Hello All,
As it turns out, the internet is not all that it claims to be. Or else I’m incredibly stupid which very well may be the case. I have been looking at the wrong section of the Spanish Embassy website and just found out that I need a residency VISA “before” I arrive in Spain. Call me naive and stupid but I was under the impression that I could apply for a residency VISA once I got to Spain. That does not appear to be the case. And the wonderful gentleman at the Consulate also informed me that I need an FBI background check and that I have to travel to NYC to meet with a representative to go over my VISA application. With my departure date of November 3rd looming in the not so far distance, I am incredibly depressed right now.
Mike