How long are the Residence Cards for Family Members taking these days?
 

Hi everyone.

Sorry if this has been asked before.

I'm married to a Spanish citizen and going to submit everything for my Tarjeta de Familiar on June 18th. My lawyer is saying it will take 3 months minimum to receive the resolution of the application i.e. the card. What's your experiences? Are there any ways to speed it up?

I have a job offer in Spain and worried they won't wait that long for me to sort my papers out.

Thanks

Re: How long are the Residence Cards for Family Members taking these days?
 

Depends on which office will be dealing with your application because this varies such a lot from area to area. If you say which province you are planning to settle in it might help with the replies.

Rosemary

Re: How long are the Residence Cards for Family Members taking these days?
 

The office is Barcelona

Re: How long are the Residence Cards for Family Members taking these days?
 

It is what it is. https://www.barcelona.cat/internatio...na-de-la-union
If you translate from Google:

• You should know that the deadline to submit the application to obtain the residence card of a relative of the EU citizen is three months from the date of entry into Spain.
• Once the application is made, you will receive a receipt certifying the presentation of said application, which is sufficient to prove that the card is in the process of applying for the card.

The last step number 9 is also explained:
Collect your residence card. Once the fingerprints have been taken and within a period of approximately 45 days, you will be able to go and collect the residence card of a family member of a citizen of the Union.

Re: How long are the Residence Cards for Family Members taking these days?
 

Read/point your lawyer to this page:

https://residenciayestancia.wordpres...union-europea/

You supposedly already have the right to work even though you don't yet have the card. The resguardo should be enough. Convincing everyone of that might be more difficult.

Re: How long are the Residence Cards for Family Members taking these days?
 

Thanks - already did as I really wanted to believe that too! Unfortunately the lawyer was not convinced. She said the resguardo acreditivo just says you're waiting for a resolution, not proof of the (favourable) resolucion itself. Do you know anyone who's actually exercised the rights without the tarjeta?

Re: How long are the Residence Cards for Family Members taking these days?
 

I'm afraid I don't know anyone who's gone this route. I guess there's always a tiny chance you could be turned down, but you are already fulfilling the conditions by being the family member of an EU citizen who's working in Spain.

Whether a company wants to take you on with just a NIE until you get the card is something else, they usually want a scan of your card to prove you're in Spain legally, not a scan of your marriage certificate/civil partnership, partner's contract, resguardo, padrón, and whatever else.