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Hi
We have been advised by our lawyer to open a bank account using their services as we are moving to Spain. Can anyone tell us is this the best way to open a bank account or is it easy to open ourselves? Also anyone got experience of just using online banking to avoid fees? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:35am
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You need a Euro account, of which one of the best is N26, but you need a Spanish address plus a NIE number first. .
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 7:24pm
Hi.
If you are a full UK citizen moving to Spain and have researched your solicitor- follow their recommendation and use their support.
Brexit has changed everything.
You will likely be charged an annual fee for the account but should get English language support.
Once you settled and more fluent, registered for NIE, you can research a move.
Experience - We are in process of moving
Davek345 wrote on Mon Apr 11, 2022 7:24pm:
Hi.
If you are a full UK citizen moving to Spain and have researched your solicitor- follow their recommendation and use their support.
Read more...
Brexit has changed everything.
You will likely be charged an annual fee for the account but should get English language support.
Once you settled and more fluent, registered for NIE, you can research a move.
Experience - We are in process of moving
That’s great thank you. I noticed your based in Alhaurin el grande how do you find the area? It’s one of the areas we are looking at 😁
Holaitsdavid wrote on Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:35am:
You need a Euro account, of which one of the best is N26, but you need a Spanish address plus a NIE number first. .
Thank you we will have a look at N26 😁 much appreciated.
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:02am
We just in process of moving.
We were undecided between AeG or Costa so we came out in November last year to explore both areas and settled on AeG.
You get more for your money inland.
Town House in AeG vs holiday flat in Costa.
AeG is a friendly town. Its a working town so not much in the way of tourism but it has its attractions in other ways.
People are friendly and there are good bars and restaurants. There is established "ex-pat" communities but lots if opportunity to integrate with the local community.
Our property lawyer set us up with Sabadell and we have had no issues with them and now use them for our business account.
They have an app and good online site. Bank staff are good with English.
Davek345 wrote on Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:02am:
We just in process of moving.
We were undecided between AeG or Costa so we came out in November last year to explore both areas and settled on AeG.
Read more...
You get more for your money inland.
Town House in AeG vs holiday flat in Costa.
AeG is a friendly town. Its a working town so not much in the way of tourism but it has its attractions in other ways.
People are friendly and there are good bars and restaurants. There is established "ex-pat" communities but lots if opportunity to integrate with the local community.
Sounds perfect 😁 we can’t wait to move. We are over in May to look round again and to make our final decision on location. Thank you for the info and all the best with the move ☀️
Trevor47 wrote on Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:53am:
Our property lawyer set us up with Sabadell and we have had no issues with them and now use them for our business account.
They have an app and good online site. Bank staff are good with English.
Thank you 😁 much appreciated.
Holaitsdavid wrote on Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:35am:
You need a Euro account, of which one of the best is N26, but you need a Spanish address plus a NIE number first. .
Thank you 😁 much appreciated.
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