More paperwork, what is a Padron?
 

Just got back from Spain this morning and during last week we had a postal delivery!

Not from the correos but from an English neighbour about 500metres away! It seems that the post girl delivers all the mail for outlying properties around the village to the mayor, he hands on any English names to this neighbour and leaves it for him to sort out! Ours was a water bill from June :rofl:

Anyway the kind neighbour pointed out that our driveway starts only 50 metres up an access road from the main road and the mail girl is obligated to deliver there, if we have a mail box! So he says we have to apply to the townhall in Abanilla for a postal address and to do this we need a Padron??

I thought we had all the paperwork we needed, like NIE's tec but never heard of a padron, what is one and where do I get it?

Re: More paperwork, what is a Padron?
 

Hi,

It's documentation as proof of being a registered inhabitant of a town (a certificado de empadronamiento - available from the Town Hall). You will need to go to the Town Hall with your passports, NIE numbers as well as escritura (deeds) of your house, or rental agreement and register. They will then provide you with the Certificado de Inscripcion Padronal, which is called Padron for short ;)

This certificate has a validity of about 3 months and you may find yourself visiting the Town Hall many times for such a certificate for various purchases such as a car, or matriculation, or registering children for school, etc.

Best of luck,
Martha

PS I think there is information on this in the "Free Beer" link which JDR has provided above.

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When we got ours it only cost 18 cents and it also entitles you to vote. The town gets money from the Government for everyone on the padron so they encourage you to have this certificate as it is also in their best interest :p

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Hi MnM,

Is this correct I got mine in July and it cost €1.50 for the fancy scroll version but I thought it had an inindefiniteife or until you moved!

Regards,

John.

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We were told we will only need to update our details when we move :confused:

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You remain "on" the padron until such time as you remove yourself, BUT, for purposes such as buying a car or whatever, when they want to see your certificate of enpadronamiento, they will want an "up to date" one, usually no more than 3 months old. Which is why you may find yourself, as said above, having to return over and over... to get a "new" one...each time...

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Thank you all for the answers, so that is just something else we have to sort out all in the week of our next visit in December!

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Exactly! Thanks for clarifying Hillybilly.

Sorry I didn't get a chance to reply....was out having coffee ;)

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John,

We were told by our solicitor on Thursday that they do only last 3 months.

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Each Town Hall in the Costa Blanca North varies so much.

In Benissa it costs €6 each time you need the Certificate and they supply it the day after you apply. So in effect it takes you two days to obtain it.

In Jalon, it costs absolutely nothing and you get it immediately.

How crazy is that?

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Yes....Padron's only last for 3 months....and you have to give the original every time it's required.
In the last 18 months since I've been in Huescar, I've lost count of the number of Padrons I've had to get.
I know the lady who does them very well indeed now....in fact she even came up to me in a bar and gave me a kiss. :lol:

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Yep definately varies.... Did mine immediately and costed 80c.

WHEN IS THIS RAIN GONNA STOP????????? :curse:

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Doesn't look like it will be anytime soon!

But I must admit, I really did enjoy the storm last night. No electricity for an hour, just the sound of massive downpour combined with thunder and lightening. It was lovely :p

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Padron here is free, and, unless you are on the Padron you will be unable to vote in local elections. We have renewed ours 3 times, each time because we needed some official document, and to buy our car. When we bought the car, I was asked for a number of documents, but having been warned, I just handed over the padron, and they siad, OK, nothing else needed.

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Yep, 5th link down. ;-))