ATTENTION BRITISH
NATIONALS
NEW LEGISLATION DOES AWAY WITH
REQUIREMENT OF RESIDENCE
CARDS FOR EU RESIDENTS IN SPAIN
New decree establishes requirement for British
nationals and other EU citizens planning to reside in
Spain to register with Spanish authorities.
Royal Decree 240/2007 approved on February 16th
2007 by the Spanish Council of Ministers establishes
that from March 28th 2007, European Union citizens
will no longer be issued with residence cards.
However, the new decree requires all EU citizens
planning to reside in Spain for more than 3 months to
register in person at the Foreigners’ Office (Oficina de
Extranjeros) in their province of residence or at
designated police stations.
They will be issued a certificate stating their name,
address, nationality, identity number and date of
registration.
Those EU citizens in Spain who already have
residence cards will not need to re-register until their
residence card expires upon which they will be issued
with a certificate.
We recommend British citizens in Spain to always
carry with them some proof of identity.
Royal Decree 240/2007 is a transposition of European
Directive 2004/38/EC to Spanish legislation.
More information on the new requirements will be
available on the Spanish Ministry of Interior’s
website www.mir.es in due course.