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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.

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Travel Documents For Non Eu Family Members

For full information on the travel documents within the EU including visas if necessary. Travel Docs for Non EU Family Members As a Holder of Article 10 Card UK ...

Where Can I Download Tax Forms?

No paper forms available anymore. All electronic now. Info on how to download PADRE system and fill out your tax return in the Library, Taxation section, series of notes on Personal Taxation. ...

Free Healthcare The Facts

We at CAB Spain were the pioneers in sharing the fact that all pre April 2012 residents are allowed free healthcare in Spain. Requisites: Resident, registered on the padron and earning less than 100,000 annually (this was considered by the court...

Valencia Is There Free Choice Of Medical Centre/gp?

Yes, a new Decree that has been approved on the 15th of May 2015 which forms an amendment on the previous Decree on free choice in healthcare and states that you have the right to choose any medical centre, GP or any hospital or specialist withi...

How To Get Temporary Green Plates For Your Vehicle

Needed when your foreign plated vehicle has outstayed the maximum permitted time on Spanish soil and you need to transfer to Spanish plates. Temporary permit to drive. You will need to present the documentation from Customs to establish that you...

Will Email Correspondence Landlord To Tenant Stand Up In Court?

In general, email is a very convenient medium for both landlord and tenant and the legality of the use of it has been introduced in the Ley the Arrendamientos from June 2013, in article 4. If both parties have agreed to use it as their means of ...

Cancel A Rental Agreement As Tenant, The Correct Way To Do It?

Assuming you have a rental agreement that started after June 2013, when the new Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos came into force. If you have already passed the first 6 months of your rental agreement, there is no legal obligation to stay. You are ...

Can I Travel To The Uk With Spanish Id Card?

Update: Since the end of the transition period, the UK are insisting on passports for EU nationals. According to the Foreign Affairs website of the Spanish Government, yes you can. Only exception for minors travelling on their own, then they wou...

Buying A Second Hand Vehicle – Tips From Dgt/trafico

Tips from DGT/Trafico, published in their online magazine. Here´s a direct LINK.  Information provided in Spanish. Time permitting I will add the highlights in English at a later stage. ...

Defibrillators Am I Allowed To Use Them In Case Of Emergency?

We are talking about semi-automatic defibrillator equipment that is present in many public places like supermarkets, gyms, airports, stadiums etc. Everywhere except medical facilities. Whether you are permitted to use that equipment on another p...

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