Where/how to actually register as non-EU visitors staying in EU for over 90 days? (May be different from padron?)
Hello -
My spouse (non-EU) and I (EU dual citizen) are having an insane time trying to register her and need some help from this sub-reddit.
She is the non-EU spouse of me as an EU citizen, and we're visiting the continent for an extended period (although not staying in Spain all this time and not becoming Spanish residents.) The rules say she has the right to stay for more than 90 days if accompanying me, but she must still register her presence or apply for a residence card with the local authorities within 3 months of arrival.
We spent all day yesterday trying to register her presence, but we got nowhere. We asked about registering for a "padrón sin domicilio", which we had been told could be done, but we were turned away at each location we went to. We also asked about applying for a "Residence Card for a Family Member of a Union Citizen", which we were told we could request at a Foreigner's Office (Oficina de Extranjeros) or local police station, but everyone turned us away. We just want to make sure she doesn't get into immigration trouble, but no one could help us. Each location we went to, we were turned away and told to go somewhere else! The places we tried in person were, in order:
1) Oficina d'Atenció Ciutadana d'Horta - Guinardó / Citizen Help and Information Office (OAC) Horta-Guinardó, at Carrer de Lepant 387. They said to try going to a local police station and/or an Oficina D'Estrangeria.
2) The local police station / Zona de la Guàrdia Civil a Catalunya, at Travessera de Gràcia, 291-293. They said to go to a National Police office.
3) The Oficina D'Estrangeria at Pg. de St. Joan, 189. They also said to go to the National Police office, specifically the one at Mallorca 213.
4 and 5) The Policia Nacional, first the one at Mallora 213, then the one at Carrer de Balmes, 192, (because that second one has a DNI office attached and seemed likely). Both of them said to go to the Oficina de Tramitació del DNI i del Passaport at Carrer de Guipúscoa, 74, which is what we'll now try for tomorrow.
And if that doesn't work, we passed a Gestoria Extrangeria pay/private service called TuExtranjeria at Pg. de St. Joan, 197, which would be our next-next step, if left to our own devices.
Does anyone have any tips or specific information? We're getting slammed by the Spanish bureaucracy pretty bad over here. Note: the citapreviadnie.es website fails to allow us to register for a cita every time we do so online, so we're out of luck there as well.
Thank you all so much -- any help you can offer un us actually getting padrones sin domicilio, or just registered so that my spouse isn't flagged for not registering as a long-term visitor to the EU would be VERY appreciated!