• See which allowances or benefits from the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) entitle you to purchase and use the subsidised T-usual.
• Request a certificate that indicates the gross monthly amount (current allowance certificate - CF02) and the period of time during which you are entitled to receive the allowance through Benefit Certificates. The termination date of your allowance must be after the purchase date of the subsidised T-usual card.
• Other Social Security pensions, allowances and benefits do not grant you the right to acquire or use a subsidised T-usual card.

• You must have been registered as a job seeker for at least 12 months in the last 2 years and
• you must be actively looking for work through a programme run by the Catalan Employment Service (SOC).
• if you receive any assistance, it must be for a gross amount less than the interprofessional guaranteed minimum wage (SMI).

• If you live in a municipality within the area of the Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority and you are registered as a resident,
• you are unemployed, actively looking for a job and
• you receive social services assistance from the municipal authorities.

You must request from your local authorities a certificate on which your full name, your personal identification number (DNI), foreigners' identification number (NIE) or passport number appear. This certificate must also verify that you are unemployed and receive social services assistance from the municipal authorities.

You can check if your municipality is within the area of the Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM) on the list of municipalities found on the page Map by zones.