The “quick and hassle-free” process of renewing my residency card in Spain

Last month I picked up my new foreigner residency card at the police station so that I could be “legal” for another year in Spain.  This was the first time I have actually had to renew my card from within Spain and I must say that the process, while extremely interesting to me as a foreigner (I’d never seen anything quite like it in my life), was not exactly what I would consider “seamless.” 

To give you an idea of what I had to do to get my residency card renewed here in Spain, I’m going to break the process down into steps.  Continue reading this post…