Spain Forum

No smoking laws in Spain

2010-02-01T16:39:02Z

My understanding is that the Spanish no smoking laws that I am aware of came into effect on the 1 January 2006. Has there been any ammendments since then?

A question about solicitors…

2010-02-21T16:57:30Z

Does anyone living on the Costa del Sol ortother coastal area know of a good business lawyer who can speak English with regard to boats.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Limitations on NIE

2010-03-02T12:41:59Z

The description on my NIE says:

TEMPORAL CUENTA AJENA
ANALISTA SISTEMAS INFORMATICOS
NACIONAL

I will really appreciate if someone can tell me whether I can work in any part of Spain or just Navarra? (this is my first NIE and I was employed by a Navarra based company)

Thanks

Spanish wills

2010-03-09T20:32:10Z

We have apartment in Canaries used for holidays.
we have a will in the UK which reads all property and assets to each other or both sons equally.
Do we need spanish will.

EU citizen marrying a NON EU citizen?

2010-03-15T15:47:12Z

I would really appreciate any advice on marrying a non EU citizen in spain

Im British and my fiancee is Chinese holding a Chinese passport for her to move to spain
with me and get married, what visa should she obtain in China

I would be very gratefull for any advice on this

Does anyone know what “apostillar” means???

2007-11-05T00:29:48Z

Hello, I’m a US citizen studying in Barcelona and need to validate my high school transcripts. I was told they need to be “apostillar” in the US; however, I was given a very vague definition of what that entails. All I know is it’s different than having something notarized. If anyone knows what this means and where I have to go to get this done, I would greatly appreciate the information. Thank you!

Need a lawyer in Alicante

2009-03-27T15:08:11Z

Over 2 years ago I did sell a car to a Spaniard. He never did change the registration at trafico, and I only found out 3 weeks ago after receiving his traffic fines. I want to consult a lawyer before going to the police. Could someone advice me a lawyer in Alicante who does speaks either English, German or French? Thanks! Eva33

Deceased Mother was born Spanish Citizen - can I apply for Citizenship?

2010-03-12T07:01:57Z

My deceased mother was Spanish by birth but married my Canadian Father in Spain in 1968 in a civil ceremony. I have heard that Spanish law before 1974 meant that marriage to a non-Spaniard meant my mother lost her Spanish Citizenship. She eventually became a Canadian Citizen but never renounced her Spanish citizenship.
I was born in the Netherlands in 1973 but am a Canadian citizen. I’m wondering if I can apply for Spanish citizenship?

Documents I have include an apostille copy of my Mother’s birth certificate, my Mother & Father’s Libro De Familia, her Spanish passports and of course my own birth certificate.

Any response would be appreciated!

Getting married in Spain.

2010-03-10T18:58:32Z

Hello everyone!

My name is Maria, I am a Spanish Citizen but I reside in the US.
I was wondering if you could answer my question.
I am engaged to a very handsome US citizen:) , we want to get married at my town’s catholic church. I know the paperwork involved to get civilly married in Spain is a pain, so I was wondering if it is possible to get civilly married in the US and then do the religious ceremony in Spain?

My understanding is that you need to have the civil paperwork done in order to do the religious, is this not the case? Can I do the following:

1) Do the civil marriage in the US and bring all the paperwork to Spain properly translated
2) Get married in church
3) and then register the marriage within a week of the religious ceremony at the registrar office (registro civil)

Thank you for your time!!

Need Advice

2010-03-04T15:46:04Z

hello all,

we are Pakistani couple and my husband is doing job in Barcelona Spain in a private factory.
his contract has agreement to work for 8 hours daily but in the factory all workers has to do 12 hours and for the extra four hour they pay them in hand.

he has been working there from last 2 and half years.

Problem is that now my husband dont feel like working for 12 hours, he gets tired and don´t feel like working under those conditions anymore.he talked to the management and they say that they can not minimize the working hours and he can quit if he could not do that.

They said that he can quit in end of March.

please suggest under such conditions when a employer is not fulfilling agreement what is our legal status and what can we do.

of course we need money is there any way out????

Thanks for your time and help in advance