EX Forms in Spain: Which Form and Which Fee (2026)

Use EX15 for a NIE, EX17 for the TIE, EX18 for EU registration and EX19 for the card of an EU citizen's family member. Each police procedure also needs the receipt of the Modelo 790 code 012 fee. Download the form from the Migraciones page.

Your cita previa is coming up and the office wants an EX form? For the three procedures most newcomers do, EX15 is the NIE form, EX17 the TIE form and EX18 the EU registration form. Each one also needs a fee receipt.

Which form fits your situation?

If you are an EU citizen’s family member, you use EX19 for the residence card, with the receipt of the same code 012 fee. For longer-term routes, the Migraciones list gives EX01 for non-lucrative residence, EX02 for family reunification and EX10 for exceptional circumstances such as arraigo. Long-term residence uses EX11.

The work permit is different. EX03 is the form for an employed-work authorisation, and the hiring company completes and signs it. You still pay your own fee, code 052. Our work permit guide covers that route.

Where to download it

Start at the Migraciones page of official forms, which offers the models needed to start these procedures. If the editable PDF will not download, the page suggests updating your browser. For a police procedure, the procedure’s own police page names the form too, so it is a quick way to confirm you hold the right one.

NIE, TIE and EU registration go to the police

These three are police procedures, so book the police station and not the Oficina de Extranjería: in Valencia province the Oficina does not issue the TIE, the NIE or the EU registration certificate. All three take a receipt for the Modelo 790 code 012 fee. Our cita previa guide covers how to book each one.

For a NIE assigned at your request, the fee is €9.84. The NIE appointment guide walks you through the counter.

The TIE fee depends on the card. A first grant of temporary residence costs €16.08, while a renewal costs €19.30. Long-term residence costs €21.87, and the card for family of Spanish nationals costs €12. The TIE guide has the deadline and the Valencia station.

EU registration costs €12.00 for the certificate. See the EU registration guide.

Paying the fee

The code to use depends on who handles your procedure. Code 012 is for police procedures, such as the fingerprint visit, and the police fee page links an online generator for the form. You pay at a bank, savings bank or credit cooperative, and you do not need an account there.

Residence authorisations from the Oficina side use code 052, filled in with your own data. You print the form and pay it at a partner bank. When an employer files for an initial employed-work authorisation of six months or more, the employer pays code 062.

If you file electronically, the fee is paid when you submit, and it is advisable to attach the receipt to the application.

Signing

Paper forms carry their own instructions, and they differ between forms, so read them on the PDF. For an electronic filing you sign the form and the attached documents with a digital certificate, and the Autofirma program must be installed. The certificate must be recognised by the national certification bodies, or you use the electronic DNI. Our digital certificate guide covers how to get one.

For the other routes, see the arraigo guide and the family reunification guide.

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