You’ve lost your wallet or had it stolen. That means you’ve probably got to apply for new bank cards, ID, TIE, driving licence, health cards, discount and loyalty cards, senior citizens card, and many more.
Most are straightforward, but the most tricky to replace are your TIE, your driving licence and your passport, if that’s gone too.
I recently lost my wallet in Germany. I expected it to show up in a bin somewhere minus the cash, but three weeks on there’s no sign of it.
I was able to cancel bank and health cards and order new ones easily either online or by calling the dedicated phone line.
I discovered that some entities no longer issue plastic cards, eg Amigos de Paradores, Leroy Merlin and IKEA Family; it’s all done digitally/virtually.
Most replacements are free. Up to now the only entities to charge a fee have been Banco Sabadell (4€), Costa Press Club (15€), TIE (12€). I expect to have to pay a fee to the DGT for a replacement driving licence, but I don’t know how much yet.
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This week, now back home in Spain, I’ve spent hours on getting a replacement Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE).
Now I know how to go about it. Here’s how:
- First step is to make a denuncia to report the loss. You do this at the Comisaría de la Policía Nacional if you live in a town or city; at the Guardia Civil if you live in a village.
- Get a cita previa at your local Extranjería, which is usually in the Comisaría de la Policía Nacional. Do this online at https://sede.administracionespublicas.gob.es/pagina/index/directorio/icpplus
- Go to https://www.immigrationspain.es/en/duplicate-nie-if-lost-or-stolen/#3_Request_a_duplicate_at_your_closes_immigration_office, and fill in form EX-17 and print it off.
- Go to https://www.immigrationspain.es/en/duplicate-nie-if-lost-or-stolen/#3_Request_a_duplicate_at_your_closes_immigration_office, and complete modelo 790 and print it off.
- Go to any bank with the denuncia report and modelo 790 and pay the fee of 12 euros.
- Take the following to your appointment with Extranjería:
- Form EX-17
- Modelo 790
- Denuncia report
- Passport and one fotocopy of it
- 3 passport photos (although they didn’t take mine, as my photo is stored on their system.
- They will take your fingerprints (huellas)
- They will give you a resguardo, a chit stating that you have applied for a new TIE, should you be asked for it.
After a month you have to ring the number they give you to check that your TIE is there (why can’t they ring you when it arrives?).
If it is, go online again to make a cita previa to collect your TIE (recoger TIE).
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That’s it. It turned out to be quite straightforward in the end.
Hope this helps, but more than that I hope you don’t lose your wallet or get it nicked.
Acknowledgements
www.immigrationspain.es
https://sede.administracionespublicas.gob.es