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NIE Appointment

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:44pm
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HelenMcKay

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Hi

We are planning in retiring in Alicante and will be looking for a house in the next month. We are trying to book an appointment on line with the Police so they can grant us our NIE. I am able to fill out the application up to Step 7. As soon as I fill that out, I get a message saying there are no available times right now and they will get back to me as soon as they do. Unfortunately, I don’t ever get to Step 8 to leave my email address. 

Any suggestions?

We leave for Alicante on December 3, arriving on the 4th. We are travelling from Canada. 

Helen

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:53pm

Kelvin1960

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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:53pm

If you decide to buy a home here, your lawyer will sort out your NIE as part of the purchase process. You don't need to do anything yet.

Assuming you have non-EU passports, are you aware of the Non-Lucrative Visa ?

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:58pm

HelenMcKay

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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:58pm

Kelvin1960 wrote on Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:53pm:

If you decide to buy a home here, your lawyer will sort out your NIE as part of the purchase process. You don't need to do anything yet.

Assuming you have non-EU passports, are you aware of the Non-Lucrative Visa ?

We do know about the lucrative visa. We were told by the Spanish Consulate that we have to take it to the police to get it “confirmed “. Thus our dilemma. 

Posted: Thu Dec 2, 2021 12:46pm

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Posted: Thu Dec 2, 2021 12:46pm

Have you looked for appts in Elche ?

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Posted: Thu Dec 2, 2021 2:39pm

HelenMcKay

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Posted: Thu Dec 2, 2021 2:39pm

Cfell63 wrote on Thu Dec 2, 2021 12:46pm:

Have you looked for appts in Elche ?

No. I thought we read somewhere that you have to book in the city you are staying in?  Or did we read that wrong?

Thanks. 

Posted: Thu Dec 2, 2021 2:54pm

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Posted: Thu Dec 2, 2021 2:54pm

When you apply for the NLV if you haven’t already got an NIE number, then I believe they automatically assign you a number.

When we purchased our property over 4 years ago there were no NIE appointments anywhere, rather than delay the house purchase our solicitor went to Almeria to obtain our NIE numbers.

Lynn

Posted: Thu Dec 2, 2021 2:58pm

HelenMcKay

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Posted: Thu Dec 2, 2021 2:58pm

GrahamLynn wrote on Thu Dec 2, 2021 2:54pm:

When you apply for the NLV if you haven’t already got an NIE number, then I believe they automatically assign you a number.

When we purchased our property over 4 years ago there were no NIE appointments anywhere, rather than delay the house purchase our solicitor went to Almeria to obtain our NIE numbers....

 

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Lynn

This is what we thought but didn’t happen. We will try booking in Elche like someone suggested. 

Thanks. 

Posted: Thu Dec 2, 2021 3:56pm

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Posted: Thu Dec 2, 2021 3:56pm

HelenMcKay wrote on Thu Dec 2, 2021 2:58pm:

This is what we thought but didn’t happen. We will try booking in Elche like someone suggested. 

Thanks. 

We bought a property in Alicante city in 2017.

Our appointment for NIE was in Alcoy.

The real estate or solicitor will help with that.

Please rent and consider a lot of factors before you purchase any property.

Ask here on the forum any further questions. 

Best of luck in your move 

Kind regards

Maria

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