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Practice Applying for an NIE in Spanish
Pedir el NIE en extranjería
You start work on Monday and the empresa needs your NIE before they can put you on the nómina. You're at extranjería with the EX-15 filled in, and the tasa is the bit you didn't know about.
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You're talking to: un funcionario de extranjería
You: un solicitante
explaining why it's urgent
Empiezo a trabajar el lunes y necesito el NIE.
saying what you have with you
Traigo el EX-15 y el pasaporte.
admitting what's missing
No sabía que había que pagar la tasa.
Your goal
Get the application accepted today, even if you have to go and come back, and leave with something in writing for the empresa.
You'll practice
- Explain when you start work and why the number can't wait
- Deal with the tasa you haven't paid
- Leave with a resguardo and a date for the number itself
Phrases you'll actually use
Six lines that carry most of this conversation. You'll hear them, and you'll need them.
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Empiezo a trabajar el lunes y necesito el NIE.
— explaining why it's urgent
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Traigo el EX-15 y el pasaporte.
— saying what you have with you
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No sabía que había que pagar la tasa.
— admitting what's missing
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¿Dónde se paga y cuánto es?
— asking how to fix it
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Si vuelvo en una hora, ¿me atiende?
— getting yourself seen again today
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¿Me puede dar algo para la empresa?
— asking for proof you've applied
Level-up expressions
meter los papeles
put an application in
¿Puedo meter los papeles hoy mismo?
ir a por algo
go and fetch something
Voy a por la tasa y vuelvo enseguida.
acabar de hacer algo
have just done something
Acabo de llegar y no tengo nada todavía.
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