EX-18 Registration of an EU Citizen in Spain’s Central Register of Foreigners

EX-18 (“Solicitud de inscripción en el Registro Central de Extranjeros — Residencia ciudadano de la UE”) is the official form EU, EEA and Swiss citizens use to register as residents in Spain (Royal Decree 240/2007). It leads to the certificado de registro — the registration certificate with your NIE — and after five years to a permanent residence certificate. The form is in Spanish and has three pages: two to fill in and one with instructions.

EX forms must be submitted in the official model: FoxDocs only types your values into the fields of the official PDF and does not change its layout.

• a citizen of the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland living in Spain for more than three months — usually within three months of arrival;
• after five years of continuous residence — for the permanent residence certificate;
• the same form is used to change details (address, passport) and to deregister when leaving;
• submitted in person at the Oficina de Extranjería or a National Police station, usually with a cita previa (appointment);
• the fee is paid with form 790 code 012; per the National Police fee table as of 2026-10 it is €12.00; check the amount on sede.policia.gob.es before paying;
• family members who are not EU citizens use a different form — EX-19.

• personal data: passport or ID card, NIE (if any), surnames, name, sex (H/M/X), date of birth (dd/mm/aaaa), place and country of birth, nationality, civil status, father’s and mother’s names;
• address in Spain, mobile phone and e-mail; legal representative, if any;
• representative for submitting (section 2), address for notifications (section 3), consent to electronic notifications via DEHú;
• section 4: intended period of residence, start date, number of accompanying relatives;
• type of application: temporary registration (employed, self-employed, not working with funds and health insurance, student, family member of an EU citizen), permanent residence, change of details or deregistration;
• declaration of accuracy, place, date, signatures and the office addressed (DIR3 code and province).

• the EX-18 form, original and a copy, filled in in capital letters;
• a valid passport or national ID card, original and a copy;
• the receipt for the 790-012 fee;
• depending on the ground: employment contract or certificate, self-employment (autónomo) registration, proof of funds and health insurance, enrolment at an education centre;
• for a family member — proof of the relationship and the details of the EU citizen giving the right;
• the exact list depends on the office — check in advance.

1. Tell the chat in any language who you are, where you are from, since when you live in Spain and what you do here.
2. The assistant fills the boxes in capital letters, splits dates into dd/mm/aaaa and the NIE into its boxes, and ticks the type of application and ground.
3. Download the PDF, check it, print, sign it by hand and submit it together with a copy.

Official EX forms, Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration: inclusion.gob.es — Modelos de solicitud. Checked on 2026-10-09. This is not legal advice.