Glossary
81 official terms you will meet in Spanish procedures, with an English explanation, the official wording and its source.
Administrative procedure
Acto firme · Final act
The quality of administrative acts that can no longer be appealed, by their nature, by law or because the time limits have passed.
Official wording
Cualidad de los actos administrativos que por su naturaleza, por disposición de la ley o por transcurso de los plazos no son susceptibles de recurso.Official sources
Alegación · Written submission
A written statement in which the party voluntarily sets out the reasons supporting their request or defence. It is one of citizens' rights in dealing with public administrations.
Official wording
Escrito por el cual el interesado expone de forma voluntaria las razones que sirven de fundamento a su petición o su defensa.Official sources
Used in: Recognition of dependency (Valencian Community) · Traffic fines (DGT)
Ampliación de plazos · Extension of time limits
The administration's power to extend time limits, on its own initiative or at the request of the party, when the required steps cannot be completed in time (article 32 of Law 39/2015).
Official wording
Es la facultad que tiene la Administración para modificar los plazos, de oficio o a petición del interesado, ampliando los días previstos en el caso de que no se puedan cumplir los trámites exigidos.Official sources
Caducidad · Expiry
The loss or extinction of a right or action simply because a previously fixed period of time has passed.
Official wording
Pérdida o extinción de un derecho o una acción por el solo transcurso de un determinado plazo de tiempo, previamente fijado.Official sources
Capacidad de obrar · Legal capacity to act
A person’s legal quality determining the effect of their acts. Before public administrations, minors also have it to defend their interests, unless expressly declared incapacitated.
Official wording
Es la cualidad jurídica de la persona que determina la eficacia de los actos realizados por ella.Official sources
Certificado de últimas voluntades · Certificate of last wills
A document showing whether a person made a will and before which notary.
Official wording
El Certificado de Actos de Última Voluntad es el documento que acredita si una persona ha otorgado testamento/s y ante qué Notario/s.Official sources
Used in: Certificate of last will · Inheritance tax (Catalonia) · Inheritance tax (Valencian Community) · Inheritance and Gift Tax in the Community of Madrid
Certificado digital · Digital certificate
A document electronically signed by a certification service provider that links signature verification data to a signer and confirms their identity.
Official wording
Documento firmado electrónicamente por un prestador de servicios de certificación que vincula unos datos de verificación de firma a un firmante y confirma su identidadOfficial sources
Used in: Tax census registration to start a business (form 036) · School meal grants · Government study grants · Personal digital certificate · Padrón certificate in Valencia · Spanish tax residence certificate · Setting up a limited company (S.L.) · Special healthcare agreement (Valencian Community)
Cl@ve (Cl@ve Móvil) · Cl@ve (Cl@ve Móvil)
An electronic identification system for online procedures. With Cl@ve Móvil you identify yourself, for example by scanning a QR code with the Cl@ve app, without complex passwords or installed certificates. You must register with Cl@ve first.
Official wording
Cl@ve Móvil es el sistema que te permite identificarte fácilmente en los trámites electrónicos de la Sede Electrónica, sin necesidad de recordar contraseñas complejas ni instalar certificados.Official sources
Used in: Tax census registration to start a business (form 036) · Apostille for Chinese documents used in Spain · Government study grants · Proof of registration (volante / certificado) · Spanish tax residence certificate · Certificate of last will · Special healthcare agreement (Valencian Community) · School pre-enrolment, ages 3–16 (Catalonia)
Curatela · Curatorship
A legal institution that, like guardianship, serves to supplement a person's capacity to act.
Official wording
Es una institución que, como la tutela, tiene por objeto suplir la capacidad de obrar de las personas.Official sources
Denuncia · Report to the authorities
Informing the authorities, in writing or orally, of an unlawful act so that they investigate and punish it.
Official wording
Acto por el cual se da conocimiento a la autoridad, por escrito o verbalmente, de un hecho contrario a las leyes, con objeto de que ésta proceda a su averiguación y castigo.Official sources
Used in: Reporting lost or stolen documents in Catalonia (Mossos d'Esquadra) · Reporting lost or stolen documents (Policía Nacional) · Replacing a lost or stolen TIE · Chinese travel document (Consulate General in Barcelona) · Chinese passport (Consulate General in Barcelona) · Chinese passport renewal · Travelling to China with a Spanish passport: visa waiver and visas
Desestimación · Rejection
The act by which the competent body does not grant what the party requested.
Official wording
Acto por el cual el órgano competente no accede a lo solicitado por el interesado en su petición.Official sources
Used in: Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Registering a civil partnership (Valencian Community) · Non-contributory pension (Catalonia) · Non-contributory pension (Valencian Community) · Family reunification · TIE renewal · Applying for public rental housing from the Agencia de Vivienda Social (Community of Madrid)
Desistimiento · Withdrawal
The voluntary abandonment of a course of action or a right.
Official wording
Abandono voluntario de una determinada conducta o de un determinado derecho.Official sources
Used in: Special agreement for public healthcare (for people without public healthcare entitlement) · Spanish nationality by residence · Registering a civil partnership (Valencian Community)
Días hábiles · Working days
Unless a law or EU law provides otherwise, time limits set in days are working days: Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays are excluded. Time limits in days are counted from the day after the act is notified or published.
Official wording
cuando los plazos se señalen por días, se entiende que éstos son hábiles, excluyéndose del cómputo los sábados, los domingos y los declarados festivos.Official sources
Used in: Registering as self-employed · Criminal record certificate · Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Hiring a foreign worker: initial residence and employment permit · School meal grants (Valencian Community) · Proof of registration (Barcelona) · Proof of registration (volante / certificado) · Spanish tax residence certificate
Días naturales · Calendar days
Every day counts, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Time limits are only counted in calendar days when a law or EU law says so, and the notification must state it.
Official wording
Cuando los plazos se hayan señalado por días naturales por declararlo así una ley o por el Derecho de la Unión Europea, se hará constar esta circunstancia en las correspondientes notificaciones.Official sources
Used in: Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Deregistering as self-employed · Certificate of last will · Child support supplement · Maternity tax deduction (and advance payment, form 140) · Municipal registration (Barcelona) · Municipal registration (padrón) · Temporary incapacity (sick leave benefit)
Expediente administrativo · Administrative file
The set of administrative actions on the same matter from the start of the procedure.
Official wording
Conjunto de actuaciones administrativas que se van sucediendo en un mismo asunto desde la iniciación del procedimiento.Official sources
Firma electrónica · Electronic signature
A set of electronic data, attached to or associated with other data, that can be used to identify the signer.
Official wording
conjunto de datos en forma electrónica, consignados junto a otros o asociados con ellos, que pueden ser utilizados como medio de identificación del firmanteOfficial sources
Used in: Opening a shop or business in Madrid (declaración responsable) · Apostille for Chinese documents used in Spain · Special agreement for public healthcare (for people without public healthcare entitlement) · Municipal registration (Barcelona) · Registering on the padrón in Valencia · Large family certificate (título de familia numerosa) · Registering as a job seeker · Vehicle tax (IVTM) — Madrid City Council
Fuerza mayor · Force majeure
An external event that is unforeseeable or in any case unavoidable, such as a flood, earthquake or fire.
Official wording
La fuerza mayor se concibe como un acontecimiento de origen externo, imprevisible o en todo caso inevitableOfficial sources
Grado de afinidad · Degree of affinity
Kinship established through marriage with the spouse and the spouse’s relatives.
Official wording
Es el parentesco que mediante el matrimonio se establece con el cónyuge y sus familiares.Official sources
Used in: Inheritance and Gift Tax in the Community of Madrid
Grado de consanguinidad · Degree of consanguinity
Kinship with blood relatives, who descend from the same root or line.
Official wording
Es el parentesco que se tiene con los familiares de sangre, que proceden de una misma raíz o tronco.Official sources
Informe preceptivo · Mandatory report
A report that must be requested because the rules governing the procedure require it.
Official wording
Es el que se solicitan de forma obligatoria. Están ordenados en la normativa que regula el procedimiento.Official sources
Informe vinculante · Binding report
A report whose recommendations must be followed when deciding the case.
Official wording
Es el informa cuyas recomendaciones sí deben seguirse en la resolución del expediente.Official sources
Used in: Opening a shop or business in Valencia (environmental declaración responsable)
Interesado · Party concerned
The holder of a right or legitimate interest who seeks to assert it before the public administration.
Official wording
Titular de derecho o de un interés legítimo que pretende hacer valer ante la Administración PúblicaOfficial sources
Notificación · Notification
The administrative document containing a decision and communicating it to the party.
Official wording
Es el documento administrativo en que consta la resolución y que la misma se comunica al interesado.Official sources
Patria potestad · Parental authority
The rights the law gives parents over the persons and property of their non-emancipated children, and the duties they owe them.
Official wording
Conjunto de derechos que la ley confiere a los padres sobre las personas y bienes de sus hijos no emancipadosOfficial sources
Used in: Large family certificate (Valencian Community) · Social Security number · Family reunification
Plazo · Time limit
The period of time within which something must be done.
Official wording
Espacio de tiempo en el que debe realizarse una actividad.Official sources
Prescripción · Limitation
The extinction of an action because a legally established period passed without it being exercised.
Official wording
Extinción de la acción por el transcurso de un período de tiempo establecido por ley sin haberse ejercitado.Official sources
Queja · Complaint
A user's expression of dissatisfaction with how a public service works, is organised, treats people or any other shortcoming.
Official wording
Es la expresión de la insatisfacción realizada por el usuario sobre los defectos de funcionamiento, organización, trato o cualquier otra imperfección derivada de la perstación del servicio público.Official sources
Recurso administrativo · Administrative appeal
A challenge to an administrative decision by someone who considers themselves harmed, so that it is changed by the body that issued it or by its superior.
Official wording
Impugnación de un acuerdo o resolución de la Administración por quien se considere perjudicado a fin de que, en razón a los motivos alegados se reforme dicha resolución, bien por el órgano que la dictó o por el superior.Official sources
Used in: Applying for public rental housing from the Agencia de Vivienda Social (Community of Madrid)
Renuncia · Renunciation
The giving up of a right by its holder, provided this is not against the public interest or order or to the detriment of third parties.
Official wording
Abandono de un derecho por su titular siempre que no sea contrario al interés o el orden público o en perjuicio de tercero.Official sources
Representación · Representation
Acting in the name of another person.
Official wording
Condición de actuar una persona en nombre de otra.Official sources
Resolución administrativa · Administrative decision
The administrative act that ends a procedure, in which the competent body decides all the issues raised.
Official wording
Acto administrativo que pone fin a un procedimiento por el que el órgano competente decide todas las cuestiones planteadas en el mismo.Official sources
Sentencia judicial firme · Final judgment
A definitive court decision against which no appeal is possible.
Official wording
Resolución judicial definitiva contra la que no es posible interponer recurso alguno.Official sources
Silencio administrativo · Administrative silence
A presumed decision when a time limit passes without the administration expressly deciding a request. Positive silence means the request is presumed granted; negative silence means it is presumed refused.
Official wording
Presunción de resolución por el transcurso de un plazo sin que la administración haya resuelto expresamente una peticiónOfficial sources
Used in: Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Family reunification · TIE renewal · Long-term residence · Residence card for family members of EU citizens / of Spanish nationals
Sugerencia · Suggestion
Any proposal aimed at improving the quality of public services and administrative management through ideas or initiatives.
Official wording
Es toda aquella propuesta que tenga por finalidad promover la mejora de la calidad mediante la aportación de ideas o iniciativas para perfeccionar el funcionamiento de los servicios públicos y la gestión administrativa.Official sources
Tasa · Fee (tasa)
A levy paid for private or special use of public property, or for public services or activities that particularly affect the payer and are not voluntary or not provided by the private sector.
Official wording
Tasas son los tributos cuyo hecho imponible consiste en la utilización privativa o el aprovechamiento especial del dominio público, la prestación de servicios o la realización de actividades en régimen de derecho públicoOfficial sources
Used in: Criminal record certificate · Opening a shop or business in Barcelona (activity notification) · Opening a shop or business in Madrid (declaración responsable) · Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Hiring a foreign worker: initial residence and employment permit · Return authorisation · School meal grants · Youth rent subsidy
Título de familia numerosa · Large family certificate
An official certificate proving large family status and category; valid throughout Spain.
Official wording
El título de familia numerosa es un título oficial que acredita la condición y categoría de familia numerosa y tiene validez en todo el territorio nacional.Official sources
Used in: Registering a domestic worker with Social Security · School pre-enrolment, ages 3–16 (Catalonia) · School admission (public schools) · Municipal nursery schools, ages 0–3 (València) · Large family certificate (Catalonia) · Large family certificate (Valencian Community) · Large family certificate (título de familia numerosa) · Property transfer tax when buying a second-hand home (Community of Madrid)
Tramitación de urgencia · Urgent processing
Halving the time limits of a procedure for reasons of public interest; it may be decided ex officio or at the request of the interested party.
Official wording
Es cuando se reducen los plazos del procedimiento a la mitad, por razones de interés público, para conseguir un objetivo lo antes posible.Official sources
Trámite de audiencia · Hearing stage
The stage, before the proposed decision is drafted, in which parties are shown the procedure so they can make submissions and provide documents.
Official wording
Es el acto de presentación a los interesados de los procedimientos en los que son interesados para que éstos puedan alegar y presentar los documentos y justificaciones que estimen pertinentes.Official sources
Used in: Municipal registration (padrón)
Tutela · Guardianship
A way of supplementing the lack of capacity to act of a person not under parental authority.
Official wording
Medio de suplir la incapacidad de obrar de una persona no sometida a la patria potestad.Official sources
Used in: Residence through settlement (arraigo) · School pre-enrolment, ages 3–16 (Catalonia) · School admission (public schools) · Large family certificate (Valencian Community) · Spanish nationality by residence · Social Security number · Chinese passport (Consulate General in Barcelona) · Chinese passport renewal
Vía administrativa · Administrative channel
Proceedings before administrative bodies, prior to going to court.
Official wording
Actuación ante los órganos de la administración, previa a la actuación jurídicaOfficial sources
Violencia de género · Gender-based violence
Violence which, as a manifestation of discrimination, inequality and power relations of men over women, is exercised by current or former spouses or partners, even without living together.
Official wording
se ejerce por parte de quienes sean o hayan sido sus cónyuges o de quienes estén o hayan estado ligados a ellas por relaciones similares de afectividad, aun sin convivencia.Official sources
Used in: School admission (public schools) · Widow's or widower's pension · Unemployment allowance · Reduced flat-rate contribution for new self-employed workers · Housing Demand Register (public housing, Valencian Community) · Applying for public rental housing from the Agencia de Vivienda Social (Community of Madrid)
Immigration and residence
Apostilla de la Haya · Hague Apostille
For public documents from countries that are party to the Hague Convention, the only formality required is the Apostille stamp placed by the competent authority of the issuing country.
Official wording
de acuerdo con el Convenio de la Haya, la única formalidad que se exige para los documentos procedentes de los Estados parte de dicho Convenio es el sello de la Apostilla que coloca la autoridad competente del Estado que expide el documento.Official sources
Used in: Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Recognition of foreign qualifications · Residence and work for highly qualified professionals (Law 14/2013) · Family reunification · Long-term residence · Non-lucrative temporary residence
Arraigo social · Settlement (arraigo social)
A temporary residence permit on exceptional grounds for foreign nationals who have been in Spain for at least two years and have family ties in Spain or prove their integration with a social integration report from the region or city council.
Official wording
Es una autorización de residencia temporal por circunstancias excepcionales que se podrá conceder a aquellos ciudadanos extranjeros que se hallen en España durante un periodo mínimo de dos añosOfficial sources
Used in: Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Housing Demand Register (public housing, Valencian Community)
Autorización de regreso · Re-entry authorisation
Permission to leave and return to Spain while a residence or stay permit is being renewed or extended, or after requesting a duplicate TIE because it was stolen, lost or damaged. It lasts up to ninety days.
Official wording
se le podrá expedir una autorización de regreso que le permita salir de España y retornar al territorio nacionalOfficial sources
Used in: Return authorisation · Replacing a lost or stolen TIE · TIE renewal
Certificado de antecedentes penales · Criminal record certificate
A certificate proving whether or not a person has criminal records in the Central Register of Convicted Persons on the date it is issued. It is not valid for working with minors: that requires the sexual offences certificate.
Official wording
Es un certificado que permite acreditar la carencia o existencia de antecedentes penales que constan en el Registro Central de Penados en la fecha que son expedidos.Official sources
Used in: Criminal record certificate · Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Hiring a foreign worker: initial residence and employment permit · Changing from student stay to work or job-search residence · Spanish nationality by residence · Residence and work for highly qualified professionals (Law 14/2013) · Family reunification · Long-term residence
Estancia por estudios · Study stay
A long-term stay permit to remain in Spain for more than ninety days to pursue higher studies (official university degrees or own degrees, higher arts education, higher vocational training…) or post-compulsory secondary studies (Bachillerato, intermediate vocational training…).
Official wording
Es una autorización de estancia de larga duración que habilita a permanecer en España por un período superior a noventa días para la:Official sources
Used in: Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Government study grants · Changing from student stay to work or job-search residence · Extension of the student stay authorisation · TIE renewal · EU long-term residence
Intérprete Jurado (traducción jurada) · Sworn translator
A translator authorised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (or by the region, for its co-official language). Their translations into Spanish are valid in immigration procedures, as are those made or checked by diplomatic missions or consulates under the stated conditions.
Official wording
Las efectuadas al castellano por un Intérprete Jurado autorizado por el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y CooperaciónOfficial sources
Used in: Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Municipal registration (Barcelona) · Registering on the padrón in Valencia · Municipal registration (padrón) · Recognition of foreign qualifications · Registering a civil partnership (Valencian Community) · Registering a civil partnership (unión de hecho) in the Community of Madrid · Family reunification
Legalización por vía diplomática · Diplomatic legalisation
The procedure for legalising foreign public documents from countries not party to the Hague Convention: the document must be legalised by the Spanish Embassy or Consulate with jurisdiction over the issuing country.
Official wording
es el procedimiento para legalizar los documentos públicos extranjeros de los Estados que no son parte en el Convenio de la Haya.Official sources
Nacionalidad por residencia · Nationality by residence
A way of acquiring Spanish nationality that generally requires ten years of legal, continuous residence immediately before the application, with shorter periods in some cases.
Official wording
La obtención de la nacionalidad española por residencia exige la residencia de la persona en España durante diez años de forma legal, continuada e inmediatamente anterior a la petición.Official sources
Used in: Youth rent subsidy · School pre-enrolment, ages 3–16 (Catalonia) · CCSE and DELE A2 exams for citizenship · Spanish nationality by residence · Residence card for family members of EU citizens / of Spanish nationals
Número de Identidad de Extranjero (NIE) · Foreigner Identity Number (NIE)
The number the Directorate-General of the Police assigns to foreign nationals who deal with Spain for economic, professional or social reasons. Requested with form EX-15 and fee 790 code 012.
Official wording
Los extranjeros que se relacionen con España por razón de sus intereses económicos, profesionales o sociales, deberán interesar la asignación del Número de Identidad de Extranjero a la Dirección General de la Policía.Official sources
Used in: Registering as self-employed · Registering a domestic worker with Social Security · Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Death grant (funeral expenses) · Personal digital certificate · Booking an appointment at your health centre · Special healthcare agreement (Valencian Community) · Reporting lost or stolen documents in Catalonia (Mossos d'Esquadra)
Reagrupación familiar · Family reunification
A temporary residence permit granted to relatives of foreign residents in Spain when the resident exercises the right to family reunification.
Official wording
Es una autorización de residencia temporal que se podrá conceder a los familiares de las personas extranjeras residentes en España , en virtud del derecho a la reagrupación familiar ejercido por una persona extranjera residente.Official sources
Used in: Large family certificate (título de familia numerosa) · Family reunification · Residence for a child born in Spain to foreign parents
Residencia de larga duración · Long-term residence
A permit to live and work in Spain indefinitely under the same conditions as Spaniards. As a rule it is requested after five years of legal, continuous residence.
Official wording
Es una autorización de residencia que autoriza a residir y trabajar en España indefinidamente en las mismas condiciones que los españoles.Official sources
Used in: Return authorisation · Notarial services (Chinese Consulate General in Barcelona) · Consular notarization at the Chinese Embassy (powers of attorney, declarations) · Marriage and divorce registration at the Chinese Embassy · Extension of the student stay authorisation · Family reunification · Long-term residence · EU long-term residence
Residencia no lucrativa · Non-lucrative residence
A permit that foreign nationals and their family members request from their home country to live in Spain without working.
Official wording
Es una autorización que solicitan las personas extranjeras y sus familiares desde su país de origen que autoriza a residir en España sin realizar actividades laborales o profesionales.Official sources
Used in: Non-lucrative temporary residence · Residence for international remote work (digital nomad)
Residencia y trabajo por cuenta ajena · Residence and employment permit
A temporary residence and employment permit that an employer requests to hire a foreign national over 16 for more than ninety days and less than five years.
Official wording
Es una autorización de residencia temporal y trabajo por cuenta ajena que solicita un empleador o empresario para la contratación de una persona trabajadora extranjera mayor de 16 años por un periodo superior a noventa días e inferior a cinco años.Official sources
Used in: Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Hiring a foreign worker: initial residence and employment permit · Changing from student stay to work or job-search residence · Birth and childcare benefit · Family reunification · TIE renewal · Residence card for family members of EU citizens / of Spanish nationals
Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE) · Foreigner Identity Card (TIE)
The document that identifies a foreign national and proves their legal status in Spain. It is requested after entering Spain with a residence permit and each time the permit is renewed, with form EX-17 and fee 790 code 012.
Official wording
Documento destinado a identificar al extranjero a los efectos de acreditar su situación legal en España.Official sources
Used in: Criminal record certificate · Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Hiring a foreign worker: initial residence and employment permit · Return authorisation · Reporting a change of address (foreign nationals with a TIE) · Proof of registration (Barcelona) · Replacing a lost or stolen TIE · Municipal registration (Barcelona)
Teletrabajo de carácter internacional · International remote work (digital nomad)
A person authorised to stay in Spain to work remotely, as an employee or freelancer, for companies based outside Spain, using exclusively computer, telematic and telecommunication means.
Official wording
Un trabajador autorizado a permanecer en España para ejercer una actividad laboral o profesional a distancia para empresas radicadas fuera del territorio nacional, mediante el uso exclusivo de medios y sistemas informáticos, telemáticos y de telecomunicación.Official sources
Used in: Residence for international remote work (digital nomad)
Address and housing
Certificado (o volante) de empadronamiento · Padrón certificate
A document proving that a person is registered on the padrón of the municipality where they live; used to prove address and residence to other bodies.
Official wording
El certificado de empadronamiento acredita que una persona está empadronada en el municipio en que reside.Official sources
Used in: Public transport pass (abono) · Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Youth rent subsidy · Reporting a change of address (foreign nationals with a TIE) · Proof of registration (Barcelona) · Proof of registration (volante / certificado) · Special agreement for public healthcare (for people without public healthcare entitlement) · Replacing a lost or stolen TIE
Fianza de arrendamiento · Rental deposit
The guarantee a landlord requires from the tenant in a lease. The landlord must lodge it; in the Community of Madrid lodging is free and earns no interest.
Official wording
El depósito de fianzas de arrendamientos de viviendas y otras fincas urbanas es obligatorio para el arrendador y gratuito (sin devengo de interés).Official sources
Used in: Rental deposit (Catalonia) · Rental deposit lodging (Valencian Community) · Rental deposit registration
Padrón municipal · Municipal register
The register of a municipality's residents. Everyone living in Spain must register in the municipality where they usually live; those who live in several, in the one where they spend most of the year.
Official wording
Toda persona que viva en España está obligada a inscribirse en el Padrón del municipio en el que reside habitualmente.Official sources
Used in: Public transport pass (abono) · Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Youth rent subsidy · Reporting a change of address (foreign nationals with a TIE) · Personal digital certificate · Proof of registration (Barcelona) · Padrón certificate in Valencia · Proof of registration (volante / certificado)
Referencia catastral · Cadastral reference
An alphanumeric code identifying each property and locating it unambiguously on the official Cadastre map. It must appear on documents with economic or tax relevance for the property.
Official wording
A cada bien inmueble se le asignará como identificador una referencia catastral, constituida por un código alfanumérico que permite situarlo inequívocamente en la cartografía oficial del Catastro.Official sources
Used in: Opening a shop or business in Barcelona (activity notification) · Opening a shop or business in Valencia (environmental declaración responsable) · Municipal registration (Barcelona) · Registering on the padrón in Valencia · Municipal registration (padrón) · Rental deposit (Catalonia) · Rental deposit lodging (Valencian Community) · Rental deposit registration
Work and Social Security
Base reguladora · Regulatory base
For unemployment benefit, the average of the contribution bases of the last 180 days contributed, excluding overtime. The benefit is calculated from it (70 %, then 60 %).
Official wording
La base reguladora de la prestación es la media de la base de cotización del periodo indicado.Official sources
Used in: Temporary incapacity (sick leave benefit) · Unemployment benefit · Birth and childcare benefit
CIRCE y DUE (creación de empresas por Internet) · CIRCE and DUE (online company formation)
A system for completing the formation and start-up of a limited company online, by filling in the Single Electronic Document (DUE) yourself or at an entrepreneur service point.
Official wording
La creación de empresas por Internet (CIRCE) es un sistema que ofrece la posibilidad de realizar los trámites de constitución y puesta en marcha de la Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada por medios telemáticos.Official sources
Used in: Setting up a limited company (S.L.)
Informe de vida laboral · Employment history report
A Social Security report listing all of a person's registrations and deregistrations in the different schemes and the number of days registered. Only people who have been registered can get it.
Official wording
Consulta todas tus situaciones de alta y baja en los distintos regímenes de la Seguridad Social y el número de días que has estado en alta.Official sources
Used in: Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Hiring a foreign worker: initial residence and employment permit · Employment history report · Birth and childcare benefit · Housing Demand Register (public housing, Valencian Community) · Applying for public rental housing from the Agencia de Vivienda Social (Community of Madrid)
Número de la Seguridad Social (NUSS / NAF) · Social Security number (NUSS / NAF)
The number Social Security uses to identify each person; also called the affiliation number (NAF).
Official wording
El Número de la Seguridad Social (NUSS) es el número con el que la Seguridad Social te identifica. También se conoce como Número de Afiliación (NAF).Official sources
Used in: Registering as self-employed · Registering a domestic worker with Social Security · Social Security number
Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE) · State Public Employment Service (SEPE)
The autonomous body responsible for managing and controlling unemployment benefits.
Official wording
El Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal es el Organismo Autónomo encargado de la gestión y control de las prestaciones por desempleo.Official sources
Used in: Hiring a foreign worker: initial residence and employment permit · Temporary incapacity (sick leave benefit) · Lump-sum payment of unemployment benefit · Unemployment benefit · Unemployment allowance
Tarifa plana de autónomos · Flat rate for the self-employed
A reduced contribution of €80 a month for the first 12 months for people registering as self-employed for the first time.
Official wording
La tarifa plana consiste en el pago de una cuota de 80 € al mes durante los primeros 12 meses de alta si el autónomo se da de alta por primera vez en Trabajo Autónomo.Official sources
Used in: Registering as self-employed · Registering as a job seeker with LABORA (Valencian Community) · Reduced flat-rate contribution for new self-employed workers · SIP health card (Valencian Community)
Taxes
Aplazamiento y fraccionamiento · Deferral and instalments
The possibility, on request, of paying a tax debt later or in instalments when your financial situation temporarily prevents paying it on time.
Official wording
Las deudas tributarias que se encuentren en período voluntario o ejecutivo podrán aplazarse o fraccionarse en los términos que se fijen reglamentariamente y previa solicitud del obligado tributarioOfficial sources
Used in: Property tax IBI (Barcelona)
Autoliquidación · Self-assessment
A return in which taxpayers report the data to the authorities and calculate themselves the amount to pay, or to be refunded or offset.
Official wording
Las autoliquidaciones son declaraciones en las que los obligados tributarios, además de comunicar a la Administración los datos necesarios para la liquidación del tributoOfficial sources
Used in: Registering as self-employed · Opening a shop or business in Barcelona (activity notification) · Opening a shop or business in Madrid (declaración responsable) · Inheritance and Gift Tax in the Community of Madrid · Property transfer tax when buying a home (Catalonia) · Property transfer tax when buying a second-hand home (Community of Madrid) · VAT return (form 303) · Vehicle tax (IVTM) — Madrid City Council
Base imponible · Tax base
The amount, in money or otherwise, resulting from measuring or valuing the taxable event; the tax is calculated on it.
Official wording
La base imponible es la magnitud dineraria o de otra naturaleza que resulta de la medición o valoración del hecho imponible.Official sources
Used in: Inheritance tax (Valencian Community) · Property transfer tax when buying a home (Catalonia)
Declaración censal (modelo 036) · Tax census declaration (form 036)
The declaration that sole traders, professionals and companies file with the tax office when they start, change or stop their activity. Registration must be filed before the activity begins.
Official wording
Declaración censal de comienzo, modificación o cese de actividad que han de presentar a efectos fiscales los empresarios individuales, los profesionales y las sociedades.Official sources
Used in: Registering as self-employed · Tax census registration to start a business (form 036) · Setting up a limited company (S.L.)
Domicilio fiscal · Tax address
The place where the taxpayer is located for dealings with the tax authorities; for individuals, generally their habitual residence.
Official wording
El domicilio fiscal es el lugar de localización del obligado tributario en sus relaciones con la Administración tributaria.Official sources
Used in: Tax census registration to start a business (form 036) · Setting up a limited company (S.L.) · Register for Cl@ve · Vehicle ownership transfer
Impuesto sobre Actividades Económicas (IAE) · Business Activities Tax (IAE)
A tax that applies to carrying out any kind of economic activity, for both the self-employed and companies.
Official wording
El Impuesto sobre Actividades Económicas o IAE es el impuesto que se aplica por realizar cualquier tipo de actividad económica.Official sources
Used in: Registering as self-employed · Tax census registration to start a business (form 036) · Opening a shop or business in Barcelona (activity notification) · Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Hiring a foreign worker: initial residence and employment permit · Deregistering as self-employed · Changing from student stay to work or job-search residence · Residence and work for highly qualified professionals (Law 14/2013)
Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles (IBI) · Property tax (IBI)
A direct municipal tax on the value of real estate.
Official wording
El Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles es un tributo directo de carácter real que grava el valor de los bienes inmueblesOfficial sources
Used in: Registering on the padrón in Valencia · Property tax IBI (Barcelona) · Property tax (IBI) — Madrid City Council · IBI property tax in Valencia
Impuesto sobre el Incremento de Valor de los Terrenos de Naturaleza Urbana (plusvalía) · Municipal capital gains tax on urban land (plusvalía)
A direct municipal tax on the increase in value of urban land that becomes apparent when ownership is transferred (sale, inheritance, gift…) or certain property rights are created or transferred.
Official wording
El Impuesto sobre el Incremento de Valor de los Terrenos de Naturaleza Urbana es un tributo directo que grava el incremento de valor que experimenten dichos terrenosOfficial sources
Impuesto sobre el Valor Añadido (IVA) · Value Added Tax (IVA)
An indirect tax on consumption, levied on supplies of goods and services by businesses or professionals, intra-EU acquisitions and imports of goods.
Official wording
El Impuesto sobre el Valor Añadido es un tributo de naturaleza indirecta que recae sobre el consumoOfficial sources
Used in: Registering as self-employed · Tax census registration to start a business (form 036) · Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Hiring a foreign worker: initial residence and employment permit · Property transfer tax when buying a second-hand home (Community of Madrid) · VAT return (form 303) · Form 390: annual VAT summary return · Equivalence surcharge (VAT for retailers)
Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas (IRPF) · Personal income tax (IRPF)
A personal, direct tax on the income of individuals, taking into account their nature and personal and family circumstances, under the principles of equality, generality and progressivity.
Official wording
El Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas es un tributo de carácter personal y directo que grava, según los principios de igualdad, generalidad y progresividad, la renta de las personas físicas de acuerdo con su naturaleza y sus circunstancias personales y familiares.Official sources
Used in: Registering as self-employed · Tax census registration to start a business (form 036) · Opening a shop or business in Barcelona (activity notification) · Residence through settlement (arraigo) · Hiring a foreign worker: initial residence and employment permit · Deregistering as self-employed · School meal grants (Barcelona) · School meal grants (Valencian Community)
Impuesto sobre Sucesiones y Donaciones (ISD) · Inheritance and Gift Tax (ISD)
A direct, subjective tax on increases in wealth obtained by individuals free of charge, for example by inheritance or gift.
Official wording
El Impuesto sobre Sucesiones y Donaciones, de naturaleza directa y subjetiva, grava los incrementos patrimoniales obtenidos a título lucrativo por personas físicasOfficial sources
Used in: Inheritance tax (Catalonia) · Inheritance tax (Valencian Community) · Inheritance and Gift Tax in the Community of Madrid
Impuesto sobre Transmisiones Patrimoniales y Actos Jurídicos Documentados (ITP-AJD) · Property Transfer and Stamp Duty Tax (ITP-AJD)
An indirect tax on paid transfers of property (for example buying a second-hand home), company operations and documented legal acts.
Official wording
El Impuesto sobre Transmisiones Patrimoniales y Actos Jurídicos Documentados es un tributo de naturaleza indirectaOfficial sources
Used in: Setting up a limited company (S.L.) · Property transfer tax when buying a home (Catalonia) · Transfer tax (ITP) when buying a resale home (Valencian Community) · Property transfer tax when buying a second-hand home (Community of Madrid) · Vehicle ownership transfer
Impuesto sobre Vehículos de Tracción Mecánica (IVTM) · Vehicle tax (IVTM)
A direct municipal tax on owning vehicles fit to drive on public roads.
Official wording
El Impuesto sobre Vehículos de Tracción Mecánica es un tributo directo que grava la titularidad de los vehículos de esta naturaleza, aptos para circular por las vías públicasOfficial sources
Used in: Vehicle tax IVTM (Barcelona) · Vehicle tax (IVTM) — Madrid City Council · Vehicle tax in Valencia (IVTM) · Vehicle ownership transfer
Health and education
Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad (PAU) · University entrance exam (PAU)
The test that holders of the Spanish Bachillerato must pass to enter official university degree studies.
Official wording
La PAU es la prueba que deben superar los alumnos que han obtenido el título de bachillerato español para poder acceder a estudios oficiales de grado en la universidad.Official sources
Used in: University entrance exam, PAU (Catalonia) · University entrance exam (PAU) in the Valencian Community · University entrance exam (PAU) · Municipal nursery schools, ages 0–3 (València)
Tarjeta sanitaria individual · Individual health card
The document that identifies its holder to the public health services of the National Health System and gives access to them. In the Valencian Community it is called the SIP card and is valid throughout Spain.
Official wording
La tarjeta sanitaria individual SIP es el documento administrativo emitido por la Administración Pública Valenciana que identifica y acredita al titular de la misma ante los Servicios Sanitarios Públicos del Sistema Nacional de Salud y permite el acceso a las prestaciones del mismo.Official sources
Used in: Booking an appointment at your health centre (Valencian Community) · Booking an appointment at your health centre · Special agreement for public healthcare (for people without public healthcare entitlement) · Large family certificate (Catalonia) · Choosing your family doctor or health centre (Valencian Community) · Choosing a family doctor and health centre · Social Security number · Non-contributory pension (Valencian Community)
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