Guide for new citizens

Practical and useful information on the main reception and support resources for new arrivals in the city of Vic.

Registering

‘Registering’ means registering with the City Council to place on record that you live in the city. This is procedure is free of charge.

In Vic, the City Council has two offices where you can register:

  • The Municipal Reception Office – for people who have never lived and/or have never been registered in Vic.
  • The Citizen Help and Information Office - for people who have previously lived and/or been registered in the city, or those who need to change some registration details, or when their son or daughter is born.

What do you need to register?

Find out about the resources and services the city offers

The Municipal Reception Office provides information on the city and its services and resources, cultural aspects of the country and issues in everyday life, in various different activities: welcome activities and the training pathway in the Initial Reception Service.

Obtaining your healthcare card and access to the public health system

The Primary Healthcare Centre (CAP) is where you should go whenever you have a health problem.

You must have an individual healthcare card (TIS) in order to be covered by the public health network.

After your healthcare card has been issued, you will be assigned a medical team at the CAP.

We have two CAPs in Vic:

  1. CAP NORD.

Plaça de la Divina Pastora, 6.

  1. CAP REMEI.

Passatge del Pla del Remei, 10-12.

Information for obtaining your healthcare card

Educating your sons and daughters

In Catalonia, school is compulsory for everyone who lives here and is aged between 6 and 16 years old, but it is very important that children go to school from the age of 3 years old onwards to acquire social and educational habits. Children aged from 0 to 3 years old should also go to nursery schools.

To send your children to school, in the ordinary period you must pre-register them, and then enrol them directly in the school you have selected as your first choice.

For students who arrive during the school year, you need to contact the OME - Municipal Schools Office, where they will be attended to and referred as necessary.

Children under 3 years old can be taken to a nursery school (Vic Municipal Nursery Schools) or to the "El Remei" Vic municipal family area.

Learn Catalan

There are 5 services in Vic that offer Catalan language training:

  1. Montseny Adult Education Centre
  2. CNLO - Osona Linguistic Normalisation Centre
  3. Espai Multilingüe
  4. Casal Claret

You can sign up during these services' enrolment periods if you want to learn Catalan.

If you are outside the enrolment period, you can register at Matrícula Viva, a service provided by the Municipal Schools Office at Carrer de les Basses, 3.

Work

Everyone between the ages of 16 and 65 years old in Catalonia can work.

Foreigners from outside the EU need a work permit.

If you are looking for a job, you can go to:

You must have a residence and work permit to work.

To clear up any doubts about dealing with documentation covering immigration, information and procedures in general, you can ask for an appointment to obtain advice at:

  • CITE-Information centre for foreign workers
  • AMIC-Catalan Immigrants Mutual Assistance Association

Looking for a flat or house to live in

If you are looking for a home, you can go to the Housing Office, where they will give you free information and guidance on housing.

Meeting people and connecting to the Internet

The city of Vic has Civic Centres, which are municipal facilities open to everyone where social, educational and cultural activities take place.

There are also almost 300 organisations and associations in Vic