We decided to make our second ever Mallorcan recipe! Our first was about Sospiros, which you can check out over here. If you want to skip straight to the recipe, go straight to the bottom, but some of this requires some explanation. We also wrote a bit about the history of empanadas in Mallorca, which … More Recipe: Empanadas Mallorquinas
As everyone in Spain knows the entire system (website) for renewal collapsed and was down for more or less the whole night. The program is first come first served and when it opens on “January 10th” they mean at midnight. So every single one of us in Spain and all the first time applicants around the … More Broken Renewal/Profex
This information is mostly pertinent to anyone in the Auxiliaries de Conversación program or anyone moving to teach/study in Spain. Don’t forget Part 1 – Arranging Your Move (to arrange flights, trains and hotels). What are your next steps? Feel free to use this table of contents to skip directly to where you want to … More Move to Spain 2: Important Preparations
This information is mostly pertinent to anyone in the Auxiliaries de Conversación program or anyone moving to teach/study in Spain for at least 6 months. Assuming you’ve at least started applying for your visa you’re ready to start preparing to move to Spain. What are your first steps? (Use the links to skip directly to where you … More Move to Spain 1: Arranging Your Move
So you want to renew with the Auxiliar program? Hopefully this guide can help. If you are having problems logging in or getting through Profex try here. #1 Check Your Profex Sometime before the first week of January (almost always when the application period opens) login to your profex. This is just to make sure … More How to Renew as an Auxiliares de Conversación
Background Check We were able to get a state background check from Colorado. Some people need a federal one through the FBI but we’ve only lived in Colorado so we had it easier. We went to our local police station to get fingerprinted. We mailed the fingerprint card with a form (which we made a … More Our Experience Getting our Visa Documents (LA Consulate)
Every consulate is different. I’m going to say that again because everyone gets confused and panics or prepares the wrong documents so one more time with feeling Every. Consulate. Is. Different. But at first everyone will have to do the same things. Find Your Consulate There will probably not be a consulate in your state … More How To: Apply for a Visa (Generally)
