Spanish · Extranjería / NIE / TIE
You arrive for your appointment at Extranjería and explain why: what to say in Spanish
You arrive at the immigration office and explain why.
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How it's done. The immigration office (Extranjería) and the police station issue residence permits and foreigner cards (TIE); fingerprints (huellas) often need a separate appointment.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Buenos días. ¿Qué trámite viene a hacer?Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs. Keh TRAH-mee-teh BYEH-neh uh uh-SEHR?
Good morning. What procedure have you come to do?
They might also say:
Buenos días. ¿Para qué viene?
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs. PAH-ruh keh BYEH-neh?
Good morning. What have you come for?
YOU REPLY
Vengo a recoger mi tarjeta de residencia.
BAYN-goh uh reh-koh-KHEHR mee tuhr-KHEH-tuh deh reh-see-DAYN-syuh.
I've come to collect my residence card.
THEY SAY
¿Tiene la cita y el pasaporte?TYEH-neh lah SEE-tuh ee el puh-suh-POR-teh?
Do you have the appointment and the passport?
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YOU REPLY
Sí, aquí los tengo.
See, uh-KEE los TAYN-goh.
Yes, here they are.
THEY SAY
Espere en la sala. Le llamarán.Es-PEH-reh en lah SAH-luh. Leh yuh-muh-RAHN.
Wait in the room. They'll call you.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. ¿Cuánto tardarán?
GRAH-syuhs. Koo-AHN-toh tuhr-duh-RAHN?
Thanks. How long will it take?
THEY SAY
Unos diez minutos.OO-nos dyehs mee-NOO-tos.
About ten minutes.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
trámite
TRAH-mee-teh
noun
administrative procedure
viene
BYEH-neh
verb
comes
hacer
uh-SEHR
verb
to do, to make
Vengo
BAYN-goh
verb
I come
25 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Todavía no hablo bien español.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh AH-bloh byayn es-puh-NYOL.
I don't speak Spanish well yet.
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
Similar situations
You give your fingerprints for the cardExtranjería / NIE / TIE · A2 in the app
→You ask about paying the state feeExtranjería / NIE / TIE · A2 in the app
→You ask how to renew a residence permitExtranjería / NIE / TIE · B1 in the app
→You ask whether your application has already been processedExtranjería / NIE / TIE · B1 in the app
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