Articles about travel, language, and culture
Is a pain in the ass. I’ve already written about the fucking Spanish appointment system. All bureaucracy sucks, but I’m here now so let me rant about this bureaucracy. If you’re reading this it’s...
Sorry to those of you offended by hard language. But if you are, then this website is not for you. I think it’s entirely warranted to ask this unabashed question. The Spanish appointment system...
I hope you asked Google this question and found this article because of it. The short answer is that you can leave Spain while your NIE renewal is being processed, but you need a...
For foreign students with a soon-to-be-expired NIE (numero de identidad extranjero), you’ve come to the right place. This is an article about how to renew your NIE in Barcelona, Spain. You might notice that I’ve...
This is a brief post meant to inform anyone curious about how to work in Barcelona as a student. I am in Barcelona on a Spanish student visa. I have the TIE. I arrived...
This post is a follow-up to the last post I wrote about applying for your Spanish NIE/TIE card. For those of you just joining this series of helpful articles, know that I’m writing...
Note: This post is a follow-up to the article “What to do After you Receive Your Spanish Student Visa,” which is itself a follow-up post to “How to Apply for the Spanish Student...
This article is a follow-up to the article about how to apply for the Spanish student visa at the consulate in Chicago. At the consulate they’d advised that my passport would be...
UPDATE: This article has a sequel here: What to do After You Receive Your Spanish Student Visa. I thought that since I’ve been going through the process of getting the Spanish student...
