Residence Permit Workshop at ULab Alicante: Monday 27 July
A workshop at ULab on Monday 27 July walks expats through temporary protection and Spanish residence permits.
What this event actually is
If you're an expat in Alicante dealing with temporary protection status or trying to get your Spanish residence permit sorted, there's a workshop worth knowing about. Max Snisar is running Max Snisar: Temporary Protection Transition, Spanish Residence Permits & Ta on Monday 27 July at ULab.
The pitch is simple: get the lowdown on navigating temporary protection and scoring your Spanish residence permit with Max Snisar. That's the whole point of showing up.
Where it's happening
ULab is right in Alicante's old town on Plaça de San Cristóbal. It's a coworking space that's built a name for itself with digital nomads and entrepreneurs who wanted something other than a sterile coworking chain. It holds a 4.7 rating from 317 reviews on Google, so people clearly like working there.
If you haven't been, it's worth a look even outside of event days. Good spot to combine a coffee with some paperwork.
Coworking spaces like this tend to double as informal hubs for practical, expat-focused programming. If you're already working out of ULab, or thinking about joining, a session like this is a good excuse to actually walk through the door and see the place for yourself.
Should you go
If your residence paperwork situation is basically no idea what you're doing, this is the kind of event that pays for itself in saved hours. Rules around temporary protection and residence permits change and get confusing fast. Hearing it straight from someone who works with this stuff beats guessing your way through it on your own.
The listing flags some access details around the event, so check the Eventbrite page before you plan on just walking in.
Bring a notebook. Sessions like this move fast and cover ground that's easy to forget once you're back home trying to fill out forms yourself. Write down anything that applies to your specific situation, and don't be shy about asking a direct question if something isn't clear. That's what the session is for.
It also helps to go in with your own questions already lined up. Generic advice only gets you so far. The most useful part of an event like this is usually the moment someone else in the room asks the exact question you had too.
More to do while you're in town
Want a wider look at what's happening locally? Check What's On in Alicante This Weekend: 17 to 19 July 2026 or What's New on the Costa Blanca This Week (11 July 2026).