Do we change NIEs?
Sep 20th 2018, 7:36 am
#31
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Re: Do we change NIEs?
Oh dear what a tangled mess!. You can not sign on the padron if you are a non resident. The padron is only for residents.
Sep 20th 2018, 7:42 am
#32
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Re: Do we change NIEs?
When posters here talk about going to various offices to do things are they trying to do it in English or Spanish? I notice that CAB on the radio talk about how you need to do this that and the next thing with various offices but not once do they suggest that you shouldn't do it in English. The result is poor Spanish funcinarios are forced to try and understand things in English which often results in misunderstands which then enter into area of myth
Sep 20th 2018, 7:57 am
#33
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Re: Do we change NIEs?
You can but legally you shouldn't as Spain would not be your habitual residence. Many if not most ayuntamientos do ignore this simply to get the extra money from Central Government.
Sep 20th 2018, 8:07 am
#34
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Re: Do we change NIEs?
This will cause real problems in Huelva Province. There is one office for the whole Province in Huelva city center the great weight of applications are from seasonal interant North African fruit workers. Third country and EU are much in the minority and do get pushed to one side. Of course most do get their green card for temporary or permanent residency but it is not easy as we have personal experience.
If all those non-permanent residents now have to keep going back for renewals it’s going to increase an already overloaded office and there are lots of them since the Costa del la Luz is very popular as a holiday home destination for discerning north Europeans.
Fred will this also apply to those EU Citizens with a permanent residence card as well?
Sep 20th 2018, 11:10 am
#35
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Re: Do we change NIEs?
When posters here talk about going to various offices to do things are they trying to do it in English or Spanish? I notice that CAB on the radio talk about how you need to do this that and the next thing with various offices but not once do they suggest that you shouldn't do it in English. The result is poor Spanish funcinarios are forced to try and understand things in English which often results in misunderstands which then enter into area of myth
