The NIE (“Número de Identificación de Extranjeros“) is the Foreigner’s Identity Number that the Spanish Police grants to foreigners in Spain.

Primarily serving as a tax or fiscal identification, this number is essential for various transactions such as property or vehicle purchases, inheritance procedures, tax payments, and general interactions with Spanish authorities and public institutions like the Tax Office, Town Hall, Traffic Department, Land Registry, and others.

Our fees for applying for one NIE are €275 + IVA (€332,75). For a couple, provided we can apply for both at the same time, the total fee would be €385 + IVA (€465,85). Please note that if you are using our Conveyancing Service to buy, sell or inherit a property in Spain, the NIE application is included in our fee, so you will not have to pay anything for youe NIES apart from the applicable taxes.

We will need you to sign a Power of Attorney before a Notary, to enable us to do this on your behalf, avoiding the hassle of having to attend to the Police Station in person. We could organise this to be executed in a Notary very close to our office in Fuengirola, and will act as interpreter without any charge. The Notary fees for this would be approx 100,00 Euros.

There is also a tax of 9,84 Euros for each application (€7,31 when applying for a certificate of an existing NIE when you have lost the document)

So you can expect a total cost of approx. 443 Euros for one NIE, all inclusive, or 586 Euros for two.

If you are not in Spain, we can help you to execute the Power of Attorney before a Notary in your Country, providing you with a draft in a bilingual format (English/Spanish) that you can use with the local Notary of your election, without any extra cost (except the Notary fees).

If you were previously issued a NIE, but your NIE Certificate has expired (as some certificates were issued with expiration dates) or if it has been lost, the process to obtain a new one remains identical to the procedure described above for obtaining a new NIE.

The timeframe for obtaining a NIE depends mainly on two factors:

1. How quickly the client can sign the Power of Attorney.
2. How soon we can secure an appointment with the National Police. In most cases, the NIE is issued during the same visit to the police office. However, in some instances, we may need to return to collect it two or three days later.

The second factor is particularly challenging, as the high demand for NIEs can lead to delays of several weeks in securing an appointment at a nearby office. Based in Fuengirola (Málaga), our first choice is always the Fuengirola office. However, when no appointments are available, we also consider other offices such as those in Marbella and Málaga. If no appointments are available in these locations and the NIE is urgently required, we may, with the client’s approval, consider travelling to offices more than an hour away from our base. In such cases, a surcharge will apply. This option is only for urgent cases where the client cannot wait, and no appointments are available in closer offices. On average, the estimated timeframe for obtaining a NIE, from the first contact with the client to completion, is approximately three weeks.

To engage our services for this task, kindly reach out to us via email at: mb@bravolegal.es

Important Note: If you are a national of an EU country and you are moving to Spain or planning to stay more than 3 months in Spain, you must apply for a Registration Certificate as an EU Resident (“Certificado de Registro de Ciudadano de la Unión Europea” in Spanish).