Turnkey Relocation in Marbella
Costa del Sol, Málaga province
Relocating to Marbella is rarely constrained by budget and frequently constrained by contracts. The rental market is built around seasonal lets at seasonal prices, and a long-term contract — the kind a town hall accepts for empadronamiento and a school accepts as proof of address — is scarcer than the volume of available property suggests.
That single fact reorders the whole relocation. Empadronamiento gates school allocation and health registration, and empadronamiento needs a qualifying address. We therefore treat securing a long-term contract as the critical path here, ahead of everything else, rather than as an administrative detail to sort out once you have arrived and found somewhere you like.
Local context: Marbella
| Extranjería office | None locally — appointments are at the Oficina de Extranjería de Málaga |
|---|---|
| Local registrations | Empadronamiento at the Ayuntamiento de Marbella |
| Local context | A high-value property market with a large share of non-resident owners, where independent legal due diligence matters more than anywhere else on this list |
| Work authorisation | Granted by the central Oficina de Extranjería |
| Tax administration | Agencia Tributaria (state) + Agencia Tributaria de Andalucía for regional taxes |
| Language | Spanish only — no co-official language |
Sources: Cita previa — Sede electrónica · Portal de Inmigración · Agencia Tributaria
What we handle: Turnkey Relocation
Visa, housing, schools, utilities, bank and phone — all handled.
- Visa & residency strategy for the whole family
- Housing search and lease support
- School search and enrolment for children
- Empadronamiento (town-hall registration)
Questions about this service
Can we register at the town hall using a holiday rental?
Rarely. The town hall looks for evidence of a habitual address — a long-term contract, a deed, or a signed authorisation from the owner. Without it, school allocation and permanent health registration both stall, which is why it is the first thing we solve rather than the last.
Which schools do international families in Marbella use?
There is a substantial private international sector along this coast covering several curricula, alongside the Andalusian state system in Spanish. Places in the popular international schools are competitive and applications run on their own calendar, so this is another item to start well before the move rather than on arrival.
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