NIE Change of address

I also have a problem with my NIE. I got an NIE with my plot number on it which is OK. We bought the house and my NIE was used and looked at by everybody. This was 7 years ago.  2 years ago I showed my NIE to buy a washing machine and whilst I was waiting I looked at it; my year of birth says 1997 instead of 1964. I have just kept quiet as I don't know what to do and no one else seems to have noticed.

My philosophy is, the less said the better, otherwise you open Pandora's box. I am entitled to dual citizenship; Irish and British but being more the former than the latter I never bothered to renew my UK passport.  I never took any notice of the UK passport's date of expiry and blithely used it in all sorts of situations long after its sell by date. This was never noticed nor commented on. Don't tell, they won't yell. Most jobsworths want a quiet life too. Why spoil it for them?

PS If you're retired there is no charge for a renewed Irish passport. Tell me again, what does the British government charge for a passport renewal?    :o)

Mike...as if you didnt know...

2nd Mortgage time if you use the British Consulate in Madrid... 160 Euros + 13 Euros for return courier by DHL or UPS.

Just done mine....OUCH!

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ouch! You just made my eyes water, foxbat. That is a lot of sobs you just spent   ...   remind me again, what's the television licence fee there? It's free in Ireland.

Mike ducks; he can almost hear the shriek of anti-Irish shells.

PS The state pension for an Irish pensioner is circa €800 a month (maximum €230 a week). Sadly I paid into the UK one and receive about half of that.   S*** happens!

 Well get your Irish passport renewed quickly as fees for over 65s are being reintroduced in Ireland as of 11 April 2011.

It's well in hand, Bob; and the renewed passport will likely see me out! Don't lose any sleep  ...  the money saved will help revive the Spanish economy; a country my father fought on its battlefields for;; the Battle of Jarama and elsewhere. He also flew Spitfires and Hurricanes as a serviceman in the RAF. Forgive me my returns.

 And, as the original topic appears to have drifted away, yes the NIE number is for life.  To change the address (or passport number or anything) simply take it to the foreigners office in your area where they issue them, either the town hall or the police station.  I'm not 100% sure on this but I think the form is the same as the one you originally filled in which is here 

You might ask at the foreigners office if there is a special cambio de domicilio form (it says on the official guidance that you must submit a cambio de domicilio but it doesn't say if there is a separate form for it).

HTH

Being the worrier I am, when we moved I looked into changing the address on my NIE. I was giving a little slip to fill in with previous and new address and that was that. I wasn't given a new document or anything, so I really don't know what it was all for. Maybe they have just changed it on the computer.  

I 'think' that I am supposed to give my new address to the National Police regarding my Residencia.  But the thought of all that queing again fills me with horror!

So far no one has bothered much. I just present my original NIE (which does not have my address on, just the number) and an up to date Empadronmento (with new add on).

I do slightly worry tho what the Guardia will say if they ever stop me!  (But so far as we still need our passport as the new Residency paper is not worth the green ink on it... No hassle todate)...

Viva Espania

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_30377.shtml

Interesting new twist to the size of the Registration document perhaps the next step will be to include a photo!