Today is my renewal day. I need to present my documents and petition the government to allow me to stay in Spain. I have 90 days from the expiration of my NIE to submit this. I thru my lawyers made this appointment at the end of May.
So I went to lawyers office with everything they wanted from me. Then we drove to the govt office. They told me that I didn't have the correct info. I was missing a current contract and a social security number registered. Now I think what happened is that since I don't work in August and so the school suspends the contract and supposedly I go on unemployment. Now I don't do that, so my SS number may get suspended. So when he looks it up he doesn't find an active SS number.
So I had to go and get a new contract, with a then presumably active SS number, and return on a NEW date. But, as we left, and the official ran after us on the pavement, it turns out I am in danger of passing the 3 month mark for renewal. So we had to change my new appointment from 21st to 17th. Now strangely enough, though I am free, it turns out it is BETTER for me to go the later date meeting, not a closer one, like next Monday. It will take them more than 2 weeks just to mail me the response for renewal, nay or yea. So I would be over the 3 month limit. I was then advised take the latest date, so they are FORCED to respond immediately by phone. Sheesh. Spanish red tape. Even my lawyer shook her head in awe.
So I learned that not taking unemployment hurt my renewal process and that you then need to force Spain to respond in a timely fashion.
The Arraigo process continues...
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