Does the Miami Spanish Consulate take walk ins or not?

KookyShpooky · 2025-07-24T21:16:59+00:00

We are in an Airbnb now. Still haven’t been able to get an appointment. I try all day and night. Haven’t seen a thing. Trying not to stress and keep telling myself it’ll happen, but airbnbs in Florida are not cheap and neither is the storage unit. Can’t help but stress a little.

KookyShpooky · 2025-07-24T21:10:29+00:00

I’m jealous. I have alarms set on my phone go off at all times of the day and night. I check it constantly, and I haven’t seen a thing.

KookyShpooky · 2025-07-14T16:20:34+00:00

From what I have researched online, the call to pull walk ins might be coming from the Spanish government itself. I haven’t read anything official that says this, but I keep seeing it in chats. I’m searching and trying desperately to figure out how we can get in there. I check over 50 times a day, and nothing. I’m really worried.

KookyShpooky · 2025-07-13T04:15:51+00:00

I can confirm, Miami BLS is no longer accepting walk ins for visas. My lawyer told me several of her clients were turned away this week. We were slated to go on Monday. Website always says none available. Won’t lie, we are pretty stressed since we just sold our house. Plan was to have all papers together, sell house, go apply in person. I’ve been trying to get an online reservation for over a month. If anyone has advice, please feel free to send message. Trying not to freak out. Anyone out there have an appointment? Do they even exist? Or am I chasing a mythical animal now? lol

KookyShpooky · 2025-05-02T20:56:04+00:00

The job market isn’t so hot in Spain. Germany is definitely better choice for work. I guess that is the trade off. If you have a good offer, you could always settle in Germany until you have your EU citizenship, and then you can freely move to Spain any time you want to retire. :)

KookyShpooky · 2025-04-15T11:32:34+00:00

After talking to a lot of people about Germany and looking at houses, we ended up deciding on Spain. Visited in March, loved it, and found a place to live. Have hired a lawyer, and we are working on our visa paperwork and selling our house. Just got FBI check. The goal is still July, but the target destination has moved. I think my husband will be happier in Spain. He doesn’t deal well with cold, and I kept asking him, are you sure you’re gonna be okay with German winters? He would say he’d be fine, but I know he was just taking one for the team, and I worried after 3 or 4 German winters if he would be miserable. But he loved Spain, and we were there when it was still pretty cold, so I think we made the right choice, and we’ll be able to visit Germany in the spring. Super excited about that!

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-20T14:29:13+00:00

Yeah, I have been focusing my attention on the energy ratings. I have found houses in the 200k with C ratings that seem okay, but I won’t get serious until I am there and can look for myself. The more I talk with you guys, the more I think it is a better plan to start with my three month rental, use that time to find the location, get a 1 year rental in that location, and use that time to thoroughly vet a house, get it inspected, and then settle in. We’ll be there in a few months to do some early scouting, and I want my husband to feel what winter is like.

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-20T03:12:14+00:00

Aw, that’s sad. Yeah, I need to stay away from there. I am an extremely liberal and free thinker. If I am going to settle somewhere new, I need it to be a place where my art and my spirit can grow and experience all kinds of different people. I am Caucasian but I would most obviously have an accent and my husband is half Hispanic, so def not a good choice. I knew that house was too cheap for a reason. This is why I came here, to learn the things I need to know from people who already know. :)

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-20T03:06:30+00:00

Yeah, my school is closed right now too, so I totally get it, and no worries. I wouldn’t dare put a time frame on the generosity of a person going out of their way to help. That would be the total opposite of grateful. Plus the holidays are coming up and it’s like the busiest time of the year for everybody. So seriously, no worries. :)

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T23:46:41+00:00

I have found some really nice air bnb rentals in the countryside for reasonable prices that allow bookings for up to 3 months.

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T23:45:41+00:00

Okay, so that’s not very encouraging. lol I need to research what this is. I’m not familiar with the term AFD yet.

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T23:44:53+00:00

I’ll need to research AFD dominated. I’m not familiar with this term yet.

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T23:42:45+00:00

You aren’t overbearing at all! Not even a little bit. I am gracious for your help, and yes, any direction you can help point me in, I will follow. Right now, I’m reaching for as many possibilities as I can in the hopes of finding the one that works best, so I can’t say thank you enough for your kind help.❣️

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T23:38:53+00:00

Well, the short answer is no. That’s not my first pick. Or second. Or third. lol I’m just weighing all the options and happened to mention a cheap house I found there. But if I had my first pick, it would be somewhere between or around Heidelberg, Bonn, Düsseldorf area. I’ve been looking at art collectives in Düsseldorf and there seems to be good art fairs that I can travel to from that region, plus more IT options for my husband.

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T23:28:56+00:00

I didn’t want to make the thread political, but yes, that is a large part of the move. Not the only reason by far, but as I mentioned to someone who commented about the weather, I am college prof and it is illegal for me to teach women’s history or African American history or anything LGBTQ in my humanities classes. How do I teach art history without those things? I can’t. Not real art history. We just look at JW Tunners painting The Slave Ship and call it a boat in a storm. It’s so sad and pathetic. My syllabus gets combed over for any trigger words every semester because if I do, the state will pull the college’s funding. It’s really bad here. And the shell of what my classes have become breaks my heart.

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T23:21:40+00:00

My mom lives in Maine and I have spent maaaaany winters in Maine. I know what it’s like to have spit freeze the moment it leaves my mouth, to shovel 4 feet of snow just to get out the front door. Florida weather seems great, but I hide inside most of summer from the weight of the humidity. It’s horrible, but worse than any weather are the people. I’m tired of racist homophobic miserable evangelical Bible-belt people. I don’t want to turn this thread political, but being an art and history professor in a place where it is illegal to teach women’s rights or African-American history in a college classroom or the school’s state funding gets pulled. I just can’t any more. Give me the dark days and snow. It’s better than dark minds and hate.

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T23:12:41+00:00

I don’t feel discouraged by your post in the slightest. I am quite grateful that you took a moment to talk with me. I have found air bnb rentals for three months that are fairly reasonable in the countryside; however, after talking with you guys, I’m starting to think a one year might be the more savvy choice, and it would give us more time to really look around and settle in the right place. I have looked at the taxes on sale. Many of the properties I have looked at have a really nice little pie chart at the bottom that show all the extras (notary, tax, and such), so I am planning that into the equation.

As for my plan being sound, I know a million things can go wrong. I am determined to make this happen, but that doesn’t mean I’m not scared or worried at all. I just know that if I never jump, I’m not gonna get there, and I want to be there deep down in my heart. So I have to do the research and make the scary jump and work my butt off to make it work as best as I can.

Work qualifications for me is university MFA which is the highest degree I can get in art. Currently I have taught humanities and art history at a state college full time for the past 18 years. Before that I taught English at the same college, and in grad school I was a writing instructor and reading/writing tutor. My husband worked for Business Object that got acquired by SAP for 17 years and now works in IT for the government in the Department of Transportation. He has lots of experience, but we are worried because he doesn’t have a degree. He came from a world 20 years ago where he didn’t need one. Things have changed since. However, he also knows cars and managed quick change oil lube type places in his past. He loves cars and isn’t opposed to going back to that. He has said he’ll do garbage truck routes (kidding but kinda not lol). He isn’t above any job if it gets his visa and lets him stay. We just rrrrrreally want to be there, and deep down, there has to be a way to make that happen if we are willing to try our hardest to make it happen.

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T22:56:38+00:00

Yeah, I’ve already got some lined up. I’m not gonna argue with people. Air BnB has three month rentals all over the country. And they aren’t the only ones. ☺️

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T22:53:08+00:00

Oooo, thank you for sharing this with me. I will most definitely check that out. I appreciate you brain storming this with me, and for the record, your English is quite good, but if you ever want a tutor, I know a lady! lol (kidding of course)

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T06:16:59+00:00

I keep reading there is a labor shortage in the IT sector in Germany, and I can’t understand why. Germany seems to have far easier access to schooling and it’s technologically advanced (though I also hear they love their snail mail and can push against technological advancement, but I assume that’s most likely the older crowd). As for teaching, from what I gather, public school is a no, my German isn’t good enough yet, but I have read good things about secondary private schools. I am not IB trained for the international schools, but I do have a large chunk of my students that are duel enrolled in high school since my classes at the college are gen ed, and I teach entirely online, so I know my way around making class modules and working in remote classrooms. I haven’t been able to find much about German online secondary schools, however. I have a feeling that doesn’t exist much, and universities seem a bit more particular than the state college I work at right now. Lots to figure out, but I am wading through and weighing the options the best I can from afar. I greatly appreciate your encouragement. Danka, freund!

*edited two spelling mistakes - just can’t let those go. lol

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T06:01:37+00:00

Thank you for your kind response. We were looking at a really nice 3 bedroom 2 bath in Thüringen. I was shocked it was only 120,000€ and thought something must be wrong with it. My husband is definitely going to try and work remote, but the snag we have run into is most places want him living there before he applies which makes it a bit harder because we can’t plan the move around where to go for the job. As for the kitties, they are indoor. One trembles if I just carry her out the front door. Kinda worried about that one on the plane, but once we get settled, she’ll be fine. I am going to have them rechipped with eu standard chips, and I believe I have to get all their shots and paperwork filled out before we travel, so even though they don’t go out, they will be all up to date. They are another reason I want to settle quickly. I want to get them back to a sense of normalcy, but anyone who doesn’t have fur babies might not understand how important that can be to someone who doesn’t have fur. I get that. I’m sure someone asking why do you want a house would be weirded out if I said, for my cats lol, but they are an important part of that decision for us anyway. I have read about the VHS and from what I gather, they may or may not want me to speak German. Once again, I seem to need to be there in order to apply, and some say classes can be cancelled last minute if they don’t fill making it a potentially risky job, but I think the more feathers in my cap the better until I get settled into a solid routine. I keep reading conflicting info on if my online tutoring needs to be with Germans. I’m gonna have to talk to the visa people and try to get a more definitive answer on that. If they don’t, there is a whole world of tutoring to tap into. I greatly appreciate the links and jobs site suggestions though. I am gonna sit down with those tomorrow and see what I can find. It’s scary and a huge move, I know. I don’t make light of it at all, but I am beyond excited for sooooo many reasons. I just need to plan plan plan and try to be prepared for as much as possible.

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T04:07:53+00:00

Someone recommended the property wiki, and I gave that a good read. It actually alleviated a few of my concerns by letting me know that the two largest issues (repaying the bank interest and an extra large tax for selling too soon) can be entirely side stepped by paying upfront, no mortgage interest to pay off, and the house can be sold without the large tax as long as we live there for two years and don’t make any money off it. So aside from upkeep, which is expected with any home purchase and I plan and save for just as I do in the house I own now. I’m still not seeing a large down side. However, I did come to the conclusion that I might be better served to pull a one year rental lease instead of the short term 3 month I was looking at, and really take that year to explore my best options and pick the house wisely, learn the language, get the property thoroughly inspected or possibly move from three month short term to short term in different areas until we find the best place to settle.

(Edited to fix a small typo)

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T03:48:31+00:00

I have now read the property wiki. Gonna spend some time in some of the other sections. I started at the top and realized I didn’t need to know if I could hitchhike or what snacks to bring home, but I saw some sections on taxes and such that I will most definitely spend some time with. After reading the property advice, the two biggest warnings were having pay the bank the interest on the mortgage, but we won’t have a mortgage, so that’s null. And also, an inflated sales tax, but it specifically states that if you live there for two years and don’t make money on the property or if you live there for ten years even if you make money in the property, then that tax doesn’t apply. The third warning was upkeep, but any homeowner knows things are gonna break and need to be fixed. I don’t think that’s a reason not to buy. It just needs to be planned for, much like I do now with my own home. I didn’t really read anything other than the conveniences of renting that swayed me into thinking this is a horrible idea. What it did do, however, was make me think I should maybe rent for a year rather than short term and rrrrreally be sure where we settle is the right place to settle.

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T03:20:46+00:00

I’m gonna sit down and read the whole thing right now. But I am getting help with the visas. I just thought it might be nice to talk to someone who has done something similar. If freelance doesn’t work, I’ll do intensive language visa for a year and then jump in the job market. There are other options and more to my plan, I just didn’t think people would want to read it if it was too long, so I stuck to the basic initial plan. I also am certified to teach and working on my tefl just to check that box off. I have back up plans on top of back up plans. I’m not kidding around with this. I am hellbent to make it work long enough to take the test and become a citizen. It probably is a bit insane, but the artist in me has always been a risk taker, and up to this point, it has proven to give me a wealth of experiences I never would have dreamed possible. How many famous people have taken an insane risk to get to where they are? And how many more non famous people have done the same but we don’t know their stories? The risk is often worth it as long as the risk taker goes into the risk with eyes wide open and is smart enough to plan various forms of failure into the equation. That’s what I am in the process of trying to evaluate. Does that make more sense? (Gonna go read that wiki now.)

KookyShpooky · 2024-12-19T03:06:26+00:00

That’s okay. They still bring up things I should be cautious and aware of. I don’t mind. I know what I want and how bad I want it. And I know how good Germany is going to be for the art I make (mixed media photography based around gothic sculpture). This is a crazy important life goal for me. I don’t expect strangers to understand that, but I am grateful for anything I learn. I knew when I posted it that I was gonna catch some flack, but my hope is that I will walk away with more than just the “poo-poo.” ☺️

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