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Papeles Spanish for paperwork and offices

Quería pedir cita previa para renovar la tarjeta.
I would like to book an appointment to renew the card.

By the end of this course, a sentence like this comes out on its own.

The words, forms and phone calls behind NIE, padrón, health card, bank, rental and utilities — plus 30 ready-to-adapt templates.

Papeles — Spanish for paperwork and offices

You, now → you, after

Ahora · now

You deal with Spanish offices and want to stop bringing a friend to translate.

Después · after

You read the form, make the call and write the email yourself.

El camino · 10 units

The way through the course

Stone by stone, in order. Follow the path from the first unit, or go straight to the one you need today.

  1. Unit 1: NIE and TIE: the vocabulary of extranjería
  2. Unit 2: Registering on the padrón at the ayuntamiento
  3. Unit 3: Cita previa: booking it and reading the confirmation
  4. Unit 4: Social Security and the health centre card
  5. Unit 5: Opening a bank account
  6. Unit 6: Rental contracts, clause by clause
  7. Unit 7: Electricity, water and internet contracts
  8. Unit 8: Hacienda: the words on your tax return
  9. Unit 9: Exchanging your driving licence
  10. Unit 10: At the notary: buying a home
Una lección · one lesson

What one lesson contains

A typical lesson, start to finish. Watch it, read it, say it out loud, write it down, check yourself.

  1. A 12-minute videoOne real situation, explained step by step, short enough for a coffee break.
  2. The transcriptEvery word of the video written out, to read again at your own speed.
  3. Audio drillsQuestion, pause, answer — you speak in the gap. Downloadable, for the car or the paseo.
  4. Worksheet PDFTo print or fill in on a tablet, with the lesson's vocabulary and patterns.
  5. Exercises with answersShort tasks at the end, with the answer key so you can check yourself straight away.

Recorded course — no live classes. Access for 24 months from purchase. Access details arrive by email, usually within a few hours and always within one working day.

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