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  "title": "SEPE appointment 2026 step by step: office, SMS and documents",
  "description": "How to book a SEPE (Spanish employment service) appointment step by step: what you can do without one, choosing an office by postcode, the SMS confirmation, the booking reference and what to bring.",
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      "code": "E8",
      "title": "Claim or resume unemployment benefit",
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  "intro": "The SEPE appointment is free and is booked per office and procedure on SEPE's appointment site. Before booking, check whether your procedure can be done online on the sede electrónica.",
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      "heading": "Step by step: how to book",
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      "items": [
        "Check whether you can do it without an appointment on SEPE's sede electrónica: applying for benefit or subsidy, resuming it, certificates and sending documents.",
        "Open SEPE's appointment site and enter your postcode: you will see nearby offices with their first free slot.",
        "Choose the procedure (benefits, annual income statement, overpayments, certificates…) and the office.",
        "Enter your DNI or NIE and your phone: SEPE sends an SMS code to confirm the booking.",
        "Keep the booking reference (localizador): you need it to check or cancel the appointment."
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      "heading": "What to bring",
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      "items": [
        "Valid DNI or NIE and the booking reference.",
        "The paperwork for your procedure: company certificate, decision, receipts or whatever SEPE asked for by letter."
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    {
      "heading": "If there are no slots",
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        "Each office publishes its calendar per procedure and slots reappear without notice when someone cancels. Check several offices nearby at different times, or let us do it: we watch the calendars non-stop, book in your name and message you on WhatsApp with the reference. You only pay if we get it."
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      "answer": "Yes. If you use our search service, only our service is charged and only if we get the appointment."
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      "question": "Can I hold two SEPE appointments?",
      "answer": "SEPE allows one active appointment per document for the same procedure. Cancel the one you have before booking another."
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    {
      "question": "I don't receive SEPE's SMS. What can I do?",
      "answer": "Check the phone number and try again. If we book it, the SMS reaches a number of ours and you get the confirmation on WhatsApp."
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