Key Benefits For Expats: New Registration Campaign

With nan motto “Don’t enactment successful nan shadows – registry aliases renew your registration”, Calpe Town Hall has launched a caller run encouraging residents to registry connected nan municipal registry (padrón) aliases update their details. The Town Hall’s Citizen Attention Office will administer dynamo torches to residents completing immoderate municipal procedure.

Each torch carries a QR codification linking to elaborate accusation astir really to registry aliases renew, including what documents are required and nan steps to travel successful each case. The codification besides provides guidance for Spanish citizens moving to different municipality aliases abroad, and explains nan benefits and section programmes disposable to those who are officially registered.

The campaign, supported by a assistance from Alicante Provincial Council, seeks to punctual residents—especially overseas nationals—of nan value of being registered. According to Calpe’s Department of Registration, galore expats mistakenly judge they are already connected nan register, aliases are unaware that they must renew it periodically.

Under Spanish law, EU residents registered successful nan Central Register of Foreign Nationals aliases non-EU residents pinch semipermanent residence permits must renew their registration each 5 years, while different overseas residents must do truthful each 2 years. As a result, hundreds of world residents whitethorn not presently look connected nan National Statistics Institute’s records, perchance affecting section backing and services.

Calpe’s charismatic organization arsenic of January 1 2024 stands astatine 26,821 inhabitants—an summation of 967 from nan erstwhile year. The projected fig for January 2025 is 27,616, to beryllium confirmed successful December. However, maintaining and expanding this number requires continuous effort from nan Town Hall to guarantee residents stay correctly registered.

Registration brings aggregate benefits

Councillor for Registration, Paqui Solivelles, stressed: “We proceed moving to pass citizens astir nan value of registering aliases renewing their details. The process is straightforward—just sojourn nan Citizen Attention Office connected nan crushed level of nan Town Hall and bring your spot deeds, latest IBI receipt aliases rental contract, on pinch your ID, passport aliases NIE. To renew, only your recognition archive is needed.”

She besides highlighted that being registered brings aggregate benefits, peculiarly for expats: “It allows entree to services specified arsenic location thief and teleassistance programmes, arsenic good arsenic nan Senior Citizens’ Centre activities, including gym access, classes, trips and courses. It is besides required to get section autobus fare reductions and free Spanish lessons for foreigners.”

Through this campaign, Calpe Town Hall intends to guarantee that nary resident—Spanish aliases foreign—remains “in nan shadows”, and that everyone benefits afloat from nan services and opportunities disposable to registered residents.