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Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 5:37pm
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Caroline 21

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Wondering can anyone help  I want to apply for residency as an irish citizen  and been given a quote for 774 to apply for me 200 for padron  alone does this seem about right seems expensive to me 

marcliff

Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 5:48pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 5:48pm

You must be joking. You do not pay anyone to do the padron as you simply turn up to the town hall where you are going to stay and tell them you are going on the register of foreign EU citizens resident in Spain. Simply show your application form and in date passport and you get it there and then for free for a period of 3 months to cover the time to get on the register. You need to apply within 3 months of arrival.

You then make an appointment at a foreigners' office or National Police station in your province and pay the tax of around 12.90 (it changes) at a bank. 

You can apply for the appointment and do the application form at this site https://administracion.gob.es/pag_Home/en/Tu-espacio-europeo/derechos-obligaciones/ciudadanos/residencia/obtencion-residencia/inscribirte-residente.html

All you are doing is registering your presence in Spain and have to show financial means (600 euro a month) and private health insurance.

Do not pay those ludicrous prices, even 70 euro is a bit much.

elinspain

Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 5:53pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 5:53pm

Hello      

    I see you asked this question in June and got lots of helpful replies.  Did your recent quote come from Sun Lawyers or someone else  as you said you intended to contact them?

Cheers

Elinspain

Caroline 21

Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 6:13pm

Caroline 21

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Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 6:13pm

elinspain wrote on Mon Oct 2, 2023 5:53pm:

Hello      

    I see you asked this question in June and got lots of helpful replies.  Did your recent quote come from Sun Lawyers or someone else  as you said you intended to contact them?

Cheers

Elinspain

yes thats the quote i recieved from sun lawyers

Peter3473

Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 6:14pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 6:14pm

Check out 

www.getlegalinspain.com

Price for residency for EU citizens = 150 Euro per person. 

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Caroline 21

Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 6:21pm

Caroline 21

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Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 6:21pm

marcliff wrote on Mon Oct 2, 2023 5:48pm:

You must be joking. You do not pay anyone to do the padron as you simply turn up to the town hall where you are going to stay and tell them you are going on the register of foreign EU citizens resident in Spain. Simply show your application form and in date passport and you get it there and then ...

...for free for a period of 3 months to cover the time to get on the register. You need to apply within 3 months of arrival.

You then make an appointment at a foreigners' office or National Police station in your province and pay the tax of around 12.90 (it changes) at a bank. 

You can apply for the appointment and do the application form at this site https://administracion.gob.es/pag_Home/en/Tu-espacio-europeo/derechos-obligaciones/ciudadanos/residencia/obtencion-residencia/inscribirte-residente.html

All you are doing is registering your presence in Spain and have to show financial means (600 euro a month) and private health insurance.

Do not pay those ludicrous prices, even 70 euro is a bit much.

hi do i get the application form in the town hall

elinspain

Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 6:25pm

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marcliff

Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 6:35pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 2, 2023 6:35pm

Contact Abaco solicitors in Torrevieja. They were charging 70 euro per person (if there were 2) but that was a few years ago. They also made the appointment for you, completed the application form and met you at Elche National police station in that price. Yes, prob gone up a bit for EU registration but nowhere near what you were quoted.

Tim and Tina

Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:37am

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Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:37am

Someone told me there are some expats with a booth at El Zoco market offering assistance for newcomers registrations and stuff.

Does anyone have their number please?

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