Robin72 wrote on Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:57pm:
I have been familiarising myself with the Residencia appointments booking system and checking each day for the last week or so to see what appointments are available in Alicante region (thanks to Jim for the incredibly useful step by step instructions how to do this). There doesn't seem to be any...
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... kind of pattern, rhyme or reason as to what you are offered or when. Here are the specifics:
17th June - Denia (18th June)
18th June - Benidorm or Torrevieja (both 19th June)
19th June - Denia (18th or 19th July)
20th June - No appointments available
21st June - Benidorm or Elda (both 26th June)
24th June - No appointments available
25th June - Elche (30th August) or Denia (19th July)
Some of the days I checked in the morning and afternoon and there were occasions where appointments were available in the morning but not available in the afternoon, but never the other way round so I'm guessing they are released in the morning.
I did approach a "professional" (recommended on this forum) who told me I would need to sign up with their service quick as appointments were already booked up into September, which told me all I needed to know.
We won't arrive in Spain until the end of August so I will keep checking every few days (want to get everything sorted before Brexit Halloween!) Give me a shout if you want an update without the bother of going through the form yourself.
Thanks very much Robin - a nice methodical approach confirming what I've found when I've done random checks.
What we need now is volunteers to walk into every national police station in the Valencian Community and ask if it's possible to submit a residency application to them; with or without an appointment; and when that can be done.
Any volunteers?