Spanish · Extranjería / NIE / TIE
You ask whether your application has already been processed: what to say in Spanish
You ask whether your application has been decided.
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How it's done. The status of the case (estado del expediente) can be checked online with the case number (número de expediente) and passport.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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1
YOU START
Buenos días, quería saber cómo va mi expediente.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, keh-REE-uh suh-BEHR KOH-moh bah mee eks-peh-DYAYN-teh.
Good morning, I'd like to know how my file is going.
THEY SAY
¿Tiene el número de expediente?TYEH-neh el NOO-meh-roh deh eks-peh-DYAYN-teh?
Do you have the file number?
They might also say:
¿Me dice el número del expediente?
Meh DEE-seh el NOO-meh-roh del eks-peh-DYAYN-teh?
Can you tell me the file number?
2
YOU REPLY
Sí, es este.
See, es ES-teh.
Yes, it's this one.
THEY SAY
Está en trámite. Todavía no hay resolución.Es-TAH en TRAH-mee-teh. Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh igh reh-soh-loo-SYOHN.
It's in progress. There is no decision yet.
3
YOU FINISH
¿Cuánto tardará?
Koo-AHN-toh tuhr-duh-RAH?
How long will it take?
THEY SAY
Puede tardar unas semanas.Poo-EH-deh tuhr-DAHR OO-nuhs seh-MAH-nuhs.
It may take a few weeks.
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
quería
keh-REE-uh
verb
I wanted
saber
suh-BEHR
verb
to know, to find out
cómo
KOH-moh
adverb
how
va
bah
verb
goes
20 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?
Similar situations
Your documents are returned with a request to add moreExtranjería / NIE / TIE · B1 in the app
→You collect your finished cardExtranjería / NIE / TIE · A2 in the app
→You arrive for your appointment at Extranjería and explain whyExtranjería / NIE / TIE · A2 in the app
→You give your fingerprints for the cardExtranjería / NIE / TIE · A2 in the app
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