Do you need to be resident to work in spain

my daughter is in spain and has been offered a job here on the costos,she has been also told she has to be resident to get a social secrurity number,dose anyone out there have the anwser.

Thank you  Mega

You do not need to be a resident but you MUST have an NIE number which is a tax number.

Thi is applied for at the police station and costs around €10,00

You can get the forms online https://developers.facebook.com/apps

The payment forms you will have to go to the Police station and there you can also make the appointment to hand in all of the paperwork

Joan

Hi Joan, Thanks for prompt reply,now i am very confused as i have just got a reply from my solisitor eventually and he says the opposite ie you do need residency to get a social secrurity number,the plot thickens.

Regards Mega

Joan,

MYy daughter already has an nie number

Mega

PS  check out return of deosits aifos 2003 on thread named bank guarantees

 residency no longer exists. it was replaced by nie take this to the local social security office with copies of passport and proof of address and done in 5 mins

Residency has not been replaced by an NIE number but by a Residency Certificate, see this link for the most recent changes to this

http://www.simplynetworking.es/news-10279-31-changes_to_residency_certificates.html

To do most things now you need this paperwork, to by a car, contract phone and register for employment yoi need this paperwork which you get form the Town Hall and our one typically requires passport, NIE and registration on the Padron, proof of a permanent address, before giving this document

If you are going self employed then it is your responsibility to register with the social and then you will get the necessary paperwork and pay the monthly self employment fee plus complete quarterly returns for tax and IVA

If you are getting a contract then it is normal for the employer to get all of the paperwork processed, to obtain the social security numbers

 ok but the nie number is on the residency certificate but it is the nie number that everyone asks for if you fill out a form it asks for nie number never the residency number. in fact i did a tramite thes morning and was asked for my "nie certificate" not residency certificate

The problem is that your NIE does not prove your address so on things like employment, tax, car buying etc they tend to be more stringent, recently I could not get a contractt telephone without this document

 OF CORSE IT PROVES NOTHING REALLY 

BUT THAT WAS NOT THE QUESTION IT WAS ABOUT GETTING A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND WITHOUT THE INFAMOUS NUMBER YOU WONT GET IT

If a compnay are going to offer contract employment it really isn's a problem as they will normally sort this out for you

If self employed again the person that you pay to register you will sort this out, use the experts

 HARDLEY NEEDS AN EXPERT IS EASIER THAN BUYING A BURGER IN MACDONALDS

AND AT LEAST THEY HAVE SEATS WHILST YOU WAAIT FOR YOUR NUMBER TO BE CALLED

LOSTAGAIN you seem to be getting cross and missing the very simple point and believe it or not what is required can vary by area and how the offical feels at any point in time

Oriihuela for example want a Residents Certificate, according to my company accountant

You will potentially need some help to submit the returns if you are self employed so they can help

For every full time contract for the people that I have worked for in Spain, and where I have employed people, the employer has done the work, including getting the Social Security number

All I am trying to do is save people time because often it isn't so easy In Spain and as tehe first post explains you need to be a resident therefore have a residents certificate, therefore be on the Padron

 NOT CROSS JUST CANT SEE THE PROBLEM SO WILL LEAVE IT TO YOUR EXPERT SELF AQU VOIR

Here you just need passport & padron. 10 mins & walk out with soc. sec number.

Hi ervyone,

                     A lot of people on thjs thread are saying that residency no longer exists,when it comes to inheritance tax it is cheaper than if you are not resident so dose the new nie certificate cover this?

Regards Mega

 THIS SEEMS TO CONFUSE MOST PEOPLE

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIC OF THE CERTIFICATE BELOW YOU CAN MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND AS I READ IT THEY ARE BASICALLY ONE AND THE SAME THING

HI,Lostagain

Thank you

 your welcome i know it is confusing but no one asks for your residence but the nie number on it

you  need it for work and to register with the ayuntamiento and just about anything else