Looks like the goal posts have been moved again for applying for a NIE number at the police in Tortosa.

You now cannot use the walk in service and take a ticket, you have to make an appointment. Hopefully you also speak Spanish/Catalan to make the appointment!!!!!!

This morning the first available appointment was for the 21st September, then you have to wait for 3 days after that for the actual certificate.

This means that if you want to get a NIE and buy a property in one trip, you will need to stay for approximately 2 weeks.

Also, at La Caixa bank today with 2 clients, they informed us that money coming into Spain from ALL other countries will take a full week to hit your account. Something to do with new security measures introduced recently.

So, in my estimations that's another 2 hurdles to cross if you are wanting to come here to live (are we all sure they really want us here?)

I think somebody spent their Summer dreaming up how to make the red tape even harder to cross.

Who in their right mind wants to spend half of their annual holidays waiting for certificates and documents, and that's if it all goes according to plan.......huh... :-/

If anyone knows of another place with an easier system I'm all ears!

Jools