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Before you travel to Spain, you may need to complete a few formalities. Obtaining a visa is one of these procedures. A Spain visa allows you to enter the country and stay for a certain number of days. It usually comes in the form of a sticker that is attached to one's...
A certificate of life, also known as a proof of life or a certificate of existence, is a document signed every year in front of a notary to prove to a life insurance company that an individual is currently alive. A certificate of life often needs an official, such as...
How to Determine Whether or Not Your Apostille Is Genuine: If the epidemic has taught us anything, it is that patience is a virtue. For instance, you could be one of the many ambitious TEFL teachers whose ambitions were put on hold in the previous year. Since...
The term sworn or legal translation in Spain applies to all those documents written in a foreign language and translated into Spanish or vice versa that have legal validity. These documents are normally to be submitted to an official body for legal or administrative...
Are you planning to leave the United Kingdom with your pet and enter Spain? Bear in mind that it is much easier to leave the UK with your pet than to return with it. Summer in Spain is a very desirable period of time. Its beautiful weather, acceptable house...
When someone who was not living permanently in the UK dies with assets in the UK, the heirs will need a Grant of Probate. Grant of Probate is a document that shows that the executor has the authority to administer the deceased person's assets, and it has to be sealed...
It seems that the Spanish government thinks that property owners should support some of the weight of the COVID-19 crisis. Many people having issues paying their expenses including rent, energy, gas and telephone lines is a result of the crisis. Now, the government...
When you get married in Spain, you can choose between Separate Property Marital Regimes (Separación de bienes), Community Property Regime (Gananciales), or the less common Shared Earnings Regime (Régimen de participación). Community Property Regimes These regimes are...
Many people are not familiar with the concept of sworn translation, until they are requested to submit one translated document that also needs to be legalized. One of the main differences between a sworn translation and a regular one is its purpose and particular...
When you get married in Spain, you can choose between Separate Property Marital Regime (Separación de bienes), Community Property Regime (Gananciales), or the less common Shared Earnings Regime (Régimen de participación). Community Property Regime These regimes are...
It is estimated that there are more than 300,000 British living in Spain. Thus, many of them are married in Spain but how does it work? Is it easy? You will need some paperwork How could we live without paperwork? Happy!? Not at all, let’s recognise that we would miss...
Sworn translation is a highly requested service in Spain. It can be required in various domains, such as economic as well as administrative, law, etc. Spain is one of the most solid and well defined countries when it comes to ad hoc legislation. It is worth stressing...
