{"id":3410,"date":"2026-03-04T09:57:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/tie-card-mallorca\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:57:36","slug":"tie-card-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/tie-card-mallorca\/","title":{"rendered":"TIE Card Mallorca \u2013 Foreigner Identity Card Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>TIE (Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero)<\/strong> is the physical identity card for foreigners in Spain. Since 2020 it replaces the green residence certificate for non-EU citizens. For EU citizens it is optional but useful.<\/p>\n<h2>Who needs the TIE?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Non-EU citizens:<\/strong> Mandatory after receiving residence permit<\/li>\n<li><strong>EU citizens:<\/strong> Optional \u2013 the green Certificado is sufficient but the TIE is more practical (credit card size)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Non-EU family members of EU citizens:<\/strong> Mandatory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>TIE vs NIE vs Certificado<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NIE:<\/strong> Just a number \u2013 no card, no residence right<\/li>\n<li><strong>Certificado de Registro:<\/strong> Green A4 paper confirming EU residence right<\/li>\n<li><strong>TIE:<\/strong> Plastic card with photo, biometric data and NIE number<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What do you need?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Form EX-17<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Passport + copy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>NIE documentation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Empadronamiento<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Passport photo<\/strong> (white background, 32x26mm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fee:<\/strong> approx. 12 euros<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Where to apply<\/h2>\n<p>At the <strong>Oficina de Extranjer\u00eda<\/strong> or <strong>Comisar\u00eda de Polic\u00eda Nacional<\/strong> in Palma. Book a <em>Cita Previa<\/em> online.<\/p>\n<h2>Processing time<\/h2>\n<p>The card is produced in Madrid. Processing: <strong>4-6 weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First you need: <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/nie-number-mallorca\/\">NIE number<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/moving-to-mallorca\/\">moving to Mallorca guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TIE (Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero) is the physical identity card for foreigners in Spain. Since 2020 it replaces the green residence certificate for non-EU citizens. For EU citizens it is optional but useful. Who needs the TIE? Non-EU citizens: Mandatory after receiving residence permit EU citizens: Optional \u2013 the green Certificado is sufficient<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[890],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bureaucracy-authorities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}