About the document
- Who files:
- An adult, usually the registered person
- Where to submit:
- Registro Civil
- Authority:
- Comunidad de Madrid — Registro Civil
- Country:
- Spain
- Category:
- Ministry of Justice certificates
- How to fill:
- Chat in any language → original form → PDF
- Price:
- form free · chat €5 per document
- Last updated:
What this document is
The “Solicitud de rectificación de errores” is an application to the Encargado del Registro Civil: an error has been found in a birth, marriage or death record and the applicant asks for the record to be brought into line with reality.
A common case for foreigners is a given name or surname recorded with a transliteration error, swapped letters, or a wrong date or place of birth or parents’ names. The form is one page, in Spanish, issued by the Comunidad de Madrid.
Who applies and where
- an adult applicant (as printed on the form) — usually the registered person; check with the Registro Civil who else may apply in your case;
- the form is addressed to the Encargado del Registro Civil and is submitted to the Registro Civil;
- one application — one error in one record: the form has one line for the wrong value and one for the correct one;
- whether an appointment (cita previa) is needed and which office to go to — check on the Comunidad de Madrid website or at the Registro Civil.
What the form asks
- applicant: name and surnames, DNI (foreigners — NIE or passport), address, phone and e-mail;
- type of record — birth, marriage or death, whose record it is, the Registro Civil, volume, page and section from the certificate;
- what is wrong — a tick in a table of 22 items (name, surnames, sex, date and time of birth, place, parents’ names, nationality and other);
- how it is recorded now and how it should read;
- which documents prove the correct value;
- consent to SMS or e-mail messages, place and date; signature by hand.
What to bring
- the certificado literal (full certificate) of the record with the error — the form lists it explicitly;
- documents showing the correct value: passport, DNI or TIE, birth or marriage certificates;
- foreign documents are generally legalised or apostilled and translated into Spanish; check the exact requirements with the Registro Civil;
- the applicant’s identity document.
How to fill it in with FoxDocs
- Tell the chat in any language which record has the error, how it is written and how it should be; keep the certificado literal at hand.
- The assistant ticks the record type and the error item, writes the data in capitals and splits the date into its boxes.
- Download the PDF, check it, print, sign and take it to the Registro Civil with your documents.
Source
Comunidad de Madrid, application form: comunidad.madrid — Solicitud de rectificación de errores (PDF). Checked 2026-10-09. This is not legal advice.