If you have applied to be an auxiliar de conversación, also known as North American Language and Culture Assistant, then you were given an inscrita number. Every applicant who completes an application receives an inscrita number. Your inscrita number will come in an email from the Spanish Ministerio that will look like this: The 14_1AXC0000013 is the inscrita number. The digits at the end of this long alphanumeric code are what people call your inscrita number. In other words, when people refer to their inscrita number on places such as the auxiliares de conversación Facebook group or the SpainAuxiliares Reddit page, they are simply referring…

After you apply to teach English in Spain as an auxiliar de conversación, you’ll probably be wondering:  “When the heck will I find out where I will be teaching and living in Spain?”  Since this question will be driving you crazy for the next few months, let’s take a look at the Auxiliar de Conversación Application Timeline. The Spanish government which runs the North American Language & Culture Assistants Program does not really do a good job of telling prospective auxiliares when they will find things out, like when their application status will be changed from inscrita to admitida, when they will know which region they are placed in,…