Hello again Fredbargate,
Thanks again,and thanks for the links as well.
It must be a nightmare to cross the frontier, I wonder how often are people late for work just because of this, and I know it is a sensitive issue betwen the two countryes, but are there any plans to get this resolved?

Well, I think my best shoot will be to Hit The Road in Gibraltar as soon as I arrive there in May next year, and aply for jobs straight to the companyes.and then as you mentioned I can get some more information regards what's the best thing to do.
Thank you very much again for your help, it is very much apreciated

Hi LindsayinSpain,

Thank you very much for your comments,
this is very good information for me, as my aim is to Rent straight away, or even better, to rent a room from somebody whos sharing, untill I get to look arround moore and make up my mind regards where to sattle down.
Would you know any links or anything where I will be able to look for Shared accomodation in La Linea by any chance?

It is verry reasuring, what you said abut your friend getting the job recently, and that chances for getting a job are o.k, I realy hope I will be able to find a job shortly after my arrival next May, and get the whole thing rolling
For the first probably 6-8 Months, I think it will be only myself working, as my fiance will be with the kids untill we can sort something out, and living in La Linea -working in Gibraltar seems feasible hopefully, but I think will only see when there and then

Thanks again for your comments.
asimo.

in 8 years of renting I have never been asked for my NIE or payslip or nomina

I have sometimes been asked for 2 months deposit & a month rent in advance, but have rarely paid more than a month & a month

usually a passport is enough, as you say

I do of course have a NIE & a residents cert

Yeah, but you look as cool and innocent as me.

Just like to say Thank You, to all of you, for all the very helpfull comments/imputs,& answers to my questions, Im sure some, or many of you, have been thru this yourselfs, and it's always good to see that ,there are a lot of helpfull people, who are willing to give up a little of they'r time to help others.

I can't whait to be there, and go to work with the sun in my face (well...most of the time)

Please feel free to go on with your comments, and advice as I need as much as possible.

Thanks.

When I was looking to rent I used fotocasa and malagapisos websites quite a bit, tended to look at the Spanish sites rather than the British ones as often had more choice and better prices if you rent direct with the owner and miss out the agency - I managed to get away with just a months deposit that way too, and no finders/agency fees. Its quite right that most landlords dont ask for NIE, but I noticed quite a few more were starting to ask for nominas when I rented my last place, so just something to be aware of.
Really dont know about the jobs in Gib, just seems to be as good (bad maybe) as anywhere and even in the papers here in Spain the job listings all seem to be in the Gib gaming industry so something is going well

WoW, Thanks LindsayinSpain,
I just took a look at the fotocasa website, and it's briliant, this stuff is worth gold for me.
When the time aproches my departure date, I will be looking in more detail to see what's available, but at last, now I will have a general clue regards rental prices, hopefully I'll have the nominas soon after my arival

Thank you ,Thank you

Very unlikely in the near future.

Spain ceded Gibraltar to the British forever in 1713, Treaty of Utrecht

She then threw her toys out of the pram and has been acting like the small child she is wanting Gibraltar back ever since, sieges., frontier closure and now an economic blockade. The result of these actions is to make the people of Gibraltar more determined not to be Spanish , this has been shown in two referendum. It also restricts economic growth depriving Spaniards of jobs. Gibraltar is the main employer for residents of the area.
However please note that this is a political move and there are very few problems between the local communities.

This is very sad, It's always politics...isn't it?

Sorry to keep repeating this but if anyone is contemplating living in Spain and working in Gibraltar then you must consider the following taken from the link below.

“It is not right that linenses are always punished without work and that the only factory that we have [meaning Gibraltar], which generates 4000 regular jobs and several thousand more unofficially, is always hit with so many impediments which only happen in our border,” the association said".


http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=22721

that must be it

Is this happening even at pick times, when people are crossing the frontier to go to work?
So then, how often are people late to work? and what impact this has on bussineses?
How do people manage to get to work in time on daily bassis?

China ceded Hong Kong to Great Britain in perpetuity in 1842 as part of the Treaty of Nanjing. A few years later a portion of the mainland was also ceded in perpetuity following a failed assassination attempt against the Governor.
Now China has got back something she gave away in perpetuity.

Perhaps the difference is that the Foreign Affairs Office never wanted "that damned rock" and were continually trying to get rid of it, so when China asked they got.

some good parallels there, just the Spanish cannot understand why we wont give them their damned rock back.

Entering Gib in the morning on the way to work is fairly straight forward except for delays caused by congestion, so people are not generally late for work.
It is the return to Spain in the evening that is the problem. Although in the article the queues are on the Gib side of the frontier it is the Spanish customs who are causing the problem at the moment.