EX-19: residence card for a family member of an EU citizen in Spain

EX-19 (“Solicitud de tarjeta de residencia de familiar de ciudadano de la UE”) is the official form a family member of an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, who does not hold such nationality, uses to apply for a residence card in Spain (Real Decreto 240/2007). The same form covers the permanent card, renewal and retention of the right of residence after the EU citizen’s death, divorce or violence. The form is in Spanish, three pages: two to fill in and one with instructions.

EX forms are filed only in the official model: FoxDocs writes your data into the fields of the official PDF and does not change its layout.

• the spouse, partner, children, parents and other family members of an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen who accompany or join them in Spain for more than three months;
• a family member of a Spanish national normally files EX-24: section 2 of EX-19 is for an EU citizen marked “no español”; if the Spanish national lived in another EU country, ask the Oficina de Extranjería which form applies;
• the family member applies in person: at the Oficina de Extranjería of the province where they intend to live, or at a police station;
• deadline — three months from the date of entry into Spain; the receipt you get on filing proves legal stay until the card is issued;
• under RD 240/2007 the card fee equals the DNI fee; check the 790 payment form code and the amount in Hoja informativa 62 before paying;
• the card is issued within three months of the application; it is valid for five years, or less if the EU citizen plans to live in Spain for a shorter period.

• section 1 — applicant: passport, NIE (if any), surnames, given name, sex, date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy), place and country of birth, nationality, marital status, parents’ names, address in Spain, phone and e-mail, legal representative;
• section 2 — the EU citizen: passport and NIE, surnames, given name, nationality and address in Spain;
• section 3 — representative filing the application, section 4 — address for notifications, consent to DEHú electronic notifications;
• section 5 — type of application (initial, permanent, renewal, retention of the right) and relationship or ground;
• declaration of accuracy, place and date, signatures of the EU citizen and the applicant, addressee authority.

• form EX-19, original and copy, filled in in capital letters and signed;
• the full valid passport (if expired — a copy and the renewal application);
• proof of the family link: marriage, registered partnership or birth certificate; for an unregistered partner — proof of the relationship and of living together;
• the Spanish national’s DNI or the EU citizen’s certificado de registro;
• proof of the EU citizen’s situation: employment or self-employment, or sufficient resources and health insurance, or studies;
• one recent colour photo on a white background, passport size;
• foreign documents with a sworn translation into Spanish and legalisation or apostille; originals are shown when filing.

1. Tell the chat in any language who you are, how you are related to the EU citizen and where you live in Spain.
2. The assistant fills in the fields in capitals, splits dates into dd/mm/yyyy and the NIE into its boxes, and ticks the application type and relationship.
3. Download the PDF, check and print it; you and the EU citizen sign it — then file it with a copy.

Information sheet 62, inclusion.gob.es; official form EX-19. Checked 2026-10-09. This is not legal advice.