under Spain’s general family-reunification rules.

Use the current arraigo category that matches your facts; the categories now have different presence, family, work and training tests.

Register a lawful self-employed activity with AEAT and TGSS before starting work, using the current tax census and RETA processes.

Exchange a qualifying foreign driving licence for a Spanish licence under the DGT rules that apply to the issuing country and licence category.

Choose homologación or equivalencia based on whether you need recognition for a regulated profession or academic level/field in Spain.

Renew the same temporary residence category within its legal filing window so the existing authorization continues while the renewal is decided.

Move from one immigration status to another only where the current rules provide a specific modification path for your exact starting and target authorization.

Apply for national or EU long-term residence after the qualifying legal-residence period, using the continuity and absence rules for the exact status you want.

Apply for Spanish nationality after the Civil Code residence period that applies to you and after meeting the conduct, integration and procedural requirements.

Obtain the Spanish or foreign criminal-record certificate required by a specific immigration, nationality or other procedure.

Get EX-13 when you qualify to leave Spain and return through a Spanish border while a renewal/extension or TIE-duplicate situation is pending.

Remain in Spain for up to 24 months after qualifying higher education to look for suitable work or prepare a business project, without work rights from this permit itself.