Bigyin wrote on Aug 15^th, 2009 at 12:08am:

Further to my previous...wouldn't it be great if someone on here knew the complete chapter and verse of EVERYTHING you're supposed to have to be legal and bulletproof here.  I recently applied successfully for my Certificado the Residencia and I promised Nigel I'd write the procedure up for inclusion in the useful info section at the top.  Haven't had time yet but will do eventually.  That can be added to the "How to get an NIE number" but there's still a lot of stuff that I either don't know about or am confused about.  Example:-  One of the docs I needed was a Convivencia.  I took along the paper I got from my local town hall when I first arrived only to be told that was a temporary one.  I got a proper one from the town hall and the lass at the oficina de extranjeros kept it.  Apparently they only last three months anyway and when I apply for my medical card, I'll have to go and get another one.  Also, I don't know if this is the same as a padron.  Any info from any experts would be welcome. Cheers, Bigyin (Confused of Catalonia)  :-?

hi bigyin  :)if you buy a new car/medical card/residencia  etc as we have you need the paper from from your town hall we were charged 3e each for the papers and you need one for each item you apply for.CONFUSED OF CATALONIA/SPAIN aren't we all  :(even the locals and legal experts can't work it out sometimes i.e we have tryed to get a tenant's name took of the address of the house we rented him,but we are told it cant be done unless the person himself gos into tortosa with a new address and with the person who owns that address then his name will come of what a laugh as he as gone back to the uk and cant do that but his name they still wont remove and a legal expert couldn't find a way to remove it either