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Change of address in the padrón in Valencia

Change your address in the padrón if you move home within Valencia. If you come from another town, this is not your procedure: you need to register as a new resident.

The padrón proves where you live. Other offices may ask you for it.

The essentials

What it costs: The City Council page does not mention a fee. Ask before paying anything. A private help service is not a payment to the City Council.
How long it takes: The City Council has up to three months to decide. Check whether they ask for more documents and keep your receipt. Having applied does not mean you are already registered.
To prepare it: 20–40 min to organise your preparation

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Is it for you?

People already registered in Valencia who are moving to another home in the city. If you arrive from another town, you need to register in the new one.

Are you moving within Valencia or coming from another town?
Is the home yours, do you rent a flat or a room, or do you live in someone else's home? The document you need to bring changes.
Are you also registering children, or doing the procedure for someone else?

What to bring

Tick each document when you have it ready. Ticks are not saved.

Your valid ID and the ID of each person registering with you
The City Council registration form (hoja padronal or application), signed
Which one works in your case
In the PA.GP.11 procedure, choose the document list for your case: with or without children. If you go in person, bring the originals or copias compulsadas (copies with an official stamp). If your documents are not in Spanish or Valencian, check whether you need to translate them.
A document that proves you live in that home (the steps explain which one works for you)
Which one works in your case
Bring a document that proves you live in that home. If the home is yours: the deeds or a note from the Property Registry. If you rent a flat or a room: the current contract and a receipt or bank transfer from one of the last two months; the receipt must show who pays, to whom, which month and the address. If you live in someone else's home: the City Council permission form and the ID of the person giving permission; also check which document about the home they ask for.
If someone gives you permission or does the procedure for you: their signed permission
If you register children: their documents and those of whoever has custody
Which one works in your case
Before you apply, read the section on children on the City Council page. What they ask for changes with the family relationship, each parent's consent and who has custody. Use the form for your real case.

Step by step

Check whether you are moving within Valencia or coming from another town. Within the city it is a change of address; from another town it is a new registration.
In the PA.GP.11 procedure, choose the document list for your case: with or without children. If you go in person, bring the originals or copias compulsadas (copies with an official stamp). If your documents are not in Spanish or Valencian, check whether you need to translate them.
Bring a document that proves you live in that home. If the home is yours: the deeds or a note from the Property Registry. If you rent a flat or a room: the current contract and a receipt or bank transfer from one of the last two months; the receipt must show who pays, to whom, which month and the address. If you live in someone else's home: the City Council permission form and the ID of the person giving permission; also check which document about the home they ask for.
Do it online in the PA.GP.11 procedure if you have an electronic signature. If not, go to a City Council padrón office during its opening hours.
Keep the receipt with the registration number. If they ask for more documents, reply using that number. Once the change is recorded, check that your details are correct.

Afterwards

Keep the registration number. You can use it to reply if they ask for something, without starting a new application.
Once the change is recorded, ask for the proof your next procedure needs.
Check separately the address your other offices and services have for you.

Common mistakes

Asking for the certificate before the change is recorded.
Bringing an incomplete rental contract, or a permission without the documents of the person who signs it.
Registering a child as if they were an adult registering alone.

What this guide does not decide

The City Council checks that you live in that home and may ask for more documents. If you have no contract or other usual document for the home, ask the padrón office or social services what you can do. This guide cannot tell you whether they will accept other proof.

Official links

Alta y cambio de domicilio en el padrónAjuntament de València