Stays (of up to three months)
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Stays of less than three months: mandatory documentation
For stays of less than three months, citizens of EU Member States or of other States parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, whatever the reasons for their stay, are required only to have their passport or other valid identity document under which they entered Spanish territory.
Reporting presence for short stays of less than three months
For stays of less than three months, EU citizens and their family members (third country nationals) are not required to report their presence or register with the authorities, whatever the reasons for their stay.
EU citizens must have their passport or other valid identity document.
Possession of a valid residence card of a family member of an EU citizen, issued by another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, exempts such family members from the entry visa requirement.
Legal and/or technical references
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Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States
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Royal Decree 240/2007 on the entry, free movement and residence in Spain of citizens of EU Member States and other States parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
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Order PRE/1490/2012 laying down rules for the implementation of Article 7 of Royal Decree 240/2007
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Order of 7 February 1997 laying down rules on the card for non-nationals
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Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons of 21 June 1999
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Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement
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Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those third countries whose nationals are exempt from that requirement
