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The have implemented a number of changes in the way in which the NIE number (Number Identification de Extranjeros) is awarded by the provincial Police Station (Comisaría de Policía Provincial).
Up until very recently the NIE certtificate did not need to be renewed as it did not expire, however they will now expire after 3 months and have to be renewed personally - It will no longer be possible to get a Gestor or Lawyer to do this for you by means of obtaining power of attorney from you.
This follows similar changes implemented some months ago, whereby the process of applying for a first NIE Certficate must now also be applied for in person.
Thanks to Perez Legal Group for providing Tumbit with this information.
I have a white A4 nie paper, obtained 17 years ago, have lived here all this time and pay taxes, in health system etc. I’ve heard rumours that I need to renew? Do I need to anyone?
I am a British Citizen I wish to work in Spain I need NIE number urgently - Who can sort this for me and what are the costs ?
i stay in spain on dated 10 june 2013 with my wife and 2 child. my schengen visa has been expire before 2 month so can i get NIE number
Hey! Mr Grumpy! I was hoping you'd see this....another source of info for your next blog? You keep me sane in this crazy overadministrated, lets make life as difficult as possible for residents from overseas country!!!
Spain : Why bother streamlining things and making stuff easy, when you can complicate a process and confuse the bejesus out of everybody instead ?
I have had my NIE number for nearly 6 years now so will I have to renew mine...? I also have recedencia
I've just asked my lawyer and he's not only not heard of this new modification, he also says it would be impossible to do!
http://costaconsultingbureau.com/legal-documents/does-your-spanish-nie-expire-after-3-months/
I too was told that residency wasn't necessary. I've lived in Spain for 4 years now and was told (by a notary) that the NIE certificate is the same as residency. I've never needed anything else, and have bought property, registered as autonomo, got kids in school here etc. What is a residency card actually for?
But if it's not published anywhere how are people supposed to find out? Is it everywhere in Spain?
Hi Raquel.....how do you get this residency card ? I recently had to get a new NIE certificate and was told that as an EU citizen I would never need to apply for residency (I live in catalunya)
Dear Keith
I am afraid to say that this is the situation now. Normally they dont publish in anywhere as its not a new law, is only a modification in the process and is continuously changing. Best solution is to apply for a certificate of residency which contains a defintiive NIE number and does not expire.
I have just had a trawl through Spanish Government sites and various other sites and cannot find any confirmation of this. I can not imagine a 3 month renewable NIE as a possibility having been through the procedure it is certainly not the easiest.
They have got to be joking!!! All this will do is encourage more EU citizens to live without papers "en regla"
Or is that the idea??? Is this the govts way to get rid of us tax paying residents???
What a load of cojones......
Actually I've seen a few articles recently saying that this is not actually true. I certainly haven't heard anything....
3 months? Have to apply in person? Are they having a laugh!? queued for 21/2 hours to get mine, after which, I was told I was in the wrong queue, despite having asked! Now I have no transport, so I have no idea how this nonsense will be possible to execute!