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
Simple checks before paying for paperwork help, sending ID documents, or trusting messages about fines, appointments, or tax refunds.
Who this is for
Low-risk checks
Documents to have ready
- Official Spanish portals are usually government, agency, regional, or city-hall domains. Search for the official body independently instead of clicking links from SMS, social messages, or forwarded screenshots.
Where to start
AEAT app and electronic office
Timing
Tax, traffic, and municipal notices can be urgent, but a real deadline should also be visible in the official portal or letter. Do not pay through a random payment link just because a message says today is the last day.
Common mistake
A document reader can help you understand what a letter says. It should not replace human review for appeals, immigration eligibility, tax disputes, or anything where the wrong filing can harm you.
Check the source before you act
Use this page to prepare the file for scam checklist, 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.
Check the domain before you click
Official Spanish portals are usually government, agency, regional, or city-hall domains. Search for the official body independently instead of clicking links from SMS, social messages, or forwarded screenshots.
Be careful with urgent payment language
Tax, traffic, and municipal notices can be urgent, but a real deadline should also be visible in the official portal or letter. Do not pay through a random payment link just because a message says today is the last day.
Limit ID sharing
Many procedures require ID, but you should know who is receiving it and why. Avoid sending full passport, NIE, TIE, bank, or certificate files through informal chats unless there is a clear, trusted reason.
Use Guiri for reading, not blind filing
A document reader can help you understand what a letter says. It should not replace human review for appeals, immigration eligibility, tax disputes, or anything where the wrong filing can harm you.