According to the new figures published today, the infection ratio per 100k in Vélez-Málaga has shot up to 1,053 now, so I expect to see all non essential businesses here closed after this coming Sunday (I don't think they can do it earlier because it has to be published in the BOJA). https://www.axa...

Although the new restrictions don't come into force until immediately after midnight tonight, checks already seem to be taking place. We have come back from Nerja to Vélez this afternoon by bus, and at the roundabout just coming into the Algarrobo municipality there was a Guardia Civil checkpoint. T...

At least the Junta de Andalucia amended their vaccination programme this week to provide for vaccinations to take place 24/7, and on public holidays. I just know I'm going to be offered a 3am appointment when my turn comes around!

I had noticed that Las Yucas was closed, but assumed they'd perhaps closed down for the winter months because with the absence of tourists trade is likely to be slack. They stayed closed for a few weeks when bars and cafes were allowed to open after the lockdown, but did open up again eventually.

I rather think she was referring to my post, not yours. I said that during the referendum campaign I had pointed out that bank transfer payments were likely to become more expensive and slower as a result of Brexit. I did say that - so that wasn't a lie. I said that people who supported the Leave Ca...

I well remember during the referendum campaign raising the possibility of payments becoming more expensive and slower as a result of Brexit, and being told it was nonsense and scaremongering by people who supported the Leave campaign.

Have just checked and now I can't see it on the SaludResponde app either, it was certainly there last week and my husband made his appointment via that route (he went before I did as he's over 65). There was never an option to choose for the pneumonia jab, only for the flu one. Can they have finish...

Have just checked and now I can't see it on the SaludResponde app either, it was certainly there last week and my husband made his appointment via that route (he went before I did as he's over 65). There was never an option to choose for the pneumonia jab, only for the flu one. Can they have finishe...

Appointments can also be made via the SaludResponde app, of course - there's a separate category for Vacuña de Gripe.

Intresting info. Do you have to ask for the two jabs or do they contact you? Hadnt heard interms of older relatives were never offered it in either countries. I have read comments sometimes from people living in other areas who say their Health Centre contacts them and invites them to come in for t...

My husband had the pneumonia jab here when he went for his first vaccination in the Spanish system, aged about 68, so I think they had lowered the age to 65. This year I got my flu jab free in the public system for the first time, as they had extended the criteria to include people who live with som...

That's good to know, thank you.

Incidentally (it may have been noted in this thread way back) but there would be an alternative bank account one could open: Transferwise, with a sort code (to receive payments e.g. pension payments) and with a plastic card for use if one went to the UK. Someone told me Revolut do the same. Not cov...

I went to Velez hospital today for an appointment (well outside of my municipality) and didn't see a single police car anywhere on my journey. Nice and quiet on the motorway and no waiting at the hospital. I'm surprised as I thought the police would relish setting up a few road blocks. I've been to...

Won't they also have to obtain certificates of fiscal residence from Agencia Tributaria, so that they won't have the 3% of the sale proceeds retained against a potential CGT liability, as non residents do?

I hope everyone's aware that KN95 face masks will not be permitted to be sold to the public in Spain from 1 October 2020 onwards.

https://www.eleconomista.es/status/noti ... rias-.html

For people who qualify and manage to navigate the system, the assistance at home service which is provided under the Ley de Dependencia does seem to be very good. In the street I used to live in, a number of elderly people had carers visiting and they provide a very comprehensive service, which incl...

In theory, if he has been registered as a Spanish resident for at least five years, then he may be entitled to help under the Ley de Dependencia. They would have to complete an application form asking for an assessment of his needs and present that to their local Social Services Department (form ava...

I looked at the link you posted Free at Last but leaving your pension pot in the U.K. presupposes that you can do that. I wonder how often some of these sites are updated? 5 years ago (and I had already been living in Spain for years before then) I consolidated two small private pension pots into a...

That's a complication I did not know about. My OH is full of doom and gloom at the moment and says that if the fiasco in the UK with a second lockdown continues the country will be bankrupt and none of us will be getting any pensions anyway. That's a worry too far. See this UK Government website re...