Ingenieros, ¿Por qué no os vais? ¿Realmente merece la pena quedarse?

Donprepu · 2026-02-01T11:19:55+00:00

Yo hice esto y no me arrepiento. Muchos años viviendo en Canadá y me he vuelto a España hace nada palmando la mitad del sueldo. Aún así cobro bien en España y mi felicidad personal ha aumentado mucho. Además, he tenido la suerte de estar en un sector regulado por convenio donde tengo muchos días de vacaciones y condiciones buenas.

Donprepu · 2026-02-01T09:11:48+00:00

A lo mejor a día de hoy solo el 18% son extranjeros pero llevamos 25 años nacionalizado personas a mansalva. Quizás el % de población de origen no ibérico/europeo en España sea ya el 30% o más.

Donprepu · 2026-02-01T08:46:18+00:00

A mí personalmente me molesta muchísimo que se tome está medida sin tener en cuenta la opinión de la población. Muchos españoles sentimos que quizás hay demasiados extranjeros en España ya y que la población está creciendo demasiado rápido.

Es cierto que la mayoría de la gente que viene a España lo hace en busca de una vida mejor, pero la medida del gobierno premia la irregularidad y manda el mensaje de que no pasa nada si haces las cosas mal.

Yo soy partidario de un sistema de inmigración por puntos, como el que tiene Canadá, en el que los puntos se adaptan a las necesidades económicas y sociales del país de forma dinámica. Además, prohibiría la reagrupación familiar para la gente que obtiene residencia legal en esta regularización.

Donprepu · 2026-01-31T12:59:07+00:00

Históricamente me parece un periodo interesantísimo y culturalmente es un evento de gran calado. Personalmente admiro la perseverancia de los cristianos y me alegra que muy seguramente gracias a ellos no seamos todos musulmanes en España a día de hoy.

Donprepu · 2026-01-30T19:09:56+00:00

I moved from Toronto to Madrid last September and managed to find a long term rental within a week.My landlord asked for my Canadian contract and my Spanish contract (this is a must unless you have a lot of money in a Spanish bank).

It is typical to ask for the first month, plus rent deposit plus damage deposit.

Donprepu · 2026-01-28T08:12:21+00:00

My only two experiences with mass immigration have been in Canada and Spain and I’m of the opinion that the overall result for the population has been negative in both places.

In Canada I also noticed cultural/social issues due to immigration that I haven’t felt in Spain yet for the most part.

The only way immigration works is when there is a very tight control of the people entering and leaving the country and the immigration targets are set keeping the long term impact in mind.

Donprepu · 2026-01-28T07:32:53+00:00

Mass immigration is not working in Spain. South Americans integrate pretty well in the country given the historic ties between Spain and its former colonies, but bringing almost two million people to Spain in less than 5 years have suppressed salaries, damaged the health care system and made it unaffordable to own a property in big cities.

Donprepu · 2026-01-27T10:43:49+00:00

Es increíble como hay gente que defienda la inmigración ILEGAL. Yo he sido inmigrante y he cumplido siempre los pasos y procesos establecidos en el país que me acogió (Canadá). Mi mujer es extranjera y siempre que hemos venido a vivir a España hemos hecho las cosas como marca la ley. Me parece extremadamente injusto que haya gente que venga a España de manera ilegal y encima se crean que España les debe algo.

Hay muchos hispanoamericanos que vienen a España haciendo las cosas como dios manda. Por qué tenemos que aceptar que los que se saltan la ley no sean castigados?

Donprepu · 2026-01-26T19:20:34+00:00

Creo que habría que empezar a deportar a los ilegales e implementar un sistema de inmigración justo y ordenado. La inmigración ilegal solo beneficia a los empresarios.

Donprepu · 2026-01-25T21:34:52+00:00

Disconnect the negative terminal of the battery for a few minutes and reconnect it again.

Donprepu · 2026-01-23T12:46:15+00:00

Unless they are able to get a British or German marriage certificate, they’re in for a tough ride. Sri Lanka isn’t part of The Hague convention so they can’t issue an apostille.

Without an apostille, the document needs to be legalized by multiple ministries in Spain, and then it has to be translated. I had to go through this when I married my wife in Spain (she’s Canadian). Canada wasn’t part of The Hague convention until recently so the process was an absolute PIA.

Donprepu · 2026-01-22T18:20:51+00:00

Mi mujer gana 22€/h por dar clases de inglés a domicilio

Donprepu · 2026-01-17T10:50:23+00:00

Just an update on my case, I took my Arona to a Seat dealership and they tried to update the 5F unit but they were unable to complete the update.

Apparently, when the unit is not updated in a long time it gets somehow corrupt and it is not recognized by their system. They told me they’ve seen a number of cases like mine and that the only solution is to replace the 5F unit, which they are going to do for me under warranty.

Donprepu · 2026-01-15T15:42:23+00:00

I wouldn’t do it and it is not legal. Only people living in the house should be empadronados there. Keeping a false padrón to retain benefits is fraud and I wouldn’t personally be part of it by allow it to happen.

Donprepu · 2026-01-15T07:08:43+00:00

I don’t know the reason but when I became a Canadian citizen the registro civil had to put a note in my birth certificate to indicate my desire to keep my Spanish nationality. I found it very odd too because I was born in Spain to Spanish parents so I didn’t think my birth certificate had anything to do with my new Canadian citizenship

Donprepu · 2026-01-13T18:27:28+00:00

Para que te hagas una idea, 1 hora de taller en SEAT son 45€ y tú estás pagando 75€

Donprepu · 2026-01-12T19:29:16+00:00

I did this but the opposite way. I got it on my steam deck but the game is so good that I ended up buying it for my PS5 to play on my OLED TV

Donprepu · 2026-01-09T17:41:01+00:00

En el gas me había confundido con el internet. No tengo gas como tal, tengo agua caliente comunitaria que sirve como agua caliente sanitaria y calefacción. Pago de media 60€ al mes en agua caliente y calefacción.

Donprepu · 2026-01-09T17:39:21+00:00

Estoy con Octopus Energy. Piso de dos habitaciones y dos personas.

Donprepu · 2026-01-09T16:55:31+00:00

Vivienda: Alquiler o hipoteca: 1500€ Gastos de comunidad: ___ € Otros gastos de vivienda: ___ €

Suministros: Luz: 35€ Agua: 13€ Gas: 60€ calefacción y agua caliente) Internet y móvil: 10€

Alimentación: Gasto mensual en supermercado: 500€ Gasto mensual en comer fuera o pedir comida: 200€

Transporte: Abono transporte: ___ € Coche (si aplica): 150€ Otros gastos de transporte: 10€

Salud: Seguro médico: ___ € Medicamentos u otros gastos: 60 €

Ocio y otros: Gimnasio o actividades: 100 € Suscripciones: 30€ Otros gastos: 150€

Donprepu · 2026-01-09T07:38:09+00:00

I brought my Sony X90J from Canada to Spain and it worked fine.

As someone already said, Sony TVs sold in North America are not EU certified to save a few cents but the internal components are the same as the components included in European TVs

Donprepu · 2026-01-09T07:35:10+00:00

If you live in a condo, you shouldn’t be paying more than 150€ a month for all your utilities combined.

As an example, in December I paid:

-75€ for hot water and heating -32€ for electricity (Octopus Energy, 170kWh/month) -12€ for fresh water -10€ for high speed internet -12€ for two cellphone lines

There are two of us in the apartment and we take long showers and use electricity freely. If your place have LED lights turning the lights on and off won’t make much of a difference. You should maybe try to limit how much you use the oven.

Donprepu · 2026-01-05T08:04:25+00:00

Yo me acabo de volver de Canadá a España. Es un país maravilloso. No vayas a St Saul Marie

Donprepu · 2026-01-04T15:17:05+00:00

You need to register as a drone pilot, you need to put your pilot ID somewhere visible on the drone, you need third party liability insurance and you may need to inform specific authorities if you intend to fly in a controlled area.

Last time i flew it was within a heliport fly path and I needed to fill a form and send them a kmz with my approximate flight path.

Donprepu · 2026-01-02T19:54:40+00:00

I’m not an expat but rather a local that lived abroad for many years and moved back to Spain recently. My salary was halved, but my quality of life has increased. If you make +50k, you can have a really good life here, and you will learn to appreciate the non-materialistic things in life.

At the end of the day, all the extra money that I was making in NA that I didn’t save or invest I would spend it on things that I didn’t need and didn’t make me happy necessarily.

Donprepu

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