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Longer notes on the NIE, residence and owning a home in Torrevieja and along the coast.

Playa del Cura in Torrevieja in low golden light: a curve of sand with reddish rocks in the foreground, small waves breaking along the shore, and palm trees and apartment blocks glowing in the sun around the bay, which ends in a short breakwater
Playa del Cura. Photo Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, resized.

  1. Why a Torrevieja NIE can mean Orihuela

    You live in Torrevieja, you need a NIE on its own, and the booking says Orihuela or Alicante. What policia.es lists for each station, and how to read it calmly.

  2. A year of owning in La Mata from abroad

    A Belgian couple, a flat by the sea and a home in Ghent. What owning in Torrevieja asks of people who do not live here, season by season.

  3. From green paper to TIE in Torrevieja

    An A4 green certificate from before Brexit, kept in a plastic sleeve. How a British resident of Torrevieja swaps it for the Withdrawal Agreement card.