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Local Tourism
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- Visiting Arroyo de la Miel
- Visiting Benalmádena
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- Visiting Calahonda
- Visiting Estepona
- Visiting Fuengirola
- Visiting La Cala de Mijas
- Visiting Málaga
- Visiting Marbella
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- Visiting Puerto Banús
- Visiting Rincón
- Visiting San Pedro
- Visiting Torremolinos
- Visiting Vélez-Málaga
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- Useful Contacts
Understand the visas and permits you’ll need if you are a frontier worker…
Frontier
workers (people working in Spain but living in an EU member state to which they
return at least once a week; usually Portugal, Andorra, France and Morocco)
should apply for a Frontier Worker's Card at the Foreign Residents Office or
local police station. To obtain a Frontier Worker's Card, a valid passport
or identity card must be presented, along with a certificate of engagement or
employment signed by the employer.
To
find out the relevant authority in each case, contact the mayor's office in the
municipality of residency, a police station, the government delegate's office (Delegación del Gobierno)
or the government sub-delegate's office (Subdelegación
del Gobierno) in the province.
For
information on entry and residence requirements and procedures, contact the
Spanish Ministry of the Interior.
- Ministry of the Interior
- The European
Commission provides information on the rights of cross-border workers.
The NIE Number
All
foreigners must have a foreigners tax identification number (Numero de Identificatión de
Extranjero - NIE),
regardless of whether they are obliged to have a residency permit or not.
Applications for an NIE can be made at a local police station which has a
foreigners department, or by contacting the local regional government; either
in person or through a representative. The number appears on all documents
issued in Spain.
An
NIE is required by anyone with financial, professional or social interests in
Spain. It is also essential when buying property, opening a bank account, starting
a business, using short-term employment agencies or arranging receipt of social
security benefits.
- See also
Angloinfo INFOrmation page, NIE (Numero de Identification de
Extranjeros)
Advice and Information
- The citizens
advice unit of the Directorate
General for Immigration
Tel: 913 639 071, 913 639 069 or 913 637 108
Related Information
- Information
from the UK government for UK
citizens moving to Spain
- Information
about living in Spain from the British
Embassy in Spain
- Age Concern Espana website (in
English) which provides advice and support for pensioners in Spain
- The Spanish Ministerio del Interior
- The website of
the European Union, Europa