Thanks Mastermind!
I agree that they are behaving unlawfully but it appears that they can do whatever they like without challenge....unless we could afford a competent lawyer! And even the majority of them never get back to you!

Now for the latest in the saga, My wife has recently been approved for her residencia hooray!. She has a son of 14 years of age who lives with us in Denia, Alicante. Today, we tried to apply for his residencia in Altea but there was a problem with our marriage certificate. We were told that it requi...

Thank you very much. I shall give it a thorough read!

Do you know where I could find this in writing?

Well we have both been offered contract positions at a well known hotel chain. So hopefully, I will have signed the contract in a couple of weeks. BUT, the hotel won't give my wife the contract until she has residencia. She has a NIE number but not any certificate. The hotel have asked us to reapply...

I have but I think I may need another as he is very difficult to contact!

Is it true that my marriage certificate will not be accepted when applying for residencia for my Non EU wife because it is over three months old and even though it has been legalised at the Spanish Embassy in Bangkok and the foreign ministry in Madrid? The Oficina De Extranjero in Altea certainly se...

Is it true that my marriage certificate will not be accepted when applying for residencia for my Non EU wife because it is over three months old and even though it has been legalised at the Spanish Embassy in Bangkok and the foreign ministry in Madrid? The Oficina De Extranjero in Altea certainly se...

It's all getting a bit silly now. The latest situation is that my wife has been offered contract employment working as a chef at a local hotel but it looks as though the offer will now be withdrawn due to her not having a SIP card, which you can't get without a residencia, which she can't get becaus...

Well, the saga continues! Just as the six months were to run out I received a letter from the Oficina de Extranjeros in Alicante stating that as I hadn't submitted my documents in time, or in fact at all, my wife's application had been withdrawn. (This letter also bizarrely contained a shiny new NIE...

Thank you very much for your advice!

Spain's transposition of the directive gives the authorities 3 months in which to issue a residence card (ie for your wife). http://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2007-4184 (see Artículo 8.4) I trust you, the EU citizen already has a residence certificate. These are to be issued immediately on ...

Thank you mastermind! Very interesting reading!...will let you know how we get on!

Thank you...documents sent!

Apparently, my application and supporting documents have been sent to Alicante for processing. I do have an additional item which has recently come to light and I would like to submit it belatedly but where? I have searched the web for and email address for a foreign office/ministry in Alicante but ...

great...just the reply I was looking for ..thanks!

Thank you! Very encouraging!

Thanks Lucapooka!
We haven't heard anything back since applying nearly 2 months ago. I can only assume that they are trying to make things as difficult as possible! I have contacted SOLVIT a few times and will be doing so again.

Thanks again

Hello, I am new to this forum so please forgive me if I am mirroring anyone else's post, though I sincerely doubt it given the rate at which the Spanish Foreign Office change their minds and as my situation is pretty esoteric. I am British and a Spanish resident, married to a Thai national and we ha...