Form 790-062: 2026 amounts for work authorizations, who pays it and how to fill it out

The 790-062 fee is the fee for work authorizations: the one paid when a permit to work as an employee or self-employed is processed, a renewal, seasonal work or cross-border workers. Its official name is «Tramitación de autorizaciones de trabajo a ciudadanos extranjeros» (processing of work authorizations for foreign nationals) and it is managed by the Government Delegations and Sub-delegations. It is different from the 790-012, which is the fee for the card (TIE) and the Police.

Current amounts

They are set by Order PJC/617/2025 (section 3, work authorizations for a period of six months or more) and match what the official form shows:

Work authorizations for a period of less than six months do not pay this fee: article 44.2.c) of Organic Law 4/2000 excludes them from the taxable event.

Looking for the fee PDF?

The official website generates it: you fill in the form, choose the province and click «Obtener Documento» (get document) to get the PDF, which you must print in full.

How to fill it out, step by step

1. Go to the 062 fee page on the Administraciones Públicas website and choose one of the two options (online payment or a form to pay at the bank).
2. Choose the regulation (the form offers RD 1155/2024, which appears selected, and RD 557/2011) and the province where the application is submitted. For context: RD 557/2011 has been repealed since May 20, 2025, and RD 1155/2024 has been in force since that day.
3. Identification of the payer (for employees, the employer) and, in the «Datos del trabajador» (worker's details) section, surnames and first name, nationality and full postal address in Spain.
4. Concept: tick the exact procedure from the table. For the initial employee authorization, the amount depends on whether pay is below, or equal to or above, 2 times the SMI.
5. Ingreso (payment): choose the payment method, en efectivo (cash) or adeudo en cuenta (direct debit).

Where to pay

• Online: from the electronic payment and registration form, with the «Realizar Pago» (make payment) button, which takes you to the Spanish Tax Agency's payment gateway. An electronic DNI, another accepted digital certificate or Cl@ve is needed. Then the fee must be registered with «Firmar y Enviar» (sign and send) and the receipt downloaded: the website warns that without these steps the process is not complete.
• At the bank: with the printed PDF, at a collaborating financial institution, in cash or by direct debit. The copies of form 790 must be taken to the bank even when paying by direct debit.

Mistakes that cost you an appointment

• The worker paying the fee for an employee contract. The law places it on the employer and voids any agreement to the contrary (except part-time or intermittent domestic service).
• Ticking the wrong pay band. The initial employee authorization has two amounts depending on pay compared with 2 times the SMI.
• Confusing it with the 790-012. The card (TIE) uses the Police fee, separately.
• Paying online and not registering. Without «Firmar y Enviar» and without downloading the receipt, the fee procedure is not complete.

Your next step

Check the exact concept for your procedure and who has to pay it. For the card that comes afterwards, the fee is the 790-012; the application forms are in our index of immigration forms (page in Spanish).

Legal basis and sources

• Order PJC/617/2025, annex, section 3: amounts.
• Organic Law 4/2000, art. 44.2.c (authorizations of less than six months) and art. 46 (who pays and voidness of the agreement).
• Administraciones Públicas website, fee 062: payment methods and form, consulted on 28 September 2026.