How To Inform Authorities About Change Of Address Online

Once you have registered on the padrón of your new home town, you can communicate your change of address to a list of authorities, through the electronic office of the Spanish government, all in one go.

Included are DGT/Trafico, TGSS, Seguridad Social INSS, Agencia Tributuaria (Tax Office) and the Dirección General de Policia, where the register with NIE numbers is held. You need a digital certificate, a Cl@ve Pin or Cl@ve Permanente to access the service. I tried with my digital certificate and it took a couple of tries to get through, so don´t give up if you get an error message the first time round.

The only disadvantage the system has, is a 2 month process time from your change of data on the padrón, so if you try to access the service before, your data might not have been updated yet.

On the other hand, I cannot think of many things being that time sensitive that this would be a problem and it is a whole lot more convenient than having to go in person, or visiting the various electronic offices one by one.

LINK TO GOVERNMENT ELECTRONIC OFFICE

To communicate your change of address, choose the option on the left. To follow the progress of your communication, choose the option on the right.

You can even communicate your new address in Spain with the authorities in your hometown abroad, if you recently made the move to Spain. Not all European countries connected yet, but the list is growing steadily.

Changing address with DGT for notifications.

update 02/07/24.  Myra.

Some including myself have had problems using the government website on the first link above. I posed an enquiry and this is a response.

“Buenos días,

Por favor, realice un nuevo intento de registro en el portal de cambio de domicilio.
Previamente realice un borrado del historial de exploración del navegador y desactive tanto cortafuegos como el antivirus. Pruebe desde otro navegador también.
Si habiendo realizado esas recomendaciones persiste la incidencia, remitanos los siguientes datos:
– Nombre y apellidos:

– NIF/ NIE (en el caso de tratarse de un NIE, es necesario adjuntar el número de soporte de su tarjeta. Si es de régimen general, es un número de de 9 dígitos que empieza por una “E”. Si se trata de un Certificado de Registro de Ciudadano de la Unión Europea, es un número de 7 cifras que aparece en la parte superior derecha del “papel verde”, o en la parte inferior derecha si el formato es de tarjeta)

– Captura de pantalla del mensaje de error que le aparece:

– Número de la solicitud:

– Domicilio nuevo:

– Certificado de empadronamiento:

– Sistema de identificación que utiliza (clave pin, clave permanente o certificado digital)

(Le rogamos que por favor se abstenga de enviar fotografías. NO fotografías. Lamentablemente, por motivos de configuración y seguridad de la cuenta, es posible que su correo sea eliminado.

Con el objeto de poder darle solución, siga las siguientes instrucciones para remitir la captura: pulse en el momento la tecla Imprimir Pantalla (Impr Pant), abra un procesador de texto (Word, WordPad) y pegue el resultado en el documento en blanco. Utilizando esta vía, podrá ir pegando tantas capturas (en el documento) como le hagan falta para la descripción de su incidencia.)

Gracias.

Good morning,

Please make a new attempt to register on the change of address portal. First, clear your browser’s browsing history and disable both the firewall and antivirus. Also, try using a different browser. 

If the issue persists after following these recommendations, please provide us with the following information:

– Name and surname:

– NIF/NIE (if it’s an NIE, you need to include the support number of your card. For the general regime, it’s a 9-digit number starting with an “E”. If it’s a Certificate of Registration of Citizen of the European Union, it’s a 7-digit number that appears in the top right corner of the “green paper,” or in the bottom right corner if the format is a card):

– Screenshot of the error message that appears:

– Request number:

– New address:

– Certificate of registration:

– Identification system you use (PIN code, permanent code, or digital certificate)

(Please refrain from sending photographs. NO photographs. Unfortunately, due to account configuration and security reasons, your email may be deleted.

To provide a solution, follow these instructions to send the screenshot: press the Print Screen key (PrtSc), open a word processor (Word, WordPad) and paste the result into the blank document. Using this method, you can paste as many screenshots (into the document) as you need to describe your issue.)

Thank you”

Please note: The information provided is based upon our understanding of current legislation. It is not legal advice but is provided freely to enable you to be properly informed. We recommend that if you are considering taking action, you should seek professional advice.