Padrón Municipal - Action needed

The National Office of Stadistics has informed the Mijas Town Hall that 14.000 inhabitants may be removed from the "padrón" (official list of inhabitants) because no modifications have been made by them in the past 5 years. Those who are not in the padrón are not considered inhabitants of Mijas and as such,will not be able to receive any of the benefits offered, for example; reduction on the rates (IBI), social help etc... This will also harm the Town Hall, as the Central Government of Spain will provide less money, less policemen, less public transport and less doctors, etc to the T own. The list of persons arranged in alphabetical order can be viewed on www.mijas.es. If your name is on this list please come to Mijas Town Hall (either to Mijas Pueblo, Las Lagunas or La Cala) in order to update your registration (empadronamiento) BEFORE 31ST OCTOBER 2012. You only need to take your passport and NIE number. This is free of charge and will only take you a few minutes. If you have any doubts, you can contact the Mijas Foreigner's Department on 952 58 90 10 or via email frd@mijas.es You can also take this opportunity to check your address and leave your telephone and email. The registration in the padrón (empadronamiento) has NOTHING TO DO with your fiscal residence, meaning that a citizen can be an inhabitant of Mijas and remain a tax resident abroad. We insist on the importance of registering and urge everyone to be included on the padron. Kind Regards