Spanish Banks for Residencia Application
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Hi All
We're in the UK and as with many others our plans have changed, we probably will travel at the start of Sept now and apply for Residencia asap. My sticking point is we need a Spanish Bank account. I had it set in my head that we needed it for 3 months to apply for Residencia. But on re-reading Jim's Guide it says it could be 3 or 6 months depending where you apply? (I'm guessing it's still only Alicante handing appts, but we'd be aiming to rent in costa blanca north). We had planned to open an account with Cajamar in person in April which we couldn't do due to lockdown.
So my question for anyone who's gone through Residencia, what bank/account did they accept and for how long did the account have to be open? Has anyone been turned away for 3 months. I'm obviously stuck needing to open an account on line from the UK and keen to have one that has low fees. If the Application requires a bank with a Spanish ISBN, could the N26 bank work? What about needing it valided in a branch for the Application?
Any views on account we can open from UK which are proven to be accepted, please let me know.
Thanks
Jill