Informe de Integración/Arraigo social (para tu expediente de extranjería)

What you need to have to hand

1. Cl@ve or certificado digital if your comunidad allows applying and receiving the notification via sede.
2. Domicilio estable (rental contract, host's authorisation, or certificado de domicilio).
3. Real arraigo: padrón actualizado, links, participation in courses.
4. Time for the interview: they'll ask questions and check papers.

Documentation

• Pasaporte completo and, if you have one, tarjeta/NIE.
• Empadronamiento (historic preferred) dated within less than 3 months.
• Domicilio: rental contract, bills or autorización de alojamiento with the host's DNI/NIE.
• Cursos de español/integración: certificates showing hours and contents (ayuntamiento, Cruz Roja, CEAR, EOI, etc.).
• Vínculos: libro de familia, pareja de hecho, children's birth certificates, escolarización if applicable.
• Informes de servicios sociales/ONG if you've been referred or assisted.
• Proofs of participation in the community (associations, volunteering) if you have them.

Step by step

1. Check requirements on the Portal de Inmigración: https://extranjeros.inclusion.gob.es/es/ (arraigo social and esfuerzo de integración).
2. Book an appointment at your comunidad/ayuntamiento for “Informe de Arraigo/Integración”. Many places require Cl@ve. Eg. Madrid: https://www.comunidad.madrid/servicios/atencion-social/informe-arraigo-social
3. Interview: bring originals and copies. They'll ask about housing, networks, courses, children, etc. Sign the authorisation to consult your data.
4. Report issued: they upload it to your carpeta ciudadana or tell you to collect it. Download it as soon as it's available.
5. Use it in your expediente: upload it with your arraigo social application or renewal in Mercurio Extranjería: https://sede.administracionespublicas.gob.es/mercurio/inmigracion
6. If they grant the authorisation, book huellas (TIE) at https://sede.administracionespublicas.gob.es/icpplus and pay the tasa 790-012 (this is the police stage).

Tricks that save time

• Recent padrón: get it the week of the appointment to avoid expiry issues.
• Recognised courses: pick ayuntamientos and big NGOs; they certify hours without debates.
• Always keep the resguardo: if the report doesn't arrive in 30 days, upload the receipt to Extranjería and don't get stuck.
• Appointments: try first thing in the morning. Some sedes behave better with Chrome and clean cookies.
• Organised dossier: index, readable copies and originals. Fewer trips back and forth.

Typical mistakes that can ruin the procedure

1. Mixing up reports: the Arraigo/Integración Social report does not substitute the Esfuerzo de Integración (and vice versa).
2. Expired empadronamiento: more than 3 months and they reject it.
3. ‘Show’ certificates: online diplomas without hours or a reliable issuer = doubts and delays.
4. Fake address: no contract or real authorisation and they can deny it.
5. Not keeping the justificante of the report request: without it, if they delay you get stuck at Extranjería.