JDR maybe renaming the thread to "Free Spanish Vouchers" will work better

May do. ;-))
Need a different word to vouchers though, I keep getting told of cos there is no beer.

How about "Free Spanish.......Advice"....Read here before posting questions

It may work, although I seriously doubt it

I will give it a go later. ;-))

You could always try a NO ENTRY - TOP SECRET

Now THAT is a great idea

Thats a good one, or wet paint. lol

We've only ever had the one Padron (well three actually, one with my name on, one with my husband's and one with both). It's dated 21 September 2005. I've always kept the original and handed over photocopies fof it or everything, including matriculationg the car this year. We also voted in this year's elections, no questions asked.

I didn't realise it had a shelf-life as everybody has accepted it quite happily, despite it being two years old and despite handing over photocopies.

Perhaps they didn't realise it was a photocopy or looked at the date it was issued.

In all our dealings (personal & professional) the certificate had to be an original and not older than 3 months.