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mariposita
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Hola foreros--

Has anyone ever had to get a police report/criminal record issued here in Madrid? I mean that piece of paper that states that you have not been convicted of any crimes in the last five years (or lists your crimes, if that's the case...).

To apply for a visa, the consulate requires this document from every jurisdiction where you have lived for the past five years... Has anyone had to get this document in Spain? If so, where did you go--the comisaría?
 
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Steve Savage
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Maria will know, as she is investigating that same issue herself at the moment. But she's in England at the moment, so if you can hang on for a few days, I'll let you know.

Cheers,
Steve


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binkx
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Mariposita, they are requiring from EVERY jurisdiction? Madre mia eeker

I've been here almost three months now, and our lawyers still don't have their date to even first present my application to the Delegado. Uyy frowner
 
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mariposita
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binkx--
I think that's how it works... Since you don't have a Spanish visa on record with the consulate (or in your passport), you can probably get away with just getting a police report (with an apostille!) from your US places of residence--since you aren't an official resident of Spain. We couldn't get away with that, because we've been issued Spanish visas and are empadronado, so we are here on the books.

As I remember, it took Christian almost four months to get that appointment... And that was in April. We're expecting to hear something in October or November...

About the certificado de antecedentes penales... we did find out that you pay a few Euros to get the form to request it at any estanco (of course, why didn't I think of that?!?). I'm just not so sure that we can go through the same process as a regular Spaniard would. I'll report back on what I find out...
 
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Hi, Mariposita! Was just lurking and saw this. I had to get this once (don't ask why...) Fortunately it's a fairly painless process and you don't have to go to the extranjería. You buy the form from any estanco, and bring it over, along with your tarjeta de residencia and photos, to the Ministerio de Justicia on Calle San Bernardo, right next to the Noviciado metro station. You actually use a side entrance to the building- imagine you´re coming from Calle Pez, you make a left on San Bernardo and then the first quick right- the entrance is on your right. I think I had to show my passport, tarjeta de residencia, give them the form, then pick it up two days later or something like that. Might as well bring photocopies of everything just in case, I don´t recall if they needed them.
 
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mariposita
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Hey Sunny!
That's exactly how it works and where you have to go, except Christian got it the same day (apparently you can do it by mail, too). But they don't have the forms there, you must buy them at the estanco (kind of like how I had to get my papers to register for classes at the university at a Banco Santander. Makes perfect sense--in Spain.)

The only catch... the guy there said that foreigners can no longer request the police record themselves for the purpose of extending their residency or for a visa. He said that Extranjería had to make the request on your behalf. After giving this explanation and a piece of paper detailing the new policy, he said that he would pretend that he couldn't read where Christian wrote "para visado de residencia" and gave it to him anyway.

Got to love that--as you know, sometimes the crazy, capricious bureaucracy works to your favor, sometimes it doesn't.

Hope all is well on your side of the world. I'll have some ibérico and think of you!
 
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