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Index of terms
The words printed on forms, confirmations and office doors in Castellón, each explained in plain English.
A
- Ajuntament
- Valencian for town hall or city council (ayuntamiento in Spanish). The Ajuntament de Castelló keeps the city’s padrón.
B
- Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras
- Police unit for foreigners and borders, part of the Policía Nacional. policia.es gives its Castelló address as Plaza Teodoro Izquierdo 6.
C
- Certificado de registro
- Spanish name of the green certificate, the proof that a European (EU, EEA or Swiss) lives in Spain as a registered resident. It carries no photo.
- Cita previa
- A booking made ahead of time; foreigners’ offices in Spain work with it. Valencian signs may say cita prèvia.
- Comisaría Provincial
- The main police station of the province. In Castelló it is on Calle Río Sella 5, and policia.es lists the same foreigners’ procedures there as at the Brigada.
G
- Generalitat
- The regional government of the Comunitat Valenciana. It runs health care and schools, not foreigners’ permits.
N
- NIE
- A personal code for foreigners, issued by the Policía Nacional, that stays with you for life. The letters stand for Número de Identidad de Extranjero.
- Número de afiliación
- Your Social Security number, from the TGSS. One number for all your working life in Spain.
O
- Oficina de Extranjería
- Where the State decides on permits to live and work. In Castelló, its sede 2 is in the Edificio La Pau, Calle Escultor Viciano 2.
P
- Padró, or padrón
- The town’s register of residents, padró in Valencian and padrón in Spanish. Signing up is empadronament or empadronamiento.
R
- Resguardo
- A receipt that proves a request is in process, for example the one you get after your fingerprints.
S
- Seu electrònica
- The online office of an administration, sede electrónica in Spanish, where some procedures are done with a digital certificate.
- Subdelegación del Gobierno
- The central government’s office in a province. The Oficina de Extranjería of Castellón depends on it.
T
- Tarjeta SIP
- The public health card of the Comunitat Valenciana, given at your health centre once you have public health cover.
- Tasa
- A fee paid to the State. Police procedures for foreigners collect it through form 790, code 012.
- TIE
- The card a non-EU resident carries, with photo, NIE, type of authorisation and end date. Full name: Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero.
- Tinença d’Alcaldia
- A district office of the Ajuntament de Castelló. The city has six, from the Centre to the Grau, and each one handles padrón procedures.
- Toma de huellas
- The fingerprint appointment for a TIE card, booked after you arrive or after your authorisation is granted.
- Trámite
- A procedure. On the booking website, each form has its own trámite. Valencian: tràmit.
V
- Volant
- Valencian for volante: a simple paper that shows you are on the padrón. The certificat (certificado) is the formal version.
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