USEFUL RESOURCES
The right place.
A helpful next step.
Understand what each service offers, what to prepare,
and where to go next. Read the essentials here.
NEW TO BARCELONA?
Settle in, one step at a time.
Our twelve-topic guide connects Barcelona International Welcome to the questions our community asks.
FIND PLACES & SERVICES
Know where you’re going.
Neighbourhood context, current contacts, available prices, evidence limits and questions to ask before paying.
Barcelona neighbourhood map
Explore all 10 districts and 73 neighbourhoods, with transport, markets and Filipino community links.
Explore the map →English-speaking tax advisers
Compare six active services by situation, language evidence, scope, contacts and published fees.
Compare options →Immigration lawyers & legal help
English-friendly counsel, Filipino-language or community links, credential checks and free help.
Compare options →Padala to the Philippines
Balikbayan boxes, documents, parcels and freight—with tracking, customs and accreditation checks.
Compare options →20 practical service guides · Sources checked 9 September 2026
Taxes in Spain & Barcelona
Understand tax residence, foreign income and which authority can help.
Read the guide →Philippine Consulate General
Passports, consular questions and assistance for Filipinos.
Read the guide →Emergency numbers
Every number for when something has gone wrong, on one page you can screenshot.
Read the guide →Getting help — trafficking, exploitation and abuse
What to do if someone controls your work, holds your passport, or is hurting you at home. Verified phone numbers, and what happens if you have no papers.
Read the guide →Deadlines that quietly break everything else
Three documents expire on their own. One of them takes your arraigo evidence with it.
Read the guide →Money: banking and sending it home
What a Spanish bank account really costs, the €3,000 rule on transfers, and keeping SSS alive from Spain.
Read the guide →Places of worship
Sixteen churches, congregations and mosques used by Filipinos in Barcelona — with the addresses, service times and languages the Consulate’s own list leaves out.
Read the guide →Arraigo and Spanish nationality
The route from no papers to a residence permit, and to Spanish nationality after two years.
Read the guide →Barcelona International Welcome
Documents, housing, schools and everyday life, one step at a time.
Read the guide →Barcelona Housing
Rental questions, housing support and the city’s advice offices.
Read the guide →Barcelona Activa
Employment support, training and help to develop a business.
Read the guide →CatSalut
Health-card information and access to public healthcare.
Read the guide →Learning Spanish and Catalan
What each course costs, when it runs and what it proves.
Read the guide →Catalan & Spanish phrasebook
Read the Catalan on signs and letters. Say the Spanish at counters and appointments.
Read the guide →TMB · Getting around
Plan metro and bus journeys, compare tickets and check disruptions.
Read the guide →Barcelona Libraries
Find a branch, get a library card and discover local activities.
Read the guide →Independent Juan More Chance summaries, with direct official links inside each guide. Applications and personal enquiries are handled by the relevant service.