We have already had a chance to explain how, for tax purposes, in the case of a foreign citizen in Spain the NIF (Numero de Identificacion fiscal), i.e., the number that, for tax purposes, registers the person in the Public Administration files (A bit like the Italian tax code) coincides with the NIE, i.e., the Numero de Identificacion del Extranjero. The same goes for Spanish citizens: their DNI (AKA Spanish Identity Card’) number coincides with their NIF.
We have also seen, several times, how the issuance of the NIE, or rather the assignment of the NIE, is the exclusive prerogative, in Spain, of the Policia Nacional.
What a lot of people don’t know, however, and which can be useful on many occasions, is that in certain specific cases it is possible to obtain the issuance of a “provisional NIF,” or provisional (WARNING: not to be confused at all with the NIE), which is issued by the Agencia Tributaria for certain specific cases, when the applicant, for example, is outside Spain and needs to carry out tax, corporate and/or signing of any kind of public act proceedings that requires the signing person to be identified by a NIF.
Recall that in order to obtain an NIE (“What is the NIE?” “How is the NIE obtained?”) one must go in person to an extranjeria commissariat of the Policia Nacional in Spain, with documentation to justify its issuance, or it is possible to delegate (only for the issuance of the white non-resident document) by means of a special notarial power of attorney, provided with Apostille and sworn (original) translation to the Castellano: however, this procedure in some cases might be too long or expensive.
The issuance of a provisional NIF by the Agencia Tributaria can be very useful when, for example, the applicant does not intend to travel to Spain in person (he/she could go to a Spanish consulate, however, the time would be really biblical, plus by now all consulates tend not to issue the NIE under any circumstances).
The peculiarity of a provisional NIF issued by the Agencia Tributaria is that although it is identical in all respects structurally to an NIE (One lattera+7 numbers+One letter) is that unlike the NIE it begins with the letter M and that its validity is 30 days, i.e., within that period the applicant is required to get an NIE from the police authorities and communicate it to the parties/entities with whom he/she may have carried out some proceedings using the temporary NIF (Agencia Tributaria, Registro Mercantil, Seguridad Social, Agencia Tributaria, Ayuntamiento, etc.. . ).
After 30 days without requesting an NIE from the Policia Nacional and communicating this to the Agencia Tributaria, the temporary NIF issued by the Agencia Tributaria is automatically cancelled and deprived of any usefulness.
A temporary NIF issued by the Agencia Tributaria can be a valid, convenient and quick alternative for those who need tax identification to carry out operations of a certain type in Spain such as: S.L. incorporation (Company that can be assimilated to an SRL), purchase of company shares, purchase of registered movable and immovable property, signing of notarial deeds, activation of electronic digital signature (“Certificado Digital”), obtaining NUSS (Numero de Seguridad Social) for employment, payment of taxes, homologacion de titulos (Conversion of securities). In many cases, a temporary NIF can be useful for tax identification of the future legal representative of a foreign company whose Spanish NIF registration of a nonresident legal entity is requested (Registration of foreign companies in Spain)
IMPORTANT!!!: As already mentioned, the NIF issued by the Spanish tax agency and unless a NIE is communicated within that period with which to associate it, after 30 days it loses all validity
BarcelonaGlobalService carries out the request for a temporary NIF for natural person in a completely telematic way and the time of receipt (it depends a lot on the office of the Agencia Tributaria that takes charge of the request) can be between 20 and 30 days.
Are you interested in applying for a temporary NIF issued by the Spanish Agencia Tributaria? BarcelonaGlobalService can offer you this service (and combine it with others to create a package according to your needs, quickly and completely telematically. For information contact francesco@barcelonaglobalservice.com or use the contact form: https://barcelonaglobalservice.com/contacto
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