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You ask how to renew a residence permit: what to say in Spanish
You ask how to renew the residence permit.
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How it's done. Renewal (renovación) is applied for in advance: up to sixty days before expiry and up to ninety days after; delay may bring a fine.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Quisiera renovar mi autorización de residencia.
Kee-SYEH-ruh reh-noh-BAHR mee ow-toh-ree-suh-SYOHN deh reh-see-DAYN-syuh.
I'd like to renew my residence authorisation.
THEY SAY
¿Cuándo caduca?Koo-AHN-doh kuh-DOO-kuh?
When does it expire?
They might also say:
¿Cuándo vence?
Koo-AHN-doh BAYN-seh?
When does it run out?
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YOU REPLY
En dos meses.
En dos MEH-ses.
In two months.
THEY SAY
Puede presentarla ya. Necesita el pasaporte, la tarjeta y el empadronamiento.Poo-EH-deh preh-sayn-TAHR-luh yah. Neh-seh-SEE-tuh el puh-suh-POR-teh, lah tuhr-KHEH-tuh ee el em-puh-droh-nuh-MYAYN-toh.
You can submit it now. You need the passport, the card and the registration.
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YOU FINISH
¿Y tengo que pedir cita?
Ee TAYN-goh keh peh-DEER SEE-tuh?
And do I have to book an appointment?
THEY SAY
Sí, en la sede electrónica.See, en lah SEH-deh eh-lek-TROH-nee-kuh.
Yes, on the electronic site.
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.
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Words worth knowing
Quisiera
Kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
renovar
reh-noh-BAHR
verb
to renew
autorización
ow-toh-ree-suh-SYOHN
noun
authorisation, permission
residencia
reh-see-DAYN-syuh
noun
residence
caduca
kuh-DOO-kuh
verb
expires
meses
MEH-ses
noun
months
21 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?
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
Similar situations
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