The Padron

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Originally Posted by Feyness

Latest: I parked outside town (crowds, summer) and trudged to the Ayuntamiento, where a nice man told me that I don't need to be registered with the Padrón in order to get a NIE and that I won't need photos, either, just my passport and the NIE form. He said that they won't register me anyway until I know where I'll be living permanently and that campsites pay separately, so there'd be no need for the campers to be registered (as someone has said in this thread.)

Hi Feyness

Good to hear that you got it sorted - and so easily. One thing, did you ask if you needed the Padron to register at the Health Centre / Doctors ? I know that in my area you cannot register you or any member of the family unless you have it .... it makes sense really because the local authorities receive a monetary amount for every person registered on the Padron (to cover local services etc) from the Government - because a lot of people werent bothering to register they came up with ideas to push them into doing so ..... which I personally think is a good idea! and one of them was to prevent registration at the Health Centre. we all want the services so should take the bloomin time to register our names! ..... so just in case I would check that you can still register at the Docs without it.

Sue