Guides — Spain

Spain
Moving to Spain: a step-by-step checklist
How a short trip to Spain becomes a move: NIE, empadronamiento, a bank account, a rental and residency. The real order of steps, timelines and pitfalls — from a family that went through it.

Spain
Renting in Spain: contract, empadronamiento, timelines
We flew to Spain for a tour and stayed because of an apartment. A first-person take on how long-term renting in Spain really works: the NIE, the LAU contract, the fianza deposit, empadronamiento and legal checks. Facts and a step order, with no promises of outcome.