Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 8:48pm
Hi Carol,
Sometimes the bank allows you to open a bank account with only a passport. But it is unusual.
In fact, you need a NIE-number (a Spanish fiscal number). Any owner of a property or a car or a bank account in Spain needs this number.
I live and work in Campoamor, very close to La Zenia. And I would be able to help you to apply for the NIE-number at Playa Plamenca Town Hall. In the summer time it is a bit trickier than usual. But you can still do it also in the summer.
There is a high crime rate present in this region, mainly - burglaries and thefts of luggage when arriving at your residence from the airport with a rented car for example.
Going to discos late at night can also be really dangerous, because of all the traffic with drugs going on around here. But if you are careful, nothing will happen to you.
Yet, still this is a really nice place to live in ! La Zenia is a good choice.
Kind regards,
Irene Wärn (Babelina Legal Translations)
+ 34 626832494
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