The Leader Newspaper Spain Validity of Green Residencia Certificate There seem to have been a number of cases recently where UK Expat residents have been stopped at roadside checks by the security forces to be told, when checking their documents, that the green residencia card is no longer valid. Whether these are just isolated incidents or perhaps a wider incidence of the authorities not being in possession of the correct information, the situation has not changed, Green residencia certificates are valid and will remain so. It is not necessary to exchange them for TIE. San Fulgencio Councillor for Foreign Residents, Darren Parmenter, has pointed me in the direction of two very useful documents, both issued by the Spanish Government, the first of which, a single page in both English and Spanish, he recommends printing off and keeping close at hand.