NIE number

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:58pm

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Hi all you wonderful ex pats\ Can anyone tell me if yout NIE number stays with you for life. I obtained one in 2014 in <Marbella along with a bank account and a solicitor who I gave PAO to. thing is I have no records! what can I do to progress?

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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:27am

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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:27am

SunandSea wrote on Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:58pm:
Hi all you wonderful ex pats\ Can anyone tell me if yout NIE number stays with you for life. I obtained one in 2014 in <Marbella along with a bank account and a solicitor who I gave PAO to. thing is I have no records! what can I do to progress?

Yes your NIE number is for life.

Steve

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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:08am

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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:08am

tebo53 wrote on Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:27am:
Yes your NIE number is for life.
Steve

As Steve has said above it's for life.

If you've got any bills, documents, agreements etc from your time in Spain that's the first place to look because your NIE number will definitely be on one of them.

If you live in the UK you might be able to retrieve it via enquiry to the Spanish Consulate. Just an idea.

If you live in Spain you can retrieve it and get a new hard copy by personal presentation at a National Police Station. Passport required. Fee payable at a nearby bank, then return to collect the certificate. Can be done all at the same time with good fortune!

Or, you could ask a Gestor in Spain if they can do it on your behalf and see what the answer is. I suspect it's no.

If your research is part of an application for Residency in Spain via NLV you may be interested to hear that it's been reported that an NIE number is assigned to successful applicants so they would find your number in that scenario I think.