Legal tip 13. Right of foreigners to documentation in Spain
Monday, December 1, 2008 @ 7:53 PM
Provision 4. Right to documentation
1. Foreigners in Spanish territory have a right and an obligation to keep their national identification documents issued by their country’s authorities, together with the Spanish documentation that proves their situation in Spain.
2. Every foreigner with a resident visa for a period longer than six months will obtain the foreigner identification number, which they will have to apply for within one month from the entrance in Spain or since the authorisation is granted.
3. Foreigners won’t be deprived of their personal documentation but in those cases and under the requisites established in this Act and in the Citizenship Protection Act of 1992.