Spanish you will meet at the counter
The word list
Concordancia, resguardo, cédula de inscripción, OAC: the Spanish words of Pamplona’s offices and forms, each explained in plain English.
A
- Autorización de regreso
- A police permit to re-enter Spain after a journey, for non-EU residents caught between an old card and a new one.
C
- Cédula de inscripción
- A registration document for a foreigner who cannot obtain a passport from their own country.
- Certificado de concordancia
- A police certificate confirming that two documents or numbers belong to the same person, such as an old NIE and a new passport.
- Certificado de registro
- What EU, EEA and Swiss residents receive on registering, known as the green certificate: a printed sheet with the address and the NIE, and no photograph.
- Cita previa
- An appointment booked ahead online. Navarra’s foreigners’ offices work through it, and the confirmation states which office expects you.
- Credencial
- The pilgrim’s record on the Camino, stamped at each stop along the way. This site borrows the idea: every procedure is a stage that ends with a stamp.
D
- Devolución de tasas
- A refund of a fee paid by mistake or twice. In Pamplona it is listed with the Unidad de Documentación de Extranjeros section.
E
- Empadronamiento
- Being entered on the padrón, the roll of residents each town hall keeps.
M
- Modelo 790 código 012
- Form for paying the State’s fee on police procedures for foreigners; produced online, paid before the appointment.
N
- NIE
- Número de Identidad de Extranjero: one per foreigner, issued by the Policía Nacional and never changed; tax offices use it too.
O
- OAC
- Oficina de Atención Ciudadana (Herritarrendako Arreta Bulegoa in Basque): the Ayuntamiento de Pamplona’s citizen office on Calle Mayor, which handles the padrón.
- Oficina Única de Extranjería
- Navarra’s immigration office, under the Delegación del Gobierno: it receives and decides authorisations to study, live, work and join family.
P
- Personal comunitarios y regresos
- The police section at Avenida de Guipúzcoa 40 for EU citizens’ certificates, NIE assignment and return authorisations.
- Poder notarial
- Authority you grant before a notary so that another person can act in your name, for instance at a property signing.
- Prórroga de estancia
- The extension of a stay, a student’s for instance, requested before the current one ends.
R
- Recogida de tarjetas
- Literally “card collection”: the police section in Pamplona that takes TIE fingerprints and hands the cards over.
- Resguardo
- The slip you are given after the fingerprints, proving the card is on its way. You show it to collect the card.
T
- TIE
- The card, with photograph, that a non-EU resident holds; the letters stand for Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero, and it carries the NIE, the authorisation type and the expiry date.
- Toma de huellas
- Fingerprinting. In practice, the police appointment where your TIE application is lodged and the card ordered.
U
- Unidad de Documentación de Extranjeros
- The name of the whole police unit for foreigners in Pamplona, and of its section for extensions, address changes, refunds and information.