Resident before 2021: the Agreement card
Were you living here before the transition period closed? Then your rights as a resident carry on, and a TIE issued under the Withdrawal Agreement is the document that shows them. You request it with proof that your residence here began in time: the old registration certificate if you have one, or papers such as a padrón certificate, a rental contract, tax returns or a work contract from that period.
Anyone who never held a Spanish residence paper has their case examined before a card can follow. Request a consultation with whatever proof you have, and we go through it together before anything is booked.
An old green certificate in the drawer
Many Britons who registered before Brexit still keep the A4 green certificate or the small green card. It remains proof of your rights, but the TIE is the document you are encouraged to carry: it bears your photograph and is far easier to show at a border, at the bank or when renting. The exchange means booking fingerprints for the province of Valladolid and bringing the old certificate.
Arriving now
A Briton moving to Valladolid today has to secure a visa or an authorisation before settling, exactly as other non-Europeans do: a visa for residence on your own means if you live on a pension or savings, a work or a student visa, or a family route. Short visits remain possible without a visa, within the visitor limits of the Schengen area.
Once here, the steps are those of every non-EU resident: the padrón, the toma de huellas, then the TIE.
Partners and children
Family members of people covered by the Agreement may be covered too, including some who join later, when the family link already existed before the transition period ended. Each case turns on dates and documents, so check yours before you book.