Spanish · Extranjería / NIE / TIE
Your documents are returned with a request to add more: what to say in Spanish
You get documents back with a request to supplement them.
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How it's done. A requerimiento is a request to complete documents; you answer within the stated period (plazo), otherwise the case may be closed.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Ha recibido un requerimiento. Tiene diez días para aportar documentos.Uh reh-see-BEE-doh oon reh-keh-ree-MYAYN-toh. TYEH-neh dyehs DEE-uhs PAH-ruh uh-por-TAHR doh-koo-MAYN-tos.
You've received a request. You have ten days to provide documents.
They might also say:
Hay un requerimiento: diez días para presentar lo que falta.
Igh oon reh-keh-ree-MYAYN-toh: dyehs DEE-uhs PAH-ruh preh-sayn-TAHR loh keh FAHL-tuh.
There's a request: ten days to submit what is missing.
YOU REPLY
¿Qué documentos tengo que traer?
Keh doh-koo-MAYN-tos TAYN-goh keh truh-EHR?
Which documents do I have to bring?
THEY SAY
El certificado de empadronamiento y la nómina.El sehr-tee-fee-KAH-doh deh em-puh-droh-nuh-MYAYN-toh ee lah NOH-mee-nuh.
The registration certificate and the payslip.
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YOU REPLY
Los traigo mañana. ¿Dónde los entrego?
Los TRIGH-goh muh-NYAH-nuh. DOHN-deh los ayn-TREH-goh?
I'll bring them tomorrow. Where do I hand them in?
THEY SAY
En el registro, con este papel.En el reh-KHEES-troh, kohn ES-teh puh-PEL.
At the registry, with this paper.
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YOU FINISH
Entendido. Muchas gracias.
Ayn-tayn-DEE-doh. MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Understood. Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. No se olvide del plazo.Deh NAH-duh. Noh seh ol-BEE-deh del PLAH-soh.
You're welcome. Don't forget the deadline.
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
Ha
Uh
verb
has (auxiliary)
recibido
reh-see-BEE-doh
verb
received
requerimiento
reh-keh-ree-MYAYN-toh
noun
formal request
Tiene
TYEH-neh
verb
has
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
aportar
uh-por-TAHR
verb
to provide
32 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
You collect your finished cardExtranjería / NIE / TIE · A2 in the app
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→You ask about paying the state feeExtranjería / NIE / TIE · A2 in the app
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