Getting hold of an NIE number

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Sunday, January 07, 2007 boland83 Parcela I've made 17 posts Send private message to boland83	My wife and I completed the forms for an NIE number at the Spanish consul in London last October - and are still waiting for the NIE number. I have a friend who speaks fluent Spanish who has chased up the office in Madrid (they NEVER answer the phone) - to be told that the forms have beed posted out to our friend's address in Spain twice - but he has received nothing. It is getting beyond a joke now - has anyone erlse had a similar problem - and got a solution? Spam post? If so please click here to report it
08 Jan 2007 12:54 AM westport Adosado I'm in London & Co.Mayo Ireland I've made 297 posts Send private message to westport	We got our NIE numbers through our solicitor, by giving Power of Attorney. Apparently you need to queue up at a local police station at 5 or 6 in the morning to have any chance of getting one. If this is true or not I am not sure, but for convenience we got our solicitor to do it. Westport Spam post? If so please click here to report it
08 Jan 2007 3:34 PM Smiley EOS Superstar I'm in San Pedro de Alcantara I've made 2161 posts Send private message to Smiley	Hi Boland83 there is a special thread dedicated to NIEs - different people appear to have had different experiences with the NIE by using the consul. Someone even posted it as NIEasy. As Westport says you can apply by POA via your lawyer and get him to deal with it or alternatively try the consulate again or present yourself to the National Police Station in the district you are staying next time you are over with all the relevant documents and apply in person. Westport is a little extreme about 5 in the morning. Marbella central police station is probably the worst on the Costa del Sol and as long as you are there at 8 in the morning you should be fine. Have arrived at Estepona at 8.45 and been third in the queue - I was then seen at about 9.20. Depends on the level of activity at the police station concerned. Just make sure you take the necessary papers and copies as they dont have copying facilities there and it will be hellish frustrating to be turned away after queuing all that time. Rgds _______________________ *Smiley* - patrick@marbellamortgages.com www.marbellamortgages.com *Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit .....but any form of wit is an achievement* NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE GOT, IF YOU HAVE NOBODY TO SHARE IT WITH, THEN ITS JUST NUMBERS IN THE BANK. TO ESCAPE CRITICISM DO NOTHING, SAY NOTHING, BE NOTHING! Spam post? If so please click here to report it
08 Jan 2007 4:06 PM kcpropserv Parcela I'm in Costa del Sol I've made 7 posts Send private message to kcpropserv	Hi Boland83 I agree with Smiley comments. Make sure that you go to the right police station for the district that you live in, if you don't you will be turned away as I was after waiting 4 plus hours. Don't expect anyone who speaks English to help you or application forms that are printed in English, there won't be any. You will need a couple of good photocopies of your passport (the page with your photo and personal details on). The application form is only a one page form requiring your personal details, name, dob, address in spain, parents name and dob etc. Its not difficult but unless you can read/speak Spanish can be a bit of a challenge. Keith KC Property Services _______________________ Keith kcpropserv@hotmail.com Spam post? If so please click here to report it
08 Jan 2007 4:34 PM bobaol Finca I'm in Spain in a couple of months - yahoo!!! I've made 632 posts Send private message to bobaol	Boland83. As I read you are applying through the Spanish Embassy in UK. Wouldn't it be better to ask them to send it your UK address? We found the process extremely easy in Spain. We went to the local ayuntamiento (make sure you get the right one) and waited about an hour, from 9 to about 10 in the morning. People said they had been queuing since 6 but I couldn't understand why. Provided the forms are filled in before you arrive (make sure you get a Spanish speaker to help you fill them in) and you had copies of your passports and a photograph, it was pretty easy. We collected the NIE cards when we next visited, about 8 weeks later. Again we queued for less than an hour and it was all free. Provided you are prepared to give up a morning of your visit it is fairly hassle free provided the forms are filled in correctly, otherwise you will be sent to the back of the queue with new forms to complete. Spam post? If so please click here to report it
09 Jan 2007 5:41 PM Smiley EOS Superstar I'm in San Pedro de Alcantara I've made 2161 posts Send private message to Smiley	It should be noted that if the NIE is applied for here they will only keep it a set period of time. Not sure what that timeframe is but had a client about a year ago whose representative didnt return to pick up the certificate for about 9 months and they had ditched it so had to go through it all over again. Rgds _______________________ *Smiley* - patrick@marbellamortgages.com www.marbellamortgages.com *Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit .....but any form of wit is an achievement* NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE GOT, IF YOU HAVE NOBODY TO SHARE IT WITH, THEN ITS JUST NUMBERS IN THE BANK. TO ESCAPE CRITICISM DO NOTHING, SAY NOTHING, BE NOTHING! Spam post? If so please click here to report it
13 Jan 2007 12:15 AM Antleigh Studio I've made 34 posts Send private message to Antleigh	We made an early morning trip to Cartagena to apply for our NIE numbers - got there at 9.00, as the office opened, and were out in 5 minutes - it was all very quick and easy, but we had good guidelines from our agent (including ignoring the queue of hopeful immigrants and proceeding straight to the guy on the door). Unfortunately our agent wasn't quite so good at picking up the NIE for us, as they had kindly offered to do - we did get it eventually but I think narrowly missed having to go out to apply again because of their oversight! Spam post? If so please click here to report it
13 Jan 2007 10:06 PM volfen Apartamento I'm in San Cayetano I've made 97 posts Send private message to volfen	we were taken by by our agent to Alicanti to get our NIE we were first in the queue cos we got there at 5am by 5 15 the queue was quite big was very quick and simple once they opened the doors quite painless sheila and alan _______________________ Sheila and Alan Spam post? If so please click here to report it

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