Getting our Spanish Residencia

We have been here over a year now and have been putting off the daunting task of officially becoming a Spanish resident. Well yesterday was the day, to comply with the rest of Europe, Spain have had to modify their out dated rules and have streamlined the way it is done.

In the past you had to go to Alicante and queue outside the major police station, then fill in forms and go through what can only be described as an intimidating interview. So we avoided all of this as under the new rules, we simply went to our local police station and filled oout the correct forms and then to the bank to pay a fee and then return to collect our certificates.

So we can now call ourselves Spanish residents, and better than that, it means that we are complying with the law and don't have to worry about being stopped by the Guardia Civil to see our papers.