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Field notes
Longer reads on the practical side of the NIE on Tenerife: which office, which order, which surprise. Written for residents, owners and people about to move.
- North or south: which NIE office on Tenerife? The two main police offices for the NIE on Tenerife sit at opposite ends of the motorway, and they do not list the same procedures. A practical way to choose.
- Tenerife holiday homes: NIE before the notary For buyers of a winter apartment or a finca, the NIE is the first document of the purchase, not the last. How to fit it around your viewing trips.
- UK to Tenerife after Brexit: what has changed British people still move to the island, but on different terms. What new arrivals, long-time residents and second-home owners need to know.
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Tell us which side of the island you are on.
Nationality, town, and what the number is for: from those three answers we can name the form, the office and the next step.
- North or south: we check which office takes your procedure.
- EX-15, EX-18, EX-17 or EX-19, prepared for your case.
- Plain English with you, the right Spanish on the forms.