Just moved to isla plana

We don't go there in August because of the heat. In fact it works out generally that the Summer school holidays in UK are the hottest time in Spain.

September and October are lovely though, still hot but bearable.

If you are going to live there full time I would recommend Air Conditioning installed in the home. We don't have it as we only go out there mid April to May, June to mid July and mid September to October.

The other thing you will notice is it is cold in Winter in the properties (usually between January and March) and heating is a good idea to get in advance if you don't have it already.

Thankfully we do have aircon which is a god send but kids being kids want to be out all day and im restricting them due to the heat which they arnt taking to kindly to unfo

Hi

We use Jackie Galvez in the port near mercadona

She did everything for  us

http://www.translationsmazarron.com/

You can sort your NIE number yourself easily. You have to make an appointment at the police station in Cartagena. We went up for the day and combined with some shopping and sightseeing. We called in at the station (which is near the seafront and very easy to find) to make an appointment and at that point they advise what documents you need to bring with you to the appointment (which is at the same place should the police officer at the front desk tell you different), so you will have two visits to Cartagena.  At the appointment you will definitely need your passport and evidence of where you live in Spain such as a copy of your contract (a Spanish translation is helpful as not all officers speak or read English). They will ask you how long you have been in Spain and how long you are staying in Spain, and why do you need an NIE number. We told them we wanted to enrol on education courses and also needed to buy a car in the autumn. They will send you across the road to the print shop and the chap in there will do all the photocopying, complete the online forms and print off for you to take back to the police station immediately afterwards. You may have to sit and wait outside the office for a few minutes then it’s just a case of getting the forms approved and stamped... around 15 minutes if all straight forward. You will need to take cash.  It’s less than €10 for the document and I think around €5 for all the copying etc at the print shop. We didn’t mention working in Spain so that may involve more paperwork. Hope this was helpful.

Thank you for your reply. I actually did exactly that ( the big green one i think it was) and they told me they didnt do it there and fobbed me rightoff. I found a sute called my nie so now they ate hopefully sorting it for me but Cartagena arnt releasing any appointments at the moment, apparently there is a 12 week wait according to someone else.

Hello,

Would you still have the link? X