Birth of a child in Barcelona: step-by-step documents for foreigners

Childbirth in Barcelona: 15 steps

1. Get a pregnancy count at ASSIIR

   In the public system of Catalonia, pregnancy is administered by the ASSIR (aatencio a la salut sexual i reproductiva) units associated with CAP, your primary care centre.

   • There's TSI, CatSalut's medical card, and a fixed CAP.How to get TSI)
   • Through CAP, he recognized his ASSIR and signed up for Llevadora, a midwife.
   • I discussed the dTpa vaccine: Catalonia calendar recommends it to pregnant for 27-32 weeks.

   Where: CAP and ASSIIR, by place of residenceDuration: As soon as they heard about the pregnancyValue: in the public system on TSI

   When you need help, you don't have TSI or you don't have a record at your address: conditions for access to public medicine for your case check with CAP before you first visit.

2. Make a decision with the hospital.

   The hospital for childbirth is discussed in the public system at ASSIR, where the private clinic decides on the contract and the insurance policy. The obligation to report birth to Registro Civil is imposed by law on any hospital and clinic, public and private.

   • I found out at the ASSIR which hospital delivers when I watch.
   • Asked the hospital how the birth registration was done and what to sign after the birth.
   • Put it in a birthing bag for a passport or a NIE/TIE for both parents.

   Where: ASSIIR, hospital or private clinicDuration: to the last trimesterCost: Private Contract Clinic

   When you need help: giving birth to a private clinic for a policy that is only authorized to live: check in advance whether it covers the delivery.

3. Check inscripción de nacimiento in Registro Civil

   According to Ley 20/2011 (art. 46), a hospital or clinic transmits birth data to Registro Civil within 72 hours, together with the form the parents sign, if the child is born outside the hospital or the data has not left, the parents declare the birth to Registro Civil within 10 days (art. 47).

   • Signed the official form at the hospital, checked the baby's name and surname by letter.
   • I found out when the tape would appear in Registro Civil.
   • If the hospital didn't pass the data, it entered Registro Civil within 10 days.

   Where: Hospital, Registro Civil in BarcelonaDuration: 72 hours for hospital, 10 days for parentsValue: See the page Ministerio de Justicia

   When help is needed: parents are not married and the father is not recognized, there are differences by name, and the birth took place at home: the language of the recording is difficult to correct.

4. Order certificado de nacimiento

   The certificate is required for almost every next step. It is ordered by sede Ministerio de Justicia: with Cl@ve, the document can often be downloaded immediately, without Cl@ve, by mail.

   • Selected type: literal (full release), extracto or plurilingüe (multilingual)
   • Ordered copies for consulate and extrajería.
   • I learned that the same certificate can only be reordered after 15 days (except for online copies)

   Where: sede.mjusticia.gob.es, Registro CivilDuration: after entryValue: Look at sede

   When you need help: a mistake in your parents' name or data: the correction goes through Registro Civil, before you go to the consulate and extranjería. Cl@ve and Mi Carpeta Ciudadana.

5. Form the child ’s citizenship and passport at your consulate

   The Spanish birth record does not in itself give the child the nationality of the country of his or her parents, and is registered with the consulate of that country according to its rules, and then issued a passport, without which he or she cannot apply for a Spanish residence.

   • Found a list of documents and recording on the website of his country's consulate in Barcelona or Madrid
   • I found out what type of Spanish evidence is accepted and needed for apostille and translation.
   • Asked for apostille through sede Ministerio de Justicia (as required)How the apostille works)

   Where: Parental consulateTimeline: Focus on 6 months from step 8Cost: under the consulate tariff

   When help is needed: parents of different nationalities, the consulate refuses to register or to record longer than a few months: then the time limit of step 8 is threatened.

6. Register the child in the padró

   Empadronamiento, registration by place of residence and in Barcelona is free of charge, and she is registered for a minor by legal representatives with documents confirming her relationship.

   • Prepared certificado de nacimiento (or libro de familia), child passport, if already available, and parents ’ documents
   • Applyed to the OCC or online officeorder in Barcelona)
   • I took certificat d'empadronament: it will be needed for TSI

   Where: Auntation de Barcelona, OAC or onlineDuration: Immediately after the certificateCost: free of charge

   When you need help, your parents live at different addresses or the other parent doesn't consent.

7. Get a TSI baby and pick a pediatrician.

   CatSalut's rules are that a child born in Catalonia is registered as a beneficiary of a parent at INSS, then they ask for TSI at CAP. If the birth took place in a public hospital, some of the data is handed over by the centre itself, but the application to TSI is still needed.

   • He has a child registered as a beneficiary at INSS.Seguridad Social)
   • Brought a child's document to CAP, certificat d'empadronament no more than three months and INSS document
   • He recorded the baby in his CAP.How to make a doctor)

   Where: INSS, CAPDuration: First weeks after birthCost: First TSI free of charge, mail

   When help is needed: no parent is insured in Seguridad Social: then the basis for TSI is determined separately.

8. Apply for child residence permit

   A child born in Spain to a parent with a residence permit is granted residencia por menor nacido en España (article 159 RD 1155/2024, reference sheet Hoja 41).

   • Completed EX-25, attached the child and parent passports, Spanish birth certificate and parent's residence permit
   • If one parent gives, attach the consent of the other (except for sole custody)
   • He paid for the 790 code 052 and filed it with the OFCina de Extranjeria or sede, saved resguardo

   Where: Ofcina de Extranjería in Barcelona or sedeDuration: 6 months for filing, month's decision, silence means rejectionValue: 10.94 I ordered PJC/617/2025

   When assistance is needed: 6 months are almost past and no passport is available; the child has left Spain; the parent's residence permit expires or is extended: it is worth talking to an extenjería lawyer.

9. Get a TIE baby.

   After the positive decision, TIE is requested personally within a month, the child comes with the parent.

   • He signed up for the Cita prévia at the Political National.Which record to choose)
   • Prepared EX-17, decision, child passport and receipt 790-012
   • Checked the data in the finished card (in the case of theTIE in Barcelona)

   Where: Policya NacionalDuration: month after judgementValue: 16.08 (primary residence)

   When you need help, it's almost a month on TIE, and there's no record.

10. Please type out the prestación por nacimiento y cuidado de menor

    Each working parent receives 19 weeks of paid leave: 17 weeks in the first 12 months, 6 weeks immediately after the birth without interruption, and 2 weeks until the child is eight years old. 32 weeks in a part-time family.

    • Checked the alta at Seguridad Social and Minimum Life: It depends on age, conditions on Segurid Social page
    • Received the start date of the leave from the employer
    • I applied to Tu Seguridad Social, INSS without a certificate or CAIS on record.

    Where: INSS, Seguridad SocialDuration: from date of birthCost: free of charge

    When you need help: you have recently changed jobs or have not had enough experience: check with the tax and administrative professional (gradoda social), whether you have the right to a preselection or subsidio no contributivo for those who lack the seniority.

11. Take into account the tax deductions

    The Deducción por maternidad in IRPF: up to 1,200 me per year for each child up to three years of age, proportional to the months of the birth, received by the mother who worked with the alta at the Segurid Social, received unemployment benefits or earned 30 days of service after birth.

    • I decided to receive monthly deduction in advance of model 140 or in the annual declaration
    • Saved authorized guardería accounts: a raise to 1,000 me per year, only in the declaration
    • Checked that the child is part of the mínimo por descendientes (the "Minimo por descendientes")IRPF deductions)

    Where: Agencia TributariaDuration: up to three years of ageCost: free of charge

    When you need help, you become a tax resident in the year of birth or the family gets a taxo de eiuda para la infancia: these situations affect deduction.

12. Deal with libro de familia and evidence

    Ley 20/2011 refuses to use the paper libro de familia: instead Registro Civil keeps individual records of each person. While the branches are moving to a new system, the order of issuance of the books varies, and the main document remains certificado de nacimiento.

    • I found out at Registro Civil if the baby is being brought into your libro de familia.
    • I'm storing an electronic copy of the certificate and CSV verification code.
    • I'm preparing apostille and a juror for foreign agencies (in the case of the juror).juror transfer)

    Where: Registro Civil, sede Ministerio de JusticiaDuration: if necessaryValue: Look at sede

    When you need help, you're asked to libro de familia, and your department won't give it away: specify in Registro Civil what certificate replaces it.

13. Follow Catalonia's vaccination calendar

    The public calendar vaccinations are being applied to CAP, and the calendar is approved by Order SLT/261/2024: all children born in January 2025 are given a rotavirus vaccine at 2 and 4 months, and immunization against VRS is approved during the first epidemic season.

    • Got a carnet de vacunacions on the first visit to the pediatrician.
    • Recorded the next vaccinations on the pediatrician schedule.
    • Carnet: requested for escola bressol

    Where: CAP, paediatric nurseDuration: 2 months to calendarValue: See Canal Salut

    When you need help, you'll get a baby to get a different schedule abroad: the catch-up vaccine is a pediatrician.

14. Apply for escola bressol

    The places in the municipal escoles bressol of Barcelona (0-3 years) are distributed through the annual preinscripción. For the school year 2026-2027, only online applications were received from 4 to 15 May 2026; the child should have been at least 16 weeks at the beginning of the school year.

    • Checked the next preinscripción date at edbcn.cat
    • I chose gardens in my own zone: proximity to home gives points
    • Prepared for matriícula certificate, parent document, TSI, carnet de vacunacions and volant de convivéncia

    Where: OFFICINA VIRTUAL de TRAMITS AJUNTAMENT, CONSORci d'EducaciónDuration: May, the unborn child cannot be servedValue: Look at ebbcn.cat

    When you need help: the child is born after preinscripción: ask about the available places within a year, the gardens receive the children in the middle of the course.

15. Check Special Cases

    If one of the parents is a Spaniard, a Spanish child by birth (art. 17.1 Código Civil), if no parent country grants a child citizenship, Spanish citizenship shall be recognized through declaración de nacionalidad con valor de simple presunción in Registro Civil. If parents do not have a residence permit, steps 3-7 shall be recognized and step 8 shall not be appropriate.

    • Spaniard parent: child DNI, second parent, base check Residence permit for a relative of a Spanish citizen
    • Parent of EU citizen: citizenship of child determined by his country, registration by of the CUE Regulations
    • The child was granted Spanish citizenship: checked arraigo familiar Unstatusd parents

    Where: Registro Civil, Oficina de ExtranjeríaDuration: depending on the caseCost: Depends on procedure

    When assistance is needed: in all cases, the presumption of citizenship depends on the laws of the parents' country, and in the case of parents without status, the error of steps is costly: first, the examination of the exteneuría lawyer and the citizenship lawyer.