Andrew Lawrence

Residency

One Office Won't Video-Check Your TIE for a Digital Certificate. Another Does It for €3.40

Oct 13, 2026

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4 min read

One Office Won't Video-Check Your TIE for a Digital Certificate. Another Does It for €3.40

The national mint's video check wants a Spanish DNI. Valencia's public issuer takes a TIE.

Andrew Lawrence

Driving

The Petrol Tax Cut Was the Same Everywhere. The Price at Your Station Wasn't

Oct 9, 2026

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3 min read

The Petrol Tax Cut Was the Same Everywhere. The Price at Your Station Wasn't

The ministry publishes reported prices at Málaga stations. Plus flu walk-ins and West Nile.

Andrew Lawrence

Real Estate

Some Short Holiday Lets in Spain Have Been VAT-Free. From 1 December That May End

Oct 8, 2026

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2 min read

Some Short Holiday Lets in Spain Have Been VAT-Free. From 1 December That May End

Stays up to 30 nights outside your habitual residence: what to ask your adviser now.

Andrew Lawrence

Driving

Have a Málaga Low-Emission Zone Fine? Our Advice Has Changed

Oct 6, 2026

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4 min read

Have a Málaga Low-Emission Zone Fine? Our Advice Has Changed

In May we said appeal by default. Now we explain when paying €100 can be sensible.

Andrew Lawrence

Spanish Bureaucracy

Andalucía Sells Public Healthcare on a Monthly Contract. Its Health-Card Pages Don't Say What to Do When It Goes Wrong

Oct 1, 2026

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3 min read

Andalucía Sells Public Healthcare on a Monthly Contract. Its Health-Card Pages Don't Say What to Do When It Goes Wrong

A reader couple, approved in May and paying since, have no doctor and no card.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Spain's Cheap Electricity Hours Are Only Cheap If Your Contract Says So

Sep 30, 2026

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3 min read

Spain's Cheap Electricity Hours Are Only Cheap If Your Contract Says So

A reader charged the car by the hourly price, but his contract used different prices.

Andrew Lawrence

Residency

Sep 29, 2026

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5 min read

Sometimes the Official Version Is Wrong. This Time, It Is Spain's Own Residency Renewal Form.

Non-lucrative renewals lost the online-only rule on 22 September; the money test stayed.

Andrew Lawrence

Deadlines

What Andalucía's Flu Campaign Rules Say About Private Health Cover

Sep 28, 2026

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5 min read

What Andalucía's Flu Campaign Rules Say About Private Health Cover

Campaign dates from 1 October, where each jab comes from, and what public cover costs.

Andrew Lawrence

Lifestyle

It's Official: Good News on Málaga's Unemployment, West Nile and the Benahavís Fire

Sep 25, 2026

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4 min read

It's Official: Good News on Málaga's Unemployment, West Nile and the Benahavís Fire

Three bits of good news that survived checking, and what they don't mean yet.

Andrew Lawrence

Malaga

A Public Appointment in Andalucía After 28 October? What the Doctors' Strike Means for It

Sep 24, 2026

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3 min read

A Public Appointment in Andalucía After 28 October? What the Doctors' Strike Means for It

Compare spring's guarantees, follow October's rules and confirm with your provider.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Málaga Airport's Decision Beat the Date We Printed. The Terminal Is Still Just a Plan.

Sep 23, 2026

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4 min read

Málaga Airport's Decision Beat the Date We Printed. The Terminal Is Still Just a Plan.

Approved on 15 September, 15 days early. Plus what our April issue got wrong.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Who Counts as Your Employee in Spain? We Suggest You Find Out Before 5 October

Sep 22, 2026

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4 min read

Who Counts as Your Employee in Spain? We Suggest You Find Out Before 5 October

Four routes, with costs, as written-information rules expand for some new hires.

Andrew Lawrence

Driving

Spain's 1 October Traffic Rules: What Can Cost You and What Can Wait

Sep 21, 2026

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4 min read

Spain's 1 October Traffic Rules: What Can Cost You and What Can Wait

Gloves are due in ten days; two fixed concessions run to 2027, and fines vary by offence.

Andrew Lawrence

Remote Work

Yesterday We Told You the Quiet Month Moved to November. Today: What Did Restart, and a Rule Your Boss Owes You.

Sep 18, 2026

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4 min read

Yesterday We Told You the Quiet Month Moved to November. Today: What Did Restart, and a Rule Your Boss Owes You.

Longer summer hours stay a bit longer; Marbella's town hall, two Fuengirola clinics, the language schools, and a policy to ask for.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Nobody's Imagining It: the Costa del Sol's Quiet Month Now Arrives in November

Sep 17, 2026

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4 min read

Nobody's Imagining It: the Costa del Sol's Quiet Month Now Arrives in November

The official visitor count backs what we are experiencing, and the dates that close things first.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Spain's Electricity Bill Forecasts Fall as Prices Rise. Could Changing Hours Save €15?

Sep 16, 2026

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4 min read

Spain's Electricity Bill Forecasts Fall as Prices Rise. Could Changing Hours Save €15?

The estimate uses 20 swaps at Monday and Tuesday's regulated rates, after tax.

Andrew Lawrence

Real Estate

Let a Spanish Property This Summer? October Could Mean Three Tax Returns.

Sep 15, 2026

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3 min read

Let a Spanish Property This Summer? October Could Mean Three Tax Returns.

Or nothing until April 2027. How you declare this year's rent decides which.

Andrew Lawrence

family

Three Málaga Towns Are Under a West Nile Alert. Almost nothing is required of you.

Sep 14, 2026

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4 min read

Three Málaga Towns Are Under a West Nile Alert. Almost nothing is required of you.

Cártama's alert expires on 22 September. Your half of it is to check your pool cover and a pair of sleeves.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

In June We Said Your Mortgage Letter Would Get Worse. It Has, but Fixing an Older Loan Carries No Penalty.

Sep 11, 2026

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3 min read

In June We Said Your Mortgage Letter Would Get Worse. It Has, but Fixing an Older Loan Carries No Penalty.

Lucky for you, we also got June's fee cap wrong. Past year three, the charge for fixing a loan is zero.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Two Studies Priced Back to School at €505. They Measured Different Things, and Probably Not Your Kids.

Sep 10, 2026

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3 min read

Two Studies Priced Back to School at €505. They Measured Different Things, and Probably Not Your Kids.

Term dates split the same way, by curriculum rather than by nationality.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Spain's New Digital Time-Clock Law Does Not Exist Yet. The One From 2019 Does.

Sep 9, 2026

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3 min read

Spain's New Digital Time-Clock Law Does Not Exist Yet. The One From 2019 Does.

The €10,000 fine in that supplier email comes from a bill Congress rejected.

Andrew Lawrence

Insurance

Sep 8, 2026

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3 min read

Your Cheaper Health Insurance Quote Restarts a Clock You Already Ran Down

What you served and what was accepted stays behind unless the new schedule says otherwise.

Andrew Lawrence

Real Estate

Your Costa del Sol Property Tax Deadline Is 16 September. Your Direct Debit Was Due in August.

Sep 7, 2026

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4 min read

Your Costa del Sol Property Tax Deadline Is 16 September. Your Direct Debit Was Due in August.

Marbella and Estepona close the 16th; Málaga, Mijas and Fuengirola run their own clocks.

Andrew Lawrence

Deadlines

If Your Autumn Holds a Renewal, a Visa or a Contract, We Spent the Summer on It

Sep 4, 2026

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3 min read

If Your Autumn Holds a Renewal, a Visa or a Contract, We Spent the Summer on It

The audit is over, most of it held, and the tools it produced are nearly ready.

Andrew Lawrence

Insurance

Your Health Policy Can Be Active and Still Not Cover a Hospital Bed

Sep 3, 2026

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3 min read

Your Health Policy Can Be Active and Still Not Cover a Hospital Bed

The date that decides it is not the one on your bill.

Andrew Lawrence

Andrew Lawrence

One Office Won't Video-Check Your TIE for a Digital Certificate. Another Does It for €3.40

The Petrol Tax Cut Was the Same Everywhere. The Price at Your Station Wasn't

Some Short Holiday Lets in Spain Have Been VAT-Free. From 1 December That May End

Have a Málaga Low-Emission Zone Fine? Our Advice Has Changed

Andalucía Sells Public Healthcare on a Monthly Contract. Its Health-Card Pages Don't Say What to Do When It Goes Wrong

Spain's Cheap Electricity Hours Are Only Cheap If Your Contract Says So

Sometimes the Official Version Is Wrong. This Time, It Is Spain's Own Residency Renewal Form.

What Andalucía's Flu Campaign Rules Say About Private Health Cover

It's Official: Good News on Málaga's Unemployment, West Nile and the Benahavís Fire

A Public Appointment in Andalucía After 28 October? What the Doctors' Strike Means for It

Málaga Airport's Decision Beat the Date We Printed. The Terminal Is Still Just a Plan.

Who Counts as Your Employee in Spain? We Suggest You Find Out Before 5 October

Spain's 1 October Traffic Rules: What Can Cost You and What Can Wait

Yesterday We Told You the Quiet Month Moved to November. Today: What Did Restart, and a Rule Your Boss Owes You.

Nobody's Imagining It: the Costa del Sol's Quiet Month Now Arrives in November

Spain's Electricity Bill Forecasts Fall as Prices Rise. Could Changing Hours Save €15?

Let a Spanish Property This Summer? October Could Mean Three Tax Returns.

Three Málaga Towns Are Under a West Nile Alert. Almost nothing is required of you.

In June We Said Your Mortgage Letter Would Get Worse. It Has, but Fixing an Older Loan Carries No Penalty.

Two Studies Priced Back to School at €505. They Measured Different Things, and Probably Not Your Kids.

Spain's New Digital Time-Clock Law Does Not Exist Yet. The One From 2019 Does.

Your Cheaper Health Insurance Quote Restarts a Clock You Already Ran Down

Your Costa del Sol Property Tax Deadline Is 16 September. Your Direct Debit Was Due in August.

If Your Autumn Holds a Renewal, a Visa or a Contract, We Spent the Summer on It

Your Health Policy Can Be Active and Still Not Cover a Hospital Bed

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