EX-11: application for long-term residence (larga duración) in Spain

EX-11 (“Solicitud de autorización de residencia de larga duración o de larga duración-UE”) is the official application form for long-term residence in Spain. It lets you live and work in Spain indefinitely on the same terms as Spanish nationals. The form is in Spanish and has three pages: two to fill in and one with instructions.

There are two options. National long-term residence is normally granted after 5 years of continuous legal residence, or on special grounds: a pension, being born in Spain, lost Spanish nationality, refugee status and others. EU long-term residence also makes it easier to move to another EU country, but requires proof of stable means and health insurance. EX forms are only accepted in the official format: FoxDocs simply enters your data into the fields of the official PDF.

• a non-EU/EEA/Swiss national who has lived in Spain legally and continuously for 5 years, or who meets one of the special grounds in section 4 of the form;
• the application is filed by the foreign national: in Spain, in person at the Oficina de Extranjería of the province of residence or online through the electronic portal (Mercurio); from abroad, at a Spanish consulate;
• fee: form 790 code 052, item 2.6, paid within 10 working days after the application is admitted for processing; check the amount on the ministry website;
• decision within three months; if there is no answer by then, the ministry’s fact sheet says the application is deemed approved (silencio positivo);
• within one month of approval you must apply in person for the TIE card, using the separate form EX-17.

• personal details: passport, NIE, surnames, first name, sex (H/M/X), date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy), place and country of birth, nationality, marital status (S/C/V/D/Sp), father’s and mother’s names;
• address in Spain, mobile phone and e-mail; legal representative (if any); whether you have dependent school-age children;
• representative for the filing (section 2), address for notifications (section 3) and consent to electronic notifications via DEHú;
• section 4: long-term or EU long-term residence and one of 14 grounds;
• place, date, signature and, at the bottom, the office the application is addressed to (DIR3 code and province).

• form EX-11, original and a copy, filled in in capital letters;
• a copy of your entire valid passport (show the original);
• proof of payment of fee 790-052;
• if the ground is previous residence and you have school-age children, a certificate that they attend school;
• documents proving the special ground you chose; where required, criminal record certificates from the countries where you lived in the last 5 years;
• for EU long-term residence, proof of stable means of support and health insurance;
• foreign documents with a sworn translation into Spanish and legalisation or apostille; confirm the exact list for your case with the Oficina de Extranjería.

1. Tell the chat in any language how long you have lived in Spain, what permit you hold and which residence you need.
2. The assistant fills in the fields in capital letters, splits the date of birth into dd/mm/yyyy and the NIE into letter, number and check letter, and ticks the type and ground.
3. Download the PDF, check it, print it, sign by hand and file it together with a copy.

Official EX forms and fact sheets 49 and 50, Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration: inclusion.gob.es — Modelos generales, Hoja 49, Hoja 50. Checked 2026-10-09. This is not legal advice.