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Urgent help for duplicate recedencia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:39pm
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Rhonda

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At my wits end. Lived in mallorca from 2003 to 2014 and had nie and residency. Just came here in May. Bought a house and the between lawyers and myself major cock up. They got me new nie and I thought they were doing everything else we asked. No. They say I'm having yo go to UK to embassy now. I can apply for duplicate of original I've been told. Though lawyers told me no!. I'm getting desperate for help. My husband is disabled after a stroke and don't want him getting stressed. Thank you x

PeterPan

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 4:05pm

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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 4:05pm

Rhonda wrote on Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:39pm:

At my wits end. Lived in mallorca from 2003 to 2014 and had nie and residency. Just came here in May. Bought a house and the between lawyers and myself major cock up. They got me new nie and I thought they were doing everything else we asked. No. They say I'm having yo go to UK to embassy now. I ...

...can apply for duplicate of original I've been told. Though lawyers told me no!. I'm getting desperate for help. My husband is disabled after a stroke and don't want him getting stressed. Thank you x

This may be useful. https://www.immigrationspain.es/en/renew-long-term-residency/

According to the link the residency card needs to be renewed every 5 years at the police station closest to your residence, which I would assume to be Mallorca. You also need to prove that you haven't been out of the country for over 12 months, which could prove difficult depending on where you moved to.

Do you have your old (green?) residency card?

I'm surprised that your lawyers have managed to get you a new NIE, I thought the NIE number was for life. What happened to your old NIE number?

Kimmy11

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:35pm

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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:35pm

Hi Rhonda and welcome to the forum,

Did your lawyer know that you had previously held a green "Certificado de Registro"?  If so, they should have known that it was unnecessary to apply for another, as NIE numbers are for life.

As you had residency in Mallorca and lived there between 2003 and 2014, was your green Certificado a 'temporal' one (valid for 5 years), or 'permanente' (valid for 10 years)?  Has that green card expired and, if so, when?  Where have you lived between 2014 and moving to Spain in May this year?  

Apologies for all the questions, but if you've been out of Spain since 2014 (and especially if you've lived outside of Europe during that time), I'm afraid you're unlikely to be able to resurrect your previous residency, even if it was 'permanente'.  Hence why your lawyer is now advising that you need to apply for a visa from the Spanish Consulate in the UK.

Kind regards,

Kim

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