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NIE Barcelona
NIE Barcelona
Open my NIE file

Barcelona · NIE, TIE and cita previa

NIE Barcelona A complete file for a single visit

You bring the passport. We assemble the rest: the right form, the 790-012 fee, a cita previa at the office that matches your nationality, and a checklist for the morning itself.

Open my NIE file How it works
  • 01 Open the file
  • 02 Fill and check
  • 03 Book and brief
View over Barcelona from the Bunkers del Carmel hill in warm low light: the street grid, the Sagrada Família, the twin towers by the port and the Mediterranean, behind pink morning-glory flowers

Expediente · Barcelona

Número de Identidad de Extranjero

How the number reads, for example

Example NIE: Y 4826103 L

  • Passport or ID card, with a copy: ready
  • EX-15, filled in and signed: ready
  • Modelo 790-012, paid: ready
  • Cita previa in Barcelona: to be booked

Rambla Guipúzcoa 74, 08020 Barcelona

BCN·01 Barcelona from the Bunkers del Carmel. Photo: Alexey Komarov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped

01 Why you need it

What the NIE unlocks in Barcelona

Barcelona hires, teaches and hosts people from everywhere: engineers on relocation packages, master’s students, designers working for a client in Berlin, couples buying a flat in Gràcia. Almost all of those plans reach the same counter first, because a Spanish payroll, a lease, a bank account and a notary’s deed all ask for a NIE.

  1. 01 Sign an employment contract and appear on the payroll
  2. 02 Rent a flat in your own name, from Gràcia to Poblenou
  3. 03 Open a bank account for a salary or a mortgage
  4. 04 Buy a flat, a car or company shares before a notary
  5. 05 Go freelance as an autónomo and send your first invoices
  6. 06 Put electricity, fibre and a mobile line in your name
  7. 07 Enrol at a university, a business school or a language school
  8. 08 Settle an inheritance with assets in Spain

02 How it works

Three steps to a complete NIE file

The number is issued in one visit. The effort lies before it: choosing the form that matches your case, paying the fee with the correct code, finding a free slot on the cita previa system for the province, and turning up at the office that deals with your passport. That preparation is the part we do with you.

  1. 01

    Open the file

    Tell us your passport, why you need the number and when you land. We answer with the procedure that fits, the office it belongs to and the list of papers for your case, nothing generic.

  2. 02

    Fill and check

    We complete the EX form your case calls for with you (15 for a number, 18 for the green certificate, 17 for a TIE, 19 for an EU family card), prepare the fee slip under the matching code, and tick every copy against the list.

  3. 03

    Book and brief

    We search for a cita previa at an office that handles your case, in the city or at a comisaría of the province. Before the day you get a one-sheet summary: address, time, and the papers in the order the officer asks for them.

03 The procedures

Find your entry in the Barcelona file

Pick your situation. Each entry gives the form, the papers, the steps and the office that sees you.

04 Extranjería Barcelona

Where the NIE is done in Barcelona

The city splits the NIE by passport. EU, EEA and Swiss citizens go to the Policía Nacional office at Rambla Guipúzcoa 74, in Sant Martí; non-EU citizens who do not live in Spain go to Passeig de Sant Joan 189, by Joanic. Finished TIE cards are handed out at Carrer de Mallorca 213. How the two NIE offices divide the work has its own guide, and if you live in L’Hospitalet, Badalona, Sabadell or another town nearby, the comisarías of the province may be the shorter trip.

EU, EEA or SwissRambla Guipúzcoa 74 · NIE and green certificate
Non-EU, not residentPasseig de Sant Joan 189 · NIE
Non-EU residentYour confirmation’s office · TIE fingerprints
Card readyCarrer de Mallorca 213 · TIE collection
The three offices, in detail Comisarías of the province
  1. Counter A · EU citizens · TIE issueSant Martí de Provençals, Sant Martí

    Oficina de Régimen Comunitario (Policía Nacional, Rambla Guipúzcoa)

    EU registration certificates, NIE numbers for EU citizens who are not resident, autorizaciones de regreso. The same address hosts the Oficina de Régimen General, which issues TIE cards to non-EU citizens.

    Address
    Rambla Guipúzcoa 74, 08020 Barcelona
    Hours
    Mon–Fri 9:00–14:00, with cita previa
    Official phone
    932 951 071

    Every procedure here is by cita previa. Non-EU citizens who are not resident get their NIE at Passeig de Sant Joan 189. No official page names a metro station or a bus stop for number 74: use the map.

    Map of this addressListed on policia.esAccess: guia.barcelona.cat

  2. Counter B · Non-EU, not resident

    Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras (Passeig de Sant Joan)

    NIE numbers for non-EU citizens who are not resident, residence certificates for non-EU citizens.

    Address
    Passeig de Sant Joan 189, 08037 Barcelona
    Hours
    Mon–Fri 9:00–14:00
    Official phone
    935 209 523
    Metro
    metroL4 Joanic
    Bus
    bus15 · 20 · 39 · 45 · 47 · 55 · 114 · 116

    Lines listed on a how-to-get-there sheet of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

    Map of this addressListed on policia.esAccess: upc.edu

  3. Counter C · TIE collectionEixample, corner of Enric Granados

    Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras (Carrer de Mallorca)

    Collection of TIE cards for non-EU citizens.

    Address
    Carrer de Mallorca 213, at Enric Granados, 08008 Barcelona
    Hours
    Mon–Fri 9:00–14:00
    Official phone
    934 514 804

    Map of this addressListed on policia.es

05 Empadronamiento Barcelona

An address in the city: the padró, then everything else

Once you have a home in Barcelona, the Ajuntament registers you at it. That registration, the padró, is what health centres, schools and many procedures ask for next.

The padró, step by step
Barcelona, district by district
  • The neo-Gothic stone bridge over Carrer del Bisbe in the Gothic Quarter, with gargoyles and a Catalan flag on a balcony

    BCN·02Carrer del Bisbe, Barri Gòtic

  • The stone spires of the Sagrada Família basilica seen from below, from the corner of Carrer de Sardenya and Carrer de Mallorca, against a blue sky

    BCN·03Carrer de Mallorca at Sardenya, Eixample

  • A brightly lit fruit-and-vegetable stall hung with strings of dried red peppers inside the Mercat de la Boqueria

    BCN·04Mercat de la Boqueria, La Rambla

  • The palm-lined promenade and sandy Barceloneta beach on a quiet morning, with the W Hotel in the distance

    BCN·05The promenade, La Barceloneta

Photo credits

Three ways to register

  1. 1An OAC, by appointment
  2. 2Online, with a digital ID
  3. 3By phone, on 010

Free, at an Oficina d’Atenció Ciutadana of the Ajuntament. Bring your ID and proof of the home.

Neighbourhoods of the city

  • Barri Gòtic
  • El Born
  • El Raval
  • La Barceloneta
  • Eixample
  • Sant Antoni
  • Gràcia
  • Poble-sec
  • Sants
  • Les Corts
  • Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
  • Poblenou
  • El Clot
  • Horta-Guinardó
  • Sant Andreu
  • Nou Barris

Living outside the city

  • L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
  • Badalona
  • Cornellà de Llobregat
  • Sant Cugat del Vallès
  • Sabadell
  • Terrassa
  • Castelldefels
  • Mataró
  • Granollers
  • El Prat de Llobregat

Many of these towns have a comisaría that lists NIE work: see the stations of the province.

  • Barcelona International Welcome Desk

    Free, confidential settling-in guidance for international professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs, university students and their families, in English, Catalan or Spanish, by appointment.

  • SAIER

    The city’s service for immigrants, emigrants and refugees: free information and legal advice for Barcelona residents, by phone appointment. C/ Tarragona 141, 93 153 28 00.

06 Why people use us

Paperwork prepared the way the counter reads it

  • A file read twice

    Every document is checked against the list for your procedure before the appointment, because a missing copy costs a slot that was hard to find.

  • The right counter

    Rambla Guipúzcoa, Passeig de Sant Joan, Carrer de Mallorca or a comisaría of the province: we tell you which one your case belongs to, with the official source.

  • Spanish paperwork, plain-English notes

    The forms and the counter are in Spanish. Our explanations are in plain English, with the Spanish term next to each one so you recognise it on the day.

  • Independent, and saying so

    Nobody here works for the administration, and we say it plainly. Every step we take with you can also be taken alone, and we explain how.

07 Beyond the file

Two partners for the rest of the move

Our work stops at the paperwork of the number. When the move around it needs a hand, or when starting online suits you better than a Barcelona counter, these two services take over.

08 Index

The entries people open first

Latest notes

All the notes

09 Questions

NIE Barcelona: what people search for

More answers if you hold a passport of the EU, the EEA or Switzerland or any other passport, and the Spanish and Catalan terms of the file.

Cita previa NIE Barcelona: how do I get one?
Online and free, on the administration’s ICP booking service (sede.administracionespublicas.gob.es): choose the province of Barcelona, the procedure, then an office. Free slots are scarce; we prepare the file and keep looking for one with you.
Extranjería Barcelona: which office handles the NIE?
Two police offices share it: Rambla Guipúzcoa 74 for EU citizens, Passeig de Sant Joan 189 for non-EU citizens who are not resident. Residence and work authorisations belong to another administration, the Delegación del Gobierno.
Huellas TIE Barcelona: where are fingerprints taken?
At the office your cita previa names. The policia.es listing shows TIE issuance at Rambla Guipúzcoa 74 and at most comisarías of the province; cards processed in the city are collected at Carrer de Mallorca 213.
Certificado de registro UE Barcelona: what do I bring?
Form EX-18, your passport or ID card, the paid Modelo 790 código 012, and proof of work, study or sufficient means with health cover.
Empadronamiento Barcelona: how do I register?
With an appointment at an Oficina d’Atenció Ciutadana, online with a digital ID, or by phone on 010. It is free; bring your identity document and proof of your address.
Can I do all of this without you?
Yes. Every procedure on this site can be done directly with the administration, for the official fee alone. We are a private service for people who prefer to hand over the preparation.

Your file

Open your NIE file for Barcelona

Tell us where you stand. Asking commits you to nothing, and you will know the next step before you decide anything.

  1. 1 We read your message and reply by email with the procedure that fits.
  2. 2 You get the list of papers for your case, and the office in Barcelona it belongs to.
  3. 3 If you want us to, we prepare the forms with you and look for the cita previa.

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