Extending residence in Spain: route sheet from the application window to the PMO

Extension of residence in Spain: 10-step scheme

1. Find the end date and your base

   The window, form and documents depend on the date of the end and the base.

   • Found a date for ending in the resolution and on the TIE card
   • If the dates are different, I think it's earlier and I'll check with the department.
   • Has written down the basis: no lucrativa, work, self-employment, family, studies, arraigo or DNV

   Where: Resolution and TIE cardDuration: before preparationCost: free of charge

   When you need help, the dates on the documents are different or the basis has changed.

2. Identify the window of delivery

   The application shall extend the previous authorization within two months until the end of the order, and the filing shall extend it within three months after the end, but the agency shall be entitled to initiate a case of violation.

   • Marked the start date of the window (two months before the end) and the end of the tail (three months after)
   • I decided to serve in the middle of the window, not on the first or last day.
   • For DNV, I'm not planning a tail (90 days after the end)

   Where: Reglamento (arts. 64, 71, 132), Ley 14/2013 (art. 76)Duration: two months before and three months after endCost: free of charge

   When you need help, the window has already closed or you're using the rule as a basis for special. when to apply for extension.

3. Check that the conditions of the foundation are still in place

   The authorization is extended while the conditions that gave rise to it are fulfilled; the authority may request confirmation.

   • No. lucrativa: funds for the whole extension period, insurance was in force and in operation, children studying, more than 183 days in Spain in the calendar year
   • Work and self-employment: continuation of work or activity; taxes and contributions are verified by the agency itself
   • DNV, arraigo, studies: conditions that gave rise to authorization are retained (contract, income, insurance, enrolment)

   Where are your documents, UGEDuration: until collection of the packageCost: free of charge

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4. Collect documents and, if necessary, informe de integración

   All extensions have a common set of applications: a formal application, a copy of the full passport and a paid fee. The rest provides grounds. If a condition is not met, a positive integration report helps.

   • Form: EX-01 for no lucrativa, EX-03 for work, EX-07 for self-employment
   • Certificate of compulsory school: without it, the agency gives a month or otherwise the permit will not extend
   • Foreign documents with apostille and a jury
   • Informe de integración from Generalitat: free of charge, up to 30 working days, served in ajuntament at the place of registration

   Where: your archive, Generalitat, Document checkTimeline: report up to 30 working days, order in advanceCost: report free of charge, apostille and translations separately

   When assistance is needed, integration reports or documents from several countries are required. informe de integración in Catalonia.

5. Pay the fee.

   The fee is paid on model 790, the code depends on the basis. Save the receipt: without it, it's hard to prove the deadline.

   • Found the duty code on his base in the reference sheet.
   • I paid and kept receipt 790
   • For DNV, he paid the extension separately

   Where: Sede of the Ministry of Inclusion, How to Pay OnlineDuration: before delivery, see the department ’s listCost: 16.40 I ordered PJC/617/2025, 17.49 me, DNV: check the amount on the agency page

   When you need help, you don't know the code: error costs time and money.

6. Make a statement.

   The mandatory electronic submission on the list of article 197.2 of the Tribunal Supermo cancelled on 8 July 2026, so the method is checked on the date of the submission.

   • I've identified the channel and the appropriate OFISTINA de Extranjería.
   • Applyed, saved resguardo and a copy of the package
   • If the representative submits, he has a notary power of attorney or apud acta: certificate and representative

   Where: sede, OFICINA de Extranjería in Barcelona, UGE for DNVDuration: in step 2 windowCost: step 5 duty

   When assistance is needed: the way to submit is unclear, there is a risk of requerimiento or the condition of the basis is in question.

7. Wait for a decision and answer the requerimiento

   In the case of no lucrativa, work, self-employment and family, silence means approval for three months. In the case of studies, the month and silence mean rejection. The Ministry of Non lucrativa and the work have been provided with a certificate of renewal at the request of the applicant.

   • Checking application and notification status in sede: How to Check Expediente
   • Requerimiento is answered within 10 working days (article 68 Ley 39/2015)
   • If refused, write down the date of notification and the time limit for appeal: Reposión and alzada

   Where: sede, Carpeta CiudadanaDuration: 3 months, 1 monthCost: free of charge

   When you need help, requerimiento is essentially a refusal or an appeal.

8. Get a new TIE and plan your trips.

   If the permit is renewed, TIE is requested personally within a month of notification (arts. 64 and 81), the ticket does not confirm the right to re-entry and the card may be expired at the time of extension.

   • He signed up for Huellas and applied for TIE: TIE and Huellas
   • Checked the name, NIE and dates on the card with the decision
   • Before the trip, checked the passport, permit and return document: autorización de regreso

   Where: Policya NacionalDuration: month after notificationValue: TIE, extension 19.30 I ordered PJC/617/2025

   When you need help, you're almost out on a card month or you need to leave during your review.

9. If no deadline is available:

   Until three months after the end, apply immediately: the permit is extended and the fine for the minor offence is 500. After three months, the window is closed, this is a serious violation with a fine of 501 to 10,000 (arts. 52, 53 and 55 Ley Orgánica 4/2000).

   • I figured it was days after I finished.
   • Up to three months: filed an application immediately and retained evidence of the date
   • After three months, I don't file myself, I'm going to the emergency.

   Where: Ofcina de Extranjería, procedure for late submissionDuration: Counted in days, do not postponeValue: Possible fine under the law

   When you need help, it's been over three months, you've got overseas or other procedures.

10. Continue or move to long-term status

    After five years of legal continuous residence, the larga duración may replace the extension (art. 183 Reglamento), and the absence of up to six consecutive months does not violate continuity if it does not exceed 10 months in five years.

    • Counted five years by the date of the decisions: How to count five years
    • Checked out at six and ten months.
    • The general rule is that citizenship requires 10 years of legal residence: How old before nationality

    Where: Reglamento (art. 183), Código Civil (art. 22)Duration: 5 years ’ residence for larga duraciónCost: TIE long-term status 21.87 I, by order of PJC/617/2025, see the permit fee on the agency list

    When assistance is needed, there are long departures, inter-status breaks or citizenship examinations. Residence permit or MJM and larga duración.