Spanish · Protección temporal
You report a change of address or details: what to say in Spanish
You report a change of address or details.
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How it's done. A change of address or phone must be reported to the immigration office so letters and summonses reach you; give it in person or through the website.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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YOU START
Quiero comunicar que he cambiado de domicilio.
KYEH-roh koh-moo-nee-KAHR keh eh kuhm-BYAH-doh deh doh-mee-SEE-lyoh.
I want to report that I've changed my address.
THEY SAY
¿Tiene el nuevo volante de empadronamiento?TYEH-neh el noo-EH-boh boh-LAHN-teh deh em-puh-droh-nuh-MYAYN-toh?
Do you have the new registration certificate?
They might also say:
¿Trae el nuevo certificado de empadronamiento?
TRAH-eh el noo-EH-boh sehr-tee-fee-KAH-doh deh em-puh-droh-nuh-MYAYN-toh?
Have you brought the new registration certificate?
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YOU REPLY
Sí, aquí está.
See, uh-KEE es-TAH.
Yes, here it is.
THEY SAY
Rellene este impreso con la nueva dirección.Reh-EH-neh ES-teh eem-PREH-soh kohn lah noo-EH-buh dee-rek-SYOHN.
Fill in this form with the new address.
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YOU FINISH
Vale, gracias.
BAH-leh, GRAH-syuhs.
OK, thanks.
THEY SAY
De nada. Entréguelo en el registro cuando termine.Deh NAH-duh. Ayn-TREH-geh-loh en el reh-KHEES-troh koo-AHN-doh tehr-MEE-neh.
You're welcome. Hand it in at the registry when you finish.
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
Quiero
KYEH-roh
verb
I want
comunicar
koh-moo-nee-KAHR
verb
to inform
he
eh
verb
I have (auxiliary)
cambiado
kuhm-BYAH-doh
verb
changed
domicilio
doh-mee-SEE-lyoh
noun
home address
nuevo
noo-EH-boh
adjective
new
23 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
You apply for temporary protectionProtección temporal · A2 in the app
→You ask what rights the protection gives youProtección temporal · A2 in the app
→You add your children to the applicationProtección temporal · A2 in the app
→You ask whether you can work with this statusProtección temporal · B1 in the app
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