EXMO. AYUNTAMIENTO DE SAN MIGUEL DE SALINAS
DEPARTMENT OF ESTADISTICA
INFORMATION for FOREIGN RESIDENTS:
The Padron of Inhabitants (residents) is an administrative registration in which all the people that
reside in a municipality are listed. Inclusion in the Padron confers the right of citizens to services
such as the education of their children, healthcare and the right to exercise their vote in elections.
HIGH: according to Spanish legislation, every person that resides habitually in Spain has an
obligation to be registered in the municipality where they reside for the most part of the year.
Once registration on the Padron of Inhabitants is completed the person will be issued with a
certificate from The Town Hall enabling them to request a healthcare card from The Health
Centre.
LOW: When a previously registered person transfers their residence to another municipality in
Spain, the person is required to register at The Town Hall of the municipality where he/her intends
to reside and making a new application indicating which Padron of Municipal Inhabitants he/her
was previously registered. When a foreigner goes to live permanently in another Country (i.e. out
of Spain) they should present, in writing, a request to the Town Hall to be removed from the
municipal Padron from the date of the change of address.
Similarly, when a foreigner, so registered, dies whilst abroad, it is a legal requirement for the next
of kin or the deceased’s legal representative to notify The Town Hall, where that person resided,
and present a death certificate to enable the Town Hall to remove that deceased person from the
Padron of Inhabitants.
ELECTORAL CENSUS: All persons who are citizens of member countries of the European
Union, and not being of Spanish Nationality, have the right to vote in the municipal elections in
the municipality of the town in which they are properly registered. It is however necessary to
declare in writing their intention to exercise this right in order to be included in the Electoral
Census. Spanish legislation establishes that the National Institute of Statistics is required to
communicate with them, in writing, before each electoral process. On occasions the operation of
the mail system is such, particularly in some urbanizations, that distribution of the correspondence
is not completed. A very high number of these notification letters are not delivered to their
recipients, preventing the effected citizens from exercising their right to vote. Those people that
intend to exercise their right to vote in any forthcoming elections, can apply to the Town Hall, and there sign a declaration to that effect. The Town Hall will submit the information to the National Institute of Statistics to ensure their inclusion in the Electoral Census.
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