Barcelona has launched this Tuesday a new municipal space to support the regularization of migrant people on Miquel Bleach street, in the Hostafrancs neighborhood. It is the fourth facility enabled by the City Council to facilitate procedures linked to the extraordinary regularization process and joins those that have been operating since last week at the SAIER, on Tarragona street, and at the Citizen Service Offices of Sant Miquel and La Monumental.
The new service operates from Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., although the council contemplates the possibility of extending the attention. At this point, the vulnerability report can be obtained and the registration certificate can be processed, two of the most demanded procedures in this process.
An old school building reconverted for care
The service has been installed in a municipally owned property that had previously functioned as a school. The building has had to be conditioned to create the attention spaces where the procedures are carried out.
Inside, classrooms and one of the central courtyards have been enabled to host a large waiting room with capacity for about 70 people. Additionally, the Hostafrancs equipment allows for up to 19 simultaneous attentions and sinks have been placed on the exterior of the building.
Access is organized by means of tickets that will be distributed in the entrance queue. That system will allow assigning turns both to receive attention the same day as for subsequent days, in function of demand and of the service's capacity.
Ways to obtain the padrón certificate
The City Council will activate this week the sending of the census certificate by email or by postal mail for non-EU citizens. The operation is aimed at about 93,000 people registered by the end of 2025 who do not have a NIE reported in their census registration.
When a personal email address is on record, the communication will be sent via that route through a secure system to download the form. In cases where an electronic address is not listed, the sending will be done by postal mail.
In those communications it will be indicated, in Catalan, Castilian, English and French, that the form is provided for those who need it in order to avail themselves of the extraordinary regularization process.
Other ways to obtain registration certificates will also remain available. They can be requested through the virtual procedures office, with prior appointment at the Citizen Service Offices, without appointment at one of the four enabled facilities, and also by calling 010.
Two circuits for the social vulnerability report
The social vulnerability report will be channeled through two different circuits. People who have already been attended by the municipal Social Services will receive the document issued by their reference service.
Those who have not previously gone through the City Council's Social Services will be able to request that report at any of the four municipal comprehensive care points. With the opening of the Miquel Bleach space, the council expands the network of in-person care at a time of high demand for procedures linked to regularization.