{"id":100759,"date":"2026-03-10T08:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=100759"},"modified":"2026-03-10T08:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:02:09","slug":"nie-buy-property-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/nie-buy-property-spain\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"How to apply for an NIE to buy property in Spain step by step"},"content":{"rendered":"

If we are thinking about buying a property in Spain<\/strong> and we are not Spanish<\/a>, there is one essential step we must take into account: applying for an NIE<\/strong>. Without this number, we will not be able to formalise the property purchase or carry out other procedures related to the home.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NIE is mandatory even if we do not plan to live in Spain.<\/strong> In other words, even if we only want to buy a property as a second home or an investment, we will need to obtain it beforehand.<\/p>\n

At Fotocasa, we explain what the NIE<\/strong> is, when it must be requested and how to apply for it step by step if we are non-resident foreigners.<\/p>\n

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What documents to request when buying a house in Spain from abroad<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/span><\/p>\n

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What is the NIE and why is it mandatory to buy property in Spain?<\/h2>\n

The Foreigner Identification Number (NIE \u2013 N\u00famero de Identidad de Extranjero)<\/strong> is a personal, unique and exclusive number<\/strong> assigned to foreigners who have a relationship with Spain for economic, professional or social reasons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This number allows us to identify ourselves before the Spanish Administration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":100766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[13686,13687,13688,13550,14218,13547,14210],"class_list":["post-100759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-houses-in-spain","tag-housing-doubts-in-spain","tag-lifestyle","tag-live-in-spain","tag-nie-for-buying-property-in-spain","tag-real-estate-market","tag-solicitar-nie-para-comprar-casa-en-espana"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}