Sherri
@sherri
American expat in Spain
Forum posts
13
Contacts
3
About me
American
Lives in El Escorial, Madrid
Speaks English & I am learning Spanish
Registration: 26 October 2009
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International Schools in Madrid by joel_collins_45
Hello, I am moving to Madrid as an American expat and looking for advice for an international school (actually nursery or pre-school) in Madrid for my 4 year old son that is English speaking. I am looking at American or British schools. I am ...
Hi. I live outside of Madrid with my family. I moved here from the USA and have lived here for 7 years. I have 2 children in school here. They are in 5th de primeria and 3rd of ESO. We looked at the American school of Madrid and several different ... Read More
Moving to Spain in 2 months by Beatraveling
New to this group. I鈥檓 married to a Spaniard for 22 years and we decided to semi-retire and move to Spain in April (2 months from now). I wrote to the consulate in miami (where I live) and they told me that I was better off waiting until we ...
Hello. I'm sure you can do it when you get to Spain. Honestly I don't know how. Hope things go smoothly for you. Read More
Moving to Spain in 2 months by Beatraveling
New to this group. I鈥檓 married to a Spaniard for 22 years and we decided to semi-retire and move to Spain in April (2 months from now). I wrote to the consulate in miami (where I live) and they told me that I was better off waiting until we ...
Hello. I am also an American married to a Spaniard and moved to Spain in 2015 after we had lived in Tampa for over 20 years. We had our marriage recognized by Spain before we moved here. Once we were here we went a registered with the Ayuntamiento ... Read More
Need help with basic banking by markpgh
I see there is much discussion on banking and sorry if this is a repeat topic. We are moving to Spain in early 2020 and I understand I need and NIE# to open a bank account but how do I transfer funds from my us account to a bank in Spain to be able ...
Hello Mark- When we first moved to Spain I had money wired to cover our bills. The credit union I used in the US let me send a wire over the phone but the corporate bank I had to set something up before I left to send wire to Spain. The first bank ... Read More
Visa for Non EU Spouse by velja
Hello, I need a bit help on this topic and I cant seem to find any lawyer in Murcia area (any recommendations are more than welcome). I've came to Spain several months ago, so in the meantime my Schengen Visa has expired. I got married here (my ...
Let me correct myself I was issued my NIE well before I had my residency. Our bank here required it for me to be on the bank account. Secondly I applied for a tarjeta de residencia de familiar de ciudadano de la UE (ex-19) not residencia temporal ... Read More
Visa for Non EU Spouse by velja
Hello, I need a bit help on this topic and I cant seem to find any lawyer in Murcia area (any recommendations are more than welcome). I've came to Spain several months ago, so in the meantime my Schengen Visa has expired. I got married here (my ...
Hello! The process is easy just take time to get your residency if married to a Spanish citizen. We didnt use a lawyer and had no problem. The documents we provided was my birth certificate, marriage certificate, nie, employment letter, proof of ... Read More
Cashing a US drawn check in Spain...
My US bank closed my account for no actively(not very nice of them, since there were charging me service fees) Now I have my USA federal tax return check and I need to deposit it. Has anyone had to deposit a US drawn check into a Spanish bank ... Read More
鈥淒ual Citizenship鈥� with USA & Spain by JonSidd
Hi! I鈥檓 new to the site (excited to be here) and have an important question about obtaining Spanish citizenship/renouncing my U.S. citizenship. My mother is Spanish (her entire family is from and still live in Jerez) and I鈥檝e always ...
I am a US citizen and I live in Spain. I can say that from my dealings with both countries that they do not share information on citizens.. I have family members that have dual citizenship and it is not a problem.. As long as you don鈥檛 ... Read More
State School recommendations in Alicante(Town/center) by AAbondy
Hello. I am moving to Alicante in June and am looking for recommendations for schools in Alicante centro. I have a son that is 9 who speaks very little Spanish, we have decided to drop him in at the deep end and put him in a Spanish state school. He ...
Hello! I can't tell you about school in Alicante because I live outside of Madrid. What I can say is your son will be bilingual before you know it. We moved to Spain in August of 2015 and my daughter had a tutor before we came.. personally it ... Read More
In retrospect, would you move again to Spain? by Christine
Hi all, If you had to look back on your expat experience in Spain, would you heartily say "let聮s do it again"? From the preparation stage to your actual everyday life in your new country, what did you enjoy the most? Would you do certain ...
Hello Yes I would move to Spain again.. It is a nice place to raise a family.. I don't have to be on top of my children I know they are safe.. The food is good and it is healthier.. Easy to travel around all of Spain from Madrid and actually ... Read More
What do you like the most in Spain? by Christine
Hi, Living abroad, expats discover and enjoy a new environment. What do you like the most in Spain? What seduced you when settling and living here? Share with us your favorite part of living in Spain and the reason why you enjoy your ...
I love the people, the food, the area( we are outside of Madrid). Day trip to great location.. Read More