Every step to settle in Barcelona, in order.
Six questions about your move, and you get your own route: every paperwork step that applies to you, sequenced, with real deadline dates.
Your personalised plan for free. Unlock all the benefits for just €19/month.
Relocation agencies start at around €500 to handle the same paperwork. Wellcomo is €19 a month because the product does the ordering, not a consultant billing by the hour.
No card to start. The route itself is free, forever.
The first playbook on your route is free. Every document, office and deadline for your first step, from the moment you sign up.
Six questions. About a minute. No card.
Get the order right and your move gets easy.
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One single resource instead of multiple websites
Every office asks for the output of another office. Your route is sequenced so each step only opens once the one it depends on is done.
02
Some clocks start the day you land
You get 30 days after arrival to book the fingerprinting appointment for your TIE, and your padró certificate normally stops being accepted after three months. These windows are fixed by law, not preference, so Wellcomo dates every one of them from your arrival date.
03
Others don't hand you the list. Wellcomo does.
Your consulate, the Generalitat (the Catalan government), the Ajuntament (Barcelona city hall) and the DGT (the Spanish traffic authority, for driving licences) each publish their own slice. Wellcomo publishes the whole list for you, in order.
Six questions, and Wellcomo hands you the order: what applies to you, what blocks what, and the date each step is due.
Your route, not a generic checklist
An EU citizen never sees the TIE steps. A user without children never sees school pre-inscripció (pre-enrolment). Uncheck “I need a flat” and the rental steps disappear, with everything re-sequenced.
- Steps ordered so nothing is attempted before its prerequisite
- A real due date on every step, counted from your arrival date
- Blocked labels that clear the moment the step before is done
- Already-overdue steps grouped in a catch-up band, not buried
Your route
2 of 8 done
EU registration certificate
Done · NIE (your Spanish foreigner ID number) in hand
Empadronament
Done · certificate printed
Bank account
Start here · due 11 Apr
CatSalut health card
Unblocked · due 1 May
Each step opens like a playbook
The exact documents, with apostille and sworn-translation (by an official certified translator) flags. The office, the booking link, the cost. What to say at the counter, and the rejections that send people home.
Every section carries the month it was last reviewed, because fees and booking systems change.
TIE card: fingerprinting appointment
Oficina de Extranjería (immigration office) · C/ Balmes 192 · about €20 · reviewed Sep 2026
| Document | Flags |
|---|---|
| Passport, with the entry stamp visible | – |
| Form EX-17 (the TIE application form) | – |
| Modelo 790 code 012 (the government fee slip you pay at a bank) | about €20 |
| Recent passport photo | – |
| Proof of address | rental or padró |
| Criminal-record certificate | apostillesworn translation |
Why people get sent home: unpaid 790, missing entry stamp, or the wrong appointment type. There are four TIE options and only one is fingerprinting.
Walk in ready, appointment by appointment
With the document vault (Settling), every office visit shows what you can actually walk in with, and what it is still missing. Upload a certificate once, link it to every step that asks for it.
Certificates expire. The padrón usually stops counting after three months, so Wellcomo watches the dates and emails you before they do.
| Document | TIE fingerprints1 Apr | CatSalut card1 May | Bank account11 Apr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passport | Ready | Ready | Ready |
| Modelo 790 (paid) | Ready | Missing | Missing |
| Passport photo | Ready | Missing | Missing |
| Padró certificateexpires in ~3 months | Missing | Ready | Ready |
| Rental contract | Ready | Missing | Ready |
Hand a step to someone who does it weekly
Don't want to handle a step yourself? Hand it over. Ask from the step itself and we pass on everything we already know about your case, so you just wait for the reply. Tell us which step you want handed over and we'll come back to you within two business days with who can do it.
- Gestoria (paperwork agent): NIE, TIE, autónomo (self-employed)
- Estate agents who rent to newcomers
- Banks that open non-resident accounts
- Insurers with visa-compliant policies
- International and public schools
- Public language schools (CPNL, EOI)
One brief, exactly this much shared
Step: Find a long-term rental, Eixample, moving March
Household: 2 adults, no pets, budget €1,500–2,500
Status: NIE in hand, padró pending
Your documents are never shared. The provider sees this summary, which you can read before sending.
Free glossary
Every document you'll hear about, explained
NIE, TIE, padró, CatSalut, modelo 030, preinscripció… plain English for every acronym a Barcelona newcomer meets. Free to read, no sign-up needed.
Free while you plan. Paid while you live here.
Landing is the whole route, free, forever. Settling holds your documents, chases every deadline through the move, and keeps watching the renewals and expiry dates that keep coming once you live here.
Landing
For anyone planning a move to Barcelona who wants to know what they're walking into.
- Your full personalised route: every step that applies to you, in order, with deadline dates
- The complete playbook for the first step of your route
- Blocked and unblocked dependency labels, with progress tracking
- The full by-passport city guide, including posting your own places and tips
- The full document glossary: every acronym and certificate explained in plain English, no sign-up needed
No card. No time limit.
Settling
For anyone actually moving in the next few months, and for the renewals, expiry dates and address changes that keep coming once you're in.
- Every playbook on your route, not just the first one
- Document vault: upload once, link to every step, expiry alerts before a certificate goes stale
- Appointment readiness: which office visit you're actually ready for, and what's missing for the rest
- Deadline, expiry and appointment reminder emails, plus one-click Google Calendar sync
- Unlimited provider requests, sent as priority briefs to vetted gestories, agents, banks, insurers and schools
Cancel any time, in one click from Settings.
Fair questions
- Is this legal advice?
- No. Wellcomo orders public procedures and links the official booking pages. It tells you what to do and when; it does not represent you.
- I'm an EU citizen. Is this for me?
- Yes. Every person gets a personalised plan built around their own circumstances, covering everything they actually need. In your case, the first step would be the EU registration certificate that carries your NIE.
- I arrived months ago. Too late?
- No. Deadlines are counted from your arrival date, and everything already overdue is grouped in a catch-up band at the top of your route instead of being buried.
- What happens to my documents and data?
- Your answers and files live in your account. If you delegate a step, the provider only sees a profile summary you can read first. Your documents are never shared.
- What does the free tier actually include?
- Your full personalised route with its deadlines, the complete playbook for its first step, dependency labels, the whole city guide, and the full document glossary.
- What happens when I'm settled?
- Your route, notes, documents and the city guide stay available to you, always. The move ends, the paperwork does not: certificates expire, the padrón needs re-registering, addresses change, and new paperwork arrives as your situation changes. Settling keeps watching those dates and emails you before they pass.
Get the launch email
Drop your email and we'll send your invite when Wellcomo opens.
See what your route looks like
Answer six questions and read your own ordered list before you decide anything else. Most people finish in about a minute.
Free. No card.