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-   -   Residency-Anyone applied recently? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/spain-75/residency-anyone-applied-recently-453846/)

Mitzyboy Jun 23rd 2007 3:44 am
Re: Residency-Anyone applied recently?
 
Originally Posted by keithwalters (Post 4958217)
I once tried checking into a Madrid hotel with my driving licence and got turned away. Had to find another hotel.

This is the sort of thing I want to avoid. Until you actually try to use your passport/driving licence/NIE certificate, etc you have no idea if it is going to be accepted or not until it is too late.

Just give me one simple card that is accepted everywhere you go and be done with it.
Yes I can see how hotels in the cities could be an exception

keithwalters Jun 23rd 2007 3:50 am
Re: Residency-Anyone applied recently?
 
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 4958245)
Yes I can see how hotels in the cities could be an exception
Yes, trouble is there are a few too many exceptions for my liking. Any oficial, beaurocratical process will also reject the driving licence as form of ID...eg, applying for a mortgage or bank loan, buying a car, or applying for pretty much anything really.

I´ve decided I´m going to say I have lost my tarjeta and can´t hand it in when the time comes to renew it. I know the date will have expired....if this becomes a problem then yes, I will apply for Spanish citizenship and get my tarjeta that way!

Fred James Jun 23rd 2007 3:59 am
Re: Residency-Anyone applied recently?
 
Originally Posted by scampicat (Post 4958163)
You'll give up your British Citizenship just so you don't have to carry a passport???:eek:

It is impossible to give up your British Citizenship even if you formally renounce it in another country as a condition of getting the new citizenship.

It's a bit like the Inland Revenue - they never let you go!:D

Incidentally you need to have been a Spanish resident for 10 years before you can apply for Spanish citizenship.

keithwalters Jun 23rd 2007 4:13 am
Re: Residency-Anyone applied recently?
 
Originally Posted by Fred James (Post 4958311)
It is impossible to give up your British Citizenship even if you formally renounce it in another country as a condition of getting the new citizenship.

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That´s no problem. I´m indifferent to whether I give up British citizenship or not. It is the getting Spanish citizenship that interests me more

scampicat Jun 23rd 2007 7:17 am
Re: Residency-Anyone applied recently?
 
Well if yoiu want one universal card (which I agree is a good idea), why can't we just continue to have the Residencia card? It worked OK before,.

Everyone's choice entirely, but no way I'm giving up my British citizenship. I'd rather carry umpteen pieces of paper (although why a passport won't do I've no idea).

keithwalters Jun 23rd 2007 7:24 am
Re: Residency-Anyone applied recently?
 
Originally Posted by scampicat (Post 4958856)
Well if yoiu want one universal card (which I agree is a good idea), why can't we just continue to have the Residencia card? It worked OK before,.
Precisely. If it ain´t broken, don´t fix it.

Not the philosophy of the EU bureaucrats unfortunately.


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