About the document
- Who files:
- Artists, technical and auxiliary staff in performing arts, film and music who lost their work
- Where to submit:
- SEPE e-office or a SEPE benefits office by appointment (cita previa)
- Authority:
- Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE)
- Country:
- Spain
- Category:
- Employment and unemployment benefits (SEPE)
- How to fill:
- Chat in any language → original form → PDF
- Price:
- form free · chat €5 per document
- Last updated:
What this document is
“Solicitud prestación especial por desempleo para las personas trabajadoras del sector artístico…” is the official form of Spain’s State Public Employment Service (SEPE). It is used to claim the special unemployment benefit for people working in the performing arts, audiovisual and music sectors, and for technical and auxiliary staff in those activities.
The benefit was created by Real Decreto-ley 1/2023 (additional provision 51 of the General Social Security Law). It lasts 120 days and pays 80 % of the monthly IPREM, or 100 % if the average daily contribution base over the last 60 days of work exceeded 60 euros.
Who applies and where
- an employed cultural worker whose work has ended (legal unemployment) and who has no right to the ordinary contributory benefit;
- 60 days registered with Social Security with real artistic work in the 18 months before unemployment, or 180 days in the previous six years;
- you must be registered as a job seeker and below the ordinary retirement age (with the exceptions SEPE lists);
- if you have received this benefit before, at least one year must have passed since it ended;
- apply within 15 working days of losing the job; if late, the benefit runs from the filing date and the late days are lost;
- submit through the SEPE e-office (sede electrónica) or in person at a benefits office by appointment (cita previa).
What the form asks
Type of application (first claim, resumption, or choosing this benefit instead of a suspended ordinary one), personal details with DNI or NIE and Social Security number, home address and, if different, a notification address, phones and e-mail, bank and IBAN of an account in your name. Separate boxes are for Spanish emigrants returning to Spain. Page two holds the place, date and signature; the document table and remarks are filled in by SEPE staff.
What to bring
- DNI, passport or TIE; foreigners — the document showing the NIE (EU citizens — certificado de registro);
- proof that the payment account is yours;
- the certificado de empresa from your employer;
- if a representative submits — a document proving the representation and your consent.
If SEPE asks for documents, you have 15 days to provide them. SEPE must decide within 15 days; if there is no answer after three months, the claim is deemed rejected.
How to fill it in with FoxDocs
Tell the chat about yourself and when your work ended. FoxDocs writes the answers into the official PDF without changing its layout: the IBAN is split into boxes, your name and NIE are repeated in the page-two header, the signing date gets the month in Spanish. You only sign and submit it to SEPE.
Source
SEPE page on the special benefit for cultural workers: sepe.es — prestación especial sector artístico. Checked 2026-10-09. This is not legal advice.