La persona solicitante presenta el justificante del pago de la tasa.

Both are possible, but la persona solicitante is a very common formal, administrative way of saying the applicant.

A few things are going on:

• persona means person
• solicitante means applying / requesting, so together it means the person who is applying
• This kind of wording is especially common in official Spanish because it sounds precise and neutral

In less formal contexts, you might also simply see:

• el solicitante = the male applicant / applicant in a masculine generic form
• la solicitante = the female applicant

But official documents often prefer la persona solicitante because it avoids focusing on gender.

Here, solicitante means applicant.

It comes from the verb solicitar, which means to request, to apply for, or to ask for formally.

So:

• la persona solicitante = the person making the application
• el solicitante / la solicitante = the applicant

In administrative Spanish, solicitante is very common in forms, instructions, and legal texts.

Literally, yes, presenta comes from presentar, which often means to present. But in administrative or official Spanish, it very often means:

• to submit
• to provide
• to hand in

So in this sentence, presenta is best understood as submits or provides, not as a stage-performance kind of presents.

Also, this is the third person singular present tense:

• presenta = he/she submits or the applicant submits

In official instructions, Spanish often uses the present tense to describe standard procedure.

Because persona is a feminine noun in Spanish, so it takes the feminine article la.

• la persona
• una persona

This is true even if the person being referred to is male. Grammatically, the noun persona is always feminine.

That is why the sentence says:

• La persona solicitante...

not:

• El persona solicitante... ✗

Because solicitante is one of many Spanish words ending in -ante that usually have the same form for masculine and feminine.

So you get:

• el solicitante
• la solicitante
• la persona solicitante

The article or surrounding words show the gender, not the ending of solicitante itself.

This is similar to other Spanish words like:

• el/la estudiante
• el/la cantante

Justificante is a very common word in Spain. It means a proof, supporting document, or receipt-like document that shows something has been done.

In this sentence, el justificante del pago means:

• proof of payment
• payment receipt
• document showing the fee has been paid

It is similar to receipt, but justificante is slightly broader. It does not always have to be a shop-style receipt; it can be any document that proves payment, attendance, absence, etc.

For example:

• justificante de pago = proof of payment
• justificante médico = doctor’s note / medical certificate

Because de + el contracts to del in Spanish.

So:

• de + el = del

That is why:

• el justificante del pago

means:

• the proof of the payment
• more naturally in English, the proof of payment

This contraction happens almost always with de + el.

A similar contraction is:

• a + el = al

But note that this only happens with el, not with la:

• de la tasa = not contracted

In this context, la tasa means an official fee or administrative charge.

This is a very common word in Spain for payments made to an administration or public body, such as:

• an application fee
• a processing fee
• a government fee

It is not exactly the same as:

• precio = price
• tarifa = rate/fare/charge
• impuesto = tax

So la tasa here is specifically the fee that must be paid as part of the procedure.

Spanish uses definite articles more often than English, especially in formal or bureaucratic language.

In English, we might say:

• The applicant submits proof of payment of the fee

Spanish naturally says:

• La persona solicitante presenta el justificante del pago de la tasa

Even where English drops the, Spanish often keeps it. In official writing, this sounds normal and precise.

Spanish often links nouns together with de phrases.

Here the structure is:

• el justificante = the proof / receipt
• del pago = of the payment
• de la tasa = of the fee

So literally it is:

• the proof of the payment of the fee

This kind of chained de structure is very common in formal Spanish. English often prefers a smoother version, such as:

• proof of payment of the fee
• receipt showing payment of the fee

Yes. Spanish often uses the present tense in formal instructions, regulations, and procedural descriptions.

So presenta can mean:

• submits
• must submit
• is to submit

depending on context

Official Spanish often states procedures as facts rather than direct commands. That is why a document may say:

• La persona solicitante presenta...

instead of:

• Presente... = Submit... (direct command)

Both are possible, but the present tense is very common in administrative style.

Yes, but the given order is the most natural and standard for formal writing.

Normal order here is:

• Subject + verb + object
• La persona solicitante
  • presenta
    • el justificante del pago de la tasa

You could change the order in some contexts for emphasis, but in official Spanish, this straightforward order is preferred because it is clear and neutral.