Padrón checklist

Build your empadronamiento document list.

Choose your city and living situation. The checklist gives you the usual documents to prepare before booking or attending your padrón appointment.

Madrid checklist

I rent the home

Prepare these before you start. Town halls can ask for extras, but this covers the usual first pass.

Passport or NIE/TIE, original and copy.
Completed hoja de empadronamiento from the ayuntamiento.
Cita previa confirmation if your city requires an appointment.
Rental contract showing your name and the address.
Recent rent receipt or utility bill if the town hall asks for extra proof.

Madrid city hall publishes padrón registration and address-change requirements through the municipal sede. Check the current channel and appointment requirement on that page.

Public route check

What this tool can tell you

This checklist combines your city and real housing situation so you can prepare identity and address evidence before contacting the town hall.

Choose renter, owner, hosted resident, or no usable address honestly.
Open the city portal before attending; local forms and proof rules can change.
Save the document, result, and final submission receipt together.

Public route check

Before you act on the result

Padrón requirements are municipal. Your ayuntamiento decides the accepted proof, appointment route, and whether the next office needs a volante or a certificado.

Confirm the final step on the official portal linked from this page.
If the document or route is unclear, get a case-specific review before a deadline passes.

Local office

The padrón is municipal, so the final document list is set by your ayuntamiento. Use this to prepare, then verify against the local portal.

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