Family Reunification in Valencia

The basics

Family reunification (reagrupación familiar) is the route a foreign resident uses to bring close relatives from abroad to live with them in Spain. The resident in Valencia, called the sponsor, applies for a residence authorisation in favour of the relatives. Once the immigration office grants it, each relative asks for a visa at the Spanish consulate in their country and, after landing, gets a TIE in Valencia.

The right comes from articles 16 to 18 of Organic Law 4/2000, and the detail is in articles 65 to 71 of Royal Decree 1155/2024. Article 66 lists who can come: a spouse or partner over 18, children under 18 (or older if they need support because of disability or health), minors you legally represent, and parents over 65 who depend on you. Article 67 sets the conditions: regular income of at least 150 % of the IPREM for a household of two, plus 50 % for every additional member, adequate housing backed by an official report, and health cover for everyone. Under article 68.1 you can usually apply after one year of residence, once you have applied to extend your permit for at least another year; parents can only be brought once you hold long-term residence (Law 4/2000, art. 18.1), so our long-term residence service often comes first. Once here, a reunified spouse, partner or child of working age can work in any sector without further paperwork (art. 65.2), and their permit runs to the same date as yours, with a minimum of one year (art. 68.9).

In Valencia the file belongs to the Oficina de Extranjería de Valencia; the office at C/ Motilla del Palancar 23 handles reagrupación familiar. When your relatives arrive, they request their TIE card at the police. If your sponsor is an EU citizen rather than a non-EU resident, the right route is different: see the EU family member card.

Who it is for

• Non-EU residents in Valencia who want their spouse or registered partner to join them.
• Parents who want to bring their children under 18 to Spain.
• Couples in a stable relationship of at least twelve months, proven by documents.
• Long-term residents who want to bring dependent parents over 65.
• Reunified spouses who now hold their own permit and want to reunite relatives.

Paperwork checklist

• The official application form, signed by the sponsor.
• A full copy of the sponsor's passport or travel document and residence card.
• Proof of income: contract and payslips, tax returns, pension or other regular earnings.
• The adequate housing report, or the alternative evidence the law allows, no older than six months.
• Health insurance for the sponsor and every relative.
• A full copy of each relative's passport, valid.
• Marriage, partnership or birth certificates and, where relevant, proof of dependency, legalised or apostilled and translated.

The consulate will later ask each relative for the original family documents, a criminal record certificate and a medical certificate. We tell you early which papers need an apostille so nothing holds up the visa.

Step by step with us

1. Eligibility check. We confirm the time you have lived in Spain, which relatives qualify and whether your income reaches the IPREM threshold for your household.
2. Housing report. We prepare the request for the adequate housing report and keep track of the one-month deadline to issue it.
3. Filing and follow-up. We assemble the full file, arrange the filing with the Oficina de Extranjería de Valencia and answer any request for more documents.
4. Visa and arrival. We brief your relatives for the consulate and, once they land, book their TIE fingerprints in Valencia.

Waiting times in Valencia

The Oficina de Extranjería must decide within two months, and if it has not answered by then the application is treated as refused (Royal Decree 1155/2024, art. 68.6). These files have preferential processing under article 68.7. After the grant, each relative has two months from notification to apply for the visa, and the consulate must decide within one month of that request (art. 40.1.a and 40.3).

The authorisation only takes effect once the visa is issued and the relative enters Spain, within the one-month limit set in article 68.5.a. From the day of entry there is one month to request the TIE in person (art. 209.1). Later, the permit is renewed in the two months before it expires or the three months after (art. 71.1), and our renewal service covers that step.

For the Spanish criminal record, the office asks the central register itself and requests a police report, both due within seven days (art. 68.4). A record does not lead to an automatic refusal: the office must weigh the individual case. Abroad, the consulate checks the relative’s own record for the last five years and a medical certificate (art. 38).

Living outside Valencia city? We handle this for the whole region: see our local pages for Gandia, Alicante and Castellón, or the Valencian Community overview.

Fee for our help

Ask for a quote. Every family is different, so we confirm a fixed fee in writing before we start, based on how many relatives come and how much of the file is already in place. State fees are paid separately to the administration.

Official fees in 2026: 10.94 € for the reunification authorisation (form 790, code 052) and 16.08 € for each first TIE (form 790, code 012). Consulate visa fees are set by each consulate and are not included.

A typical case

Purely as an illustration: a Colombian chef has worked for two years in a restaurant in Russafa and has just renewed the permit. The plan is to bring a spouse and a nine-year-old daughter from Medellín. We add up the payslips against the threshold for a household of three, request the housing report for the rented flat in Russafa and order the apostilled marriage and birth certificates. After the grant, the family takes the originals to the consulate, and once they land we book their TIE fingerprints and remind the sponsor that the daughter must be enrolled at school.

Frequently asked questions

Source: Royal Decree 1155/2024, articles 40, 65 to 71 and 209 (BOE), Organic Law 4/2000, articles 16 to 18 (BOE). Last checked against the BOE on 14 November 2026. Laws and fees change, so we confirm the current ones for your case before you pay.