Family reunification in Spain for €395, fully online.
Family reunification for your spouse, children or parents, if you meet the housing and income requirements. Flat fee per case; official fees are paid separately.
Family reunification in Spain for €395, fully online.
Family reunification in Spain: Residence authorisation through general-regime family reunification (RD 1155/2024). The sponsor: a legal resident in Spain applying to bring a family member over. Booka's fee is €395, plus the official fee of 10,94 €. Applied for from within Spain.
General-regime family reunification (form EX-02, RD 1155/2024) is started by the resident in Spain — the sponsor — to bring their spouse or partner, children or, in limited cases, dependent parents. Once authorised, the family member requests their visa at the consulate and travels.
Two requirements decide most cases: sufficient income measured against the current IPREM index, and adequate housing evidenced with a report from your region or town hall — the slowest document in the whole file.
Updated on · Rule: RD 1155/2024 · Source: inclusion.gob.es
Family reunification in Spain: The facts that decide your case.
- What it is
- Residence authorisation through general-regime family reunification (RD 1155/2024).
- Who can apply
- The sponsor: a legal resident in Spain applying to bring a family member over.As a general rule, one year of prior legal residence plus authorisation to reside for at least another year.
- Who can be brought over
- Spouse or registered partner, minor children or children with a disability, and dependent parents in limited cases.
- Where you apply
- The authorisation in Spain, by the sponsor; the visa afterwards, at the consulate in the family member's country.
- Official form
- EX-02, application for temporary residence through family reunification.
- Can they work?
- Reunification authorises residence; whether the family member may work depends on the specific case and their age.
- The requirements that decide
- Sufficient means against the current IPREM index, and adequate housing evidenced by a regional or municipal report.
- Government fee
- 790-052 for the authorisation, plus the family member's consular visa fee.Paid separately to the administration and the consulate; detailed in your case file.
Family reunification in Spain: Who it is for — and who it is not.
This is your procedure if…
- You reside legally in Spain and your permit runs for at least another year.
- You want to bring your spouse or registered partner, your minor children or a dependent parent.
- You can evidence stable income meeting the IPREM-referenced scale for your household size.
- You live in a home for which your region or town hall can issue the adequacy report.
This is not your procedure if…
- Your relative is a Spanish citizen: relatives of Spanish nationals follow a different route with its own rules.
- You have just received your first card and do not yet have a year of legal residence.
- Your relative is already in Spain and you hoped to regularise them from here with this case.
- Your child is coming for a school year on an exchange programme, not to settle with you.
Is this really your procedure?
If you are torn between routes, answer them before hiring anything. Twelve questions, three minutes, and we tell you which ones fit your case, what you are missing for each, and what puts it at risk. It comes off the price if you then hire the full service.
Family reunification in Spain if you come from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Argentina or Cuba
In family reunification, your family members' marriage, registered-partnership or birth certificates are apostilled in the issuing country, or legalised at MINREX if they are Cuban, and translated. Once the permit is granted, each family member applies for their visa at the Consulate General of Spain for their district, with their criminal record certificate if they are an adult.
| Country | Apostille or legalisation | Consulate of Spain | Criminal record certificate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | Colombia apostilles online at the Cancillería (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Colombian degrees are first legalised, free and online, at the Ministry of National Education. | Consulate General of Spain in Bogotá | Colombia's certificate of judicial records (antecedentes judiciales) is issued by the National Police and apostilled online by the Cancillería as a digital document. |
| Venezuela | Venezuela apostilles at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MPPRE), by appointment, with an electronic apostille for many documents. Venezuelan degrees first go through the Ministry of University Education. | Consulate General of Spain in Caracas | Venezuela's criminal record certificate is issued online by the Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace, valid for 3 months, and apostilled by the MPPRE. |
| Argentina | Argentina apostilles at the Foreign Ministry (TAD platform, digitally signed documents) or at any Colegio de Escribanos (notaries). Argentine degrees are first legalised at the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Health. | Consulates General of Spain in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario and Bahía Blanca, depending on the province | Argentina's criminal record certificate is issued online by the Registro Nacional de Reincidencia, valid for 90 days, and apostilled via TAD or at a Colegio de Escribanos. |
| Mexico | Mexico has a dual apostille system: federal documents are apostilled by the Secretaría de Gobernación (SEGOB) and state documents by each state's Secretaría General de Gobierno. Mexican consulates do not apostille. | Consulates General of Spain in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, depending on the state | Mexico issues the federal criminal record certificate (SSPC, online, with SEGOB electronic apostille) and the state certificate of no criminal record; check with the Spanish consulate which one it requires. |
| Peru | Peru apostilles at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, online or in person in Lima. Peruvian degrees must be registered with SUNEDU before the apostille. | Consulate General of Spain in Lima | Peru's criminal record certificate is issued electronically by the Judiciary (Poder Judicial), valid for 90 days, and apostilled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
| Cuba | Cuba is not party to the Hague Convention, so there is no Cuban apostille: Cuban documents are legalised at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) and, when the Spanish authority requires it, at the Consulate General of Spain in Havana. | Consulate General of Spain in Havana | Cuba's criminal record certification is issued by the Ministry of Justice and legalised by MINREX; it is the slowest document in a Cuban file, so it is requested first. |
| Ecuador | Ecuador apostilles online at the Cancillería, with no appointment, and the apostille arrives by email. An Ecuadorian degree must be registered with SENESCYT before it is apostilled. | Consulates General of Spain in Quito and Guayaquil | Ecuador's criminal record certificate is issued online and free by the Ministry of the Interior, valid for 90 days, and apostilled online by the Cancillería. |
| Chile | Chile's apostille is decentralised: the Civil Registry apostilles its certificates online, higher-education degrees are legalised and apostilled at Ayuda Mineduc and all other documents at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | Consulate General of Spain in Santiago de Chile | Chile's certificate of criminal record for private purposes is issued by the Civil Registry with ClaveÚnica and apostilled online in the same request. |
Common to all eight countries
- Nationals of Ibero-American countries can apply for Spanish citizenship after 2 years of legal residence (article 22 of the Spanish Civil Code), instead of the general 10 years.
- Criminal record and civil certificates are usually required to be less than 3 months old when filed, and every document not in Spanish needs a sworn translation (traducción jurada) in addition to the apostille or legalisation.
Consular pages at exteriores.gob.es and the Hague Conference status table, checked 4 October 2026.
Family reunification in Spain: What you have to prove.
Prior legal residence of the sponsor
As a general rule you need at least one year of legal residence in Spain plus authorisation to reside for at least another year. The second half is the one people forget: a year behind you is not enough, the card also has to give you runway ahead. If your renewal is pending, the order of the two procedures matters and is worth checking first.
Requirement 1 of 6Sufficient means against the current IPREM
You evidence income on a scale referenced to the current IPREM index, which rises with the size of the household once reunited. It is not a snapshot of one month: stability and the prospect of keeping it are what count, shown through payslips, tax returns and contracts. When we review your case we give you the figure that applies, referenced to the current year — never a figure without a date.
Requirement 2 of 6Adequate housing report
Issued by your region or town hall, it states whether the home is sufficient for the people who will live in it. It is the slowest document in the whole file and sometimes involves a visit, so it is requested on day one, not at the end. If it comes back unfavourable, far better to know before anything has been set in motion in your relative's country.
Requirement 3 of 6Family relationship evidenced and legalised
Marriage, registered-partnership or birth certificate as applicable, with the sworn translation and the legalisation or apostille the country of origin requires. This is where correction requests concentrate: a correct certificate that is not legalised counts as not submitted. For parents, proof of financial dependence is added — the most demanding scenario of the whole route.
Requirement 4 of 6The family member's own documents
Full passport, medical certificate and, for adults, criminal record certificates from their countries of residence. They expire quickly, so they are requested once the rest of the file is on track — asking too early means asking twice, with the legalisation all over again.
Requirement 5 of 6For a child with another parent: their consent
Where parental responsibility is shared, the other parent's authorisation or the custody ruling is required. It is a child-protection requirement, not a formality, and without it the file does not move no matter how perfect the rest of it is.
Requirement 6 of 6Does your case fit?
Tick what applies to you. Nothing is sent and we ask for no personal data: the result is only for you.
This is guidance, not a decision: approval depends on the administration and on the complete file.
Family reunification in Spain: the documents you need.
This is the checklist. If one is missing, the file is not submitted — and that is precisely what keeps it from being returned.
The case file· 12
Official source: information sheet 8, Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. inclusion.gob.es
Family reunification in Spain: Who prepares and who files your case.
Two teams, one file. Booka prepares and checks your documents; Booka Legal (our in-house legal team, supported by external lawyers) reviews the case and files it as your representative.
- Booka prepares
- We ask for your documents, tell you what is missing or will not be accepted, and build the file in your online case file. 100 % online.
- Booka Legal files
- Booka Legal reviews the complete file and files it as your representative on the Mercurio platform of the Public Administrations e-office, with its digital certificate. You need no certificate or Cl@ve.
- If there is a request or a refusal
- Booka Legal can answer a request for more documents or appeal a refusal. The appeal is included in the price. No firm can guarantee the outcome: the administration decides.
- Price
- A fixed fee of €395, published on this page. Official government fees are paid separately to the administration.
- Follow-up
- Notices from the Immigration Office arrive through DEHú (also visible in Carpeta Ciudadana) and you see them in your case file.
€395, and you know it before you commit.
Document review, case preparation, filing and follow-up until the decision.
Fee 790-052, heading 2.1.2: €10.94 (Order PJC/617/2025, in force as of September 2026). Financial means are measured against the IPREM: 150% for a two-person household, plus 50% for each additional member.
on signing, to open your case and start reviewing your documents.
when we file your application with the administration.
No interest, no surcharge: it is the same price, split. You request it from your case file and someone from the team confirms it within 24 working hours.
There is no paid consultation to find out the price, and no custom quote. This is the price, and it is published.
Almost nobody publishes the price.
Of the digital immigration firms we reviewed in September 2026, only one publishes a price and lets you hire online. The rest ask you to call, or to pay for a consultation before telling you what the procedure costs.
Fixed price, published before you commit. Official fees are separate in both cases.
Family reunification in Spain: Booka, a gestoría, a lawyer or on your own
The same application can go four ways. What changes is the price, whether you have to go in person and who checks the file before it reaches the administration.
Booka
- Price
- €395 in fees
- Online?
- Yes, end to end, without travelling to file
- Who reviews the file
- Booka's team, then Booka Legal, before filing
- Official fee included
- No, paid apart (10,94 €)
Traditional gestoría
- Price
- Variable quote, depends on the firm
- Online?
- Depends on the firm; often requires an in-person appointment
- Who reviews the file
- The gestor handling the case
- Official fee included
- Depends on the quote
Immigration lawyer
- Price
- Variable quote, depends on the firm
- Online?
- Depends on the firm; often requires an in-person appointment
- Who reviews the file
- The lawyer
- Official fee included
- Depends on the quote
On your own
- Price
- Only the official fee: 10,94 €
- Online?
- Depends on the procedure: online portal or in person
- Who reviews the file
- Nobody: you check it yourself
- Official fee included
- You pay it directly
Fully online, and you always know where it stands.
No office to visit, no phone calls and no waiting for someone to tell you where your case is: you can see it yourself, whenever you want.
From wherever you are
You open your case and upload documents from your phone, with no office visits. This procedure is filed from within Spain, and the rest of the process happens from home.
Stage by stage, nothing missed
You see which stage your case is in, which document is missing and which one is already reviewed. Every change is logged with its date, so you never depend on a callback to know how it is going.
Your questions, with the people handling your case
You ask from inside your own case file and the immigration team handling it answers — not a WhatsApp number that can stop replying. Every action is written down, with a name on it.
Nothing is filed half-done
The file is not submitted until it is complete: that is what keeps it from being returned, and what saves the most months. Once filed, the official receipt appears inside your account.
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Family reunification in Spain: 5 stages, and you see which one you are in.
Document collection
You upload your documents to the portal. We tell you what is missing and what will not be accepted before any clock starts.
Stage 1 of 5Internal review
The team reviews the complete file before filing. This is the step that prevents it from being returned.
Stage 2 of 5Official fees
Government fees are paid directly to the administration, with the receipt stored in your case file.
Stage 3 of 5Filing
Booka Legal, as your representative, files the application on the Mercurio platform of the Public Administrations e-office, with a digital certificate. You need no certificate or Cl@ve. You see the date and the receipt in your case file.
Stage 4 of 5Decision
The Immigration Office decides and notifies through DEHú (also visible in Carpeta Ciudadana). The next steps towards the TIE card are explained in your case file.
Stage 5 of 5Family reunification in Spain: How long it really takes.
| Step | How long |
|---|---|
| Adequate housing report | Weeks, depending on your region or town hallThe slowest document in the file: requested on day one. |
| Gathering the rest of the documents | 3 to 6 weeksSet by the certificates from your relative's country and their legalisation. |
| Review and case preparation | A few daysThe file is not submitted until it is complete. |
| Filing and decision on the authorisation | Depends on the competent immigration officeThe decision rests solely with the administration; we publish no forecasts. |
| The family member's consular visa | Depends on the consulate concernedEach consulate moves at its own pace and may ask for additional documents. |
| Entry into Spain and TIE card | After the visa is grantedThe family member applies for their card in Spain, with a separate appointment and fee. |
The timelines of the administration and of each consulate are nobody else's to promise, and pretending otherwise would be a lie. What is in our hands is everything before: requesting the housing report on day one and filing a complete case, which is where most of the months are lost.
Family reunification in Spain: What gets files returned — and how we stop it.
Requesting the housing report last
What it costs you
It is the slowest document in the file and sometimes needs a home visit. Leaving it to the end means everything else expires while you wait, and criminal records and medical certificates have to be requested again.
Mixing up the route for relatives of Spanish citizens with the EX-02
What it costs you
They are different regimes with different requirements and forms. Filing under the wrong one means starting from scratch, with the fee already paid.
Relationship certificates without sworn translation or legalisation
What it costs you
A foreign document that is not properly legalised counts as not submitted, however real and obvious the relationship. It is the most common correction request in this file.
Evidencing income with one good month
What it costs you
What is weighed is stability and the prospect of maintaining the means, not an isolated peak. A case built on one exceptional payslip ends in a refusal for insufficient means.
The family member travelling to Spain before holding the visa
What it costs you
The sequence is authorisation first, consular visa second, entry last. Breaking it speeds nothing up and puts the case itself at risk.
Not providing the other parent's consent for a child
What it costs you
With shared parental responsibility the file does not advance without it. It is among the slowest correction requests to resolve, because it depends on a third person who is sometimes in another country.
Family reunification in Spain: the questions we get most.
Where can I apply for family reunification in Spain?
Online, on the Mercurio platform of the Public Administrations e-office, with a digital certificate or Cl@ve, choosing your province; notices arrive through DEHú. Without a digital certificate, a representative can file it: a lawyer or a gestoría, at a price quoted by each firm, or Booka for a €395 service fee; Booka Legal, our legal team, reviews and files the case. Government fees are paid separately.
Which relatives can I bring to Spain under family reunification?
Your spouse or registered partner, minor children (or adult children with a disability) and, in limited cases with proven dependence, parents. Relatives of SPANISH citizens follow a different route with its own rules — if that is your case, we tell you before opening anything.
How long must I have lived in Spain first?
As a general rule, at least one year of legal residence plus authorisation to reside for at least another year. If you are not there yet, we tell you when you will be — free of charge.
What income do I need to prove?
Sufficient means under the scale referenced to the current IPREM index, which depends on your family size. When we review your case we give you the figure that applies to you, referenced to the current year.
Can my family wait in Spain while it is decided?
This procedure works the other way round: the authorisation is decided first and the family member then applies for their visa at the consulate in their country. That is the route that protects the case.
Can I bring my parents to Spain?
Parents can be included in limited cases: you must evidence that they are dependent on you and that there are reasons justifying their residence in Spain. It is the most demanding scenario of the EX-02 in terms of financial proof, which is why it is studied before the case is opened.
Can my spouse work once they arrive?
Reunification authorises residence. Whether the reunited family member may work depends on the specific case and their age, and it does not switch on simply because they have arrived. We tell you what applies in your case and, if a further procedure is needed, which one.
How long does the adequate housing report take?
It depends entirely on your region or town hall, which issues it, and it sometimes includes a home visit. That is why it is the first thing requested: the rest of the file is assembled while the report is processed, not afterwards.
Does my unmarried partner count as a spouse?
A registered partner can be brought over, evidenced with the registration in the relevant register. Living together without registering is not equivalent to marriage for these purposes, and it is one of the misunderstandings that most often starts a case off wrong.
What happens if the authorisation is refused?
The decision rests solely with the administration and nobody can guarantee it. If a refusal arrives, we explain the specific ground and what options exist — appeal or a fresh application — which are separate procedures with their own cost.
Do I pay a fee for each family member?
Fee 790-052 covers the authorisation, and each family member's visa carries its own consular fee, which varies by country. None of them is included in the professional fee: they are paid directly to the administration and the consulate, and we tell you which apply and when inside your case file.
Can I pay in two instalments?
Yes, with no interest or surcharge: the total is identical either way. The first half opens your case and starts the document review; the second is paid when we file your application — if we have not filed, you do not pay it. You request it from your case file and someone from the team confirms it within 24 working hours.
Are official government fees included?
No: Booka's fee covers review, preparation, filing and follow-up. Government fees are paid directly to the administration, and we tell you which ones apply and when inside your case file.
How do I know this is not a scam?
Three things you can check: the price is published before you pay, payment is online with an invoice, and the second half is only charged once your application has been filed, with the official registry receipt visible in your case file. No informal intermediary gives you those three proofs.
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The permit is one thing; practising is another. A foreign doctor, nurse or dentist also needs the degree recognised (homologación) and professional registration. Bookahospi, Booka's healthcare vertical, handles the recognition before the Ministry and wrote a step-by-step guide to this procedure for healthcare professionals.
Once the authorisation is granted, your relative applies for their visa at the consulate, enters Spain and requests their TIE card. From then on that card runs on its own calendar: the first renewal is the next procedure, and its expiry date is worth watching from day one.
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