Registration

The registration is the first stop that we took when my friends arrived to Madrid. This is one of the most important steps and you have to do it if you are from the European Union or not, although it is only mandatory for the European members that are going to stay more than three months.

But why is the registration so important? Because you will get your Spanish ID number and one card that will identify you when you are in Spain. Moreover, you will need that number for economic reasons, for example if you want to open a bank account in Madrid.

To do it you need to go to this webpage and set an appointment:

www.mpt.es

Once you are there, these are the steps that you have to follow:

1. Go to DIRECTO A and click on extranjería.
2. Click on cita previa de extranjería.
3. On the lower part of the webpage select acceder al procedimiento.
4. In provincias disponibles write Madrid , and in trámites disponibles para la provincial seleccionada select certificados EU.
5. Here it is explained what you need to take with you the day of the appointment:
1. Two copies of the document EX-18
2. The receipt of your appointment
3. One copy of your passport
4. One document that says that you are participating in an European study programme such as your learning agreement
6. After reading this click on entrar.
7. Write your passport number and your name as it appears in your passport. Click on aceptar.
8. On the next window three possible appointments will appear, choose the most suitable for you and continue.
9. Save the receipt of your appointment because you must present it later and because there is written the table where you have to process the registration.
10. The address where you will have to go once you have made this is Avenida Padre Piquer 19 (metro line 10, stop Campamento).
11. When you arrive there you will have to handle all the documents stated in the point number 5 and you will be asked to pay a fee (around 10€) for the service in a bank.

The programme will give an appointment for the next 20 days, so if you need to get your Spanish ID number before, there is one thing you can do. This was the case of my friends, so we went to Calle San Felipe 7 (metro line 1, stop Tetuán) with one copy of their passports and we got at the moment a temporary paper with their ID number after paying a fee in the bank (there are several banks next to the office). If you make this you also have to go to Avenida Padre Piquer 19, because, as I have said before, the document you get in San Felipe 7 is temporary.