Use these guides when you need a plain-English starting point before choosing the city page, official portal, calculator, or Ask Guiri workflow that matches your situation.
Quick answer
A practical first-week checklist: address registration, digital access, health, banking, transport, and documents.
Who this is for
Arrival checklist
Documents to have ready
- Find your city hall padrón procedure.
- Book or prepare your padrón appointment if required.
- Start Cl@ve or digital certificate setup.
Where to start
Mi Carpeta Ciudadana
Timing
Take clean scans of your passport, visa page if relevant, entry stamp, rental contract, booking confirmation, insurance certificate, school or work documents, and any official appointment emails. Most Spanish procedures fail because one supporting document is missing or outdated.
Common mistake
This is a setup map, not an eligibility decision. If your stay status, work permission, tax residence, family regrouping, or appeal deadline is involved, get qualified help before filing.
Check the source before you act
Use this page to prepare the file for first week setup, then confirm current forms, appointment categories, fees, and account instructions on the official source listed here.
- Save receipts, confirmations, registry numbers, and downloaded PDFs.
- Use Ask Guiri when the next step depends on your own document, address, status, deadline, or portal error.
Day 1-2: capture your evidence
Take clean scans of your passport, visa page if relevant, entry stamp, rental contract, booking confirmation, insurance certificate, school or work documents, and any official appointment emails. Most Spanish procedures fail because one supporting document is missing or outdated.
Day 2-4: start address and identity setup
Your padrón registration connects you to local services. Digital access connects you to national services. You do not need every tool immediately, but you should know which city hall and which national portal you will use.
- Find your city hall padrón procedure.
- Book or prepare your padrón appointment if required.
- Start Cl@ve or digital certificate setup.
- Save the TIE, AEAT, and DGT appointment portals.
Day 4-7: local life setup
Add health-service access, transport cards, banking, utilities, school steps if relevant, and phone number changes. Keep screenshots or PDFs of every submission and appointment.
Do not turn the checklist into legal advice
This is a setup map, not an eligibility decision. If your stay status, work permission, tax residence, family regrouping, or appeal deadline is involved, get qualified help before filing.