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You have to have an appointment to apply for your NIE within 30 days of being in-country, but there are no available appointment dates (required!) until January. The Ministerio is well aware that this is a problem, but they have no recourse yet (rumors of group appointments from orientation are circulating, but the San Felipe office didn't know anything about that).So, I went to the NIE info office on San Felipe a few days ago, and was told several things.1) There's still some misconception as to whether we are technically students (according to our visa and the "beca" nature of our grants, we are) or not, since we're working. The general idea is we're students.2) They encourage us to apply for the NIE as students.3) You need an appointment to drop off your paperwork.3b) There's a 10€ fee, 3 photos, your letter and EX15/EX17 solicitud required.4) The appointment should be at the Padre Piquer office.5) *The appointment must be registered online (http://www.justificantecita.es/)6) *Print out the online confirmation of your appointment date.7) *Carry that print out until you get your NIE resguardo.The EducaMadrid site has an explanation, too:http://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/mjmartinezdelis/4.2-obligationsAll of this was explained by a frustrated but very nice lady at the office. They get it--it's screwed up. They don't know what the deal is with the massive backup in appointments, but they also know that there are 500 of us arriving to do this process, so they're working on it. Per usual, this could change by the end of the month, but as of a few days ago, this is what I found out. Good luck!
At Packback,I went to the website you listed in your previous post (http://www.justificantecita.es/) to register an appointment and was told I do not have an appointment set up. Do we have to go an Alien Office (extranjeria) and schedule an appointment and THEN register it online?? THANKS!
Mel, what time are you getting in on the 22nd? I'm getting there at 9:40am I believe.
Does anyone know what hotel the orientation is at, and when?.. What Hotels/ Hostals are people staying at?
When I received the job offer, they said it was acceptable to be late since I was a late hire, however I have emailed several people (including the 2 schools I am working at) to inform them of my late arrival and have received NO RESPONSE. I'm getting VERY worried about arriving late with no info!!
Hi Erica,It seems to be quite common for schools not to respond to auxiliares' emails, so the odds of there being a problem are probably slim. As long as you have your carta de nombramiento you should be fine, but if you continue to get no response from anyone, you might want to drop by the Ministerio de Educación or your schools(s) to confirm that those are in fact the schools where you'll be working to set your mind at ease (for piso-hunting purposes you'll want to know for sure where you're working). Good luck and welcome to the program!
if you have any suggestions as to anyone I may email at the Ministerio office, it would be greatly appreciated
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