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Residency

How Can Citizens Advice Bureau Spain Benefit You?

As an expatriate living in Spain; do you find that the Spanish bureaucratic system can be disconcerting? Have you discovered that the simplest of transactions are difficult to conclude? Find yourself searching for answers to problems only to discover that there is nowhere where you could find a solution? I am assuming that the answer is yes and that is why should be a member of our web site if you arent already.

Residency Application Problems? Know Your Citizens Rights

We are receiving enquires from UK Nationals who were residing in Spain before the end of the transition period, and who are facing difficulties in applying or having their applications for a TIE residency card accepted. Many are concerned that t

How To Check Your Residency Application Status.

If you do not have a NIE, Use the report/proceedings number. Check on the link below: Residency Status

Faqs For Uk Nationals And Their Families Residing In Spain

For most of your questions about residency during the transition period and the new residency procedure. FAQS from Spanish government FAQs in English from the Spanish Government in the link below: Brexit Guide FAQs CAB Short Version Which boxe

Register On The Padrón Before Residency Or Not? Plus Faqs

Whenever such a question arises on our Facebook forum, we get a plethora of responses when members share their experiences.  Members who had to register on the census before being provided with the residency certificate and those that registere

Extranjería Offices Open For Residency/nie And Other Applications

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Am I A Permanent Resident? Updated Version

We feel it necessary to update our FAQS from three years ago and remove what CAB believes to be erroneous information provided on the European Commission website. We have also advised the EU Commission of what we consider to be an error. CAB ha

Requisites For A Certificate Of Permanent Residence Of Citizens Of The European Union

All EU citizens and their EU and non-EU family members have the automatic right to permanent residency after five years of legal residency in Spain. In some cases the right is acquired after three years of legal residency. (Information). The inf

Residence Rights Of A Child Not Born In Spain Of Non Eu Parents

Full information from the article on the link below: Child not Born in Spain Residency

Should I Report A Change Of Nationality/address/marital Status?

Yes both EU and non EU citizens should report changes in circumstances to the foreigners office at your station of the ‘Policia Nacional’. Below is the literal translation taken from the Spanish Royal Decree. Change of circumstance E

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Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions.