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Posted: Mon Sep 7, 2020 9:33am
Sharon65 wrote on Mon Sep 7, 2020 9:29am:
True but it's worth it. We are now here in Spain 14 yrs or so and don't regret one minute of it. Our dogs love it here too. Ha ha.
I just hope I'm able to do it ,
Financially I'm not needing to work over there for quite a while ,
Just hoping that brexit doesn't hold us back !
Posted: Mon Sep 7, 2020 9:49am
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rutherlessredhead wrote on Mon Sep 7, 2020 9:33am:
I just hope I'm able to do it ,
Financially I'm not needing to work over there for quite a while ,
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Just hoping that brexit doesn't hold us back !
Good luck with it all.
Sit down and work out all your finances allowing for some unexpected extras to crop up. Once your bills are sorted, you can live simply and cheaply over here. I would aim for a village house with some local buses even infrequently. That's what we did when we moved to Spain 14 yrs ago before we drive here. We were 9 kilometers from the nearest town. Bus ran twice a day Mon to Fri. There was a bar in the village that served food every day. Also vans came around the village with bread, cakes, fish, fruit and veg.
You say you can go on the bike but what about your mother and son, they need some transport hence the bus. Although if the village had facilities, you won't need to leave it much.
I searched the internet for months before we came over and look at houses. Go into the sites describing the villages ie bus service, shop, bar doctor etc. Decide whether you want to live with more Spanish or English speaking people.
Check out all your rights and entitlements after Brexit.
Then relax, pick a few places or estate agents.. email them about viewings and set it up. If it's right for you.. do it. X
Posted: Mon Sep 7, 2020 9:51am
Sharon65 wrote on Mon Sep 7, 2020 9:49am:
Good luck with it all.
Sit down and work out all your finances allowing for some unexpected extras to crop up. Once your bills are sorted, you can live simply and cheaply over here. I would aim for a village house with some local buses even infrequently. That's what we did when we moved to Spain 14 yrs ago before we dr...
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...ive here. We were 9 kilometers from the nearest town. Bus ran twice a day Mon to Fri. There was a bar in the village that served food every day. Also vans came around the village with bread, cakes, fish, fruit and veg.
You say you can go on the bike but what about your mother and son, they need some transport hence the bus. Although if the village had facilities, you won't need to leave it much.
I searched the internet for months before we came over and look at houses. Go into the sites describing the villages ie bus service, shop, bar doctor etc. Decide whether you want to live with more Spanish or English speaking people.
Check out all your rights and entitlements after Brexit.
Then relax, pick a few places or estate agents.. email them about viewings and set it up. If it's right for you.. do it. X
Thank you so much fir your reply and help , its all really helpful!!
Posted: Mon Sep 7, 2020 9:57am
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rutherlessredhead wrote on Mon Sep 7, 2020 9:51am:
Thank you so much fir your reply and help , its all really helpful!!
Your welcome. I wish you the very best with it all x
Posted: Mon Sep 7, 2020 10:24am
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Sorry to add to the bad news but don't forget about health care. You won't be entitled to free health care in Spain so you will need private health care to qualify for Residencia. I am afraid that is likely to be very expensive particularly for your mother if she can get cover at all. All part of the joys of Brexit.
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Posted: Mon Sep 7, 2020 10:29am
Juliet Diaz wrote on Mon Sep 7, 2020 10:24am:
Sorry to add to the bad news but don't forget about health care. You won't be entitled to free health care in Spain so you will need private health care to qualify for Residencia. I am afraid that is likely to be very expensive particularly for your mother if she can get cover at all. All part of...
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... the joys of Brexit.
Yes I'm aware of health care ,
Why wouldn't my mum be able to get cover ,?
Think I got a quote for me and my son, £270 a month
Posted: Mon Sep 7, 2020 10:32am
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rutherlessredhead wrote on Mon Sep 7, 2020 9:23am:
So , as it stsnds , (possibly after 2020)
My mum who is retired now , but will have over £100,000 in the bank , woukd be ok to move there
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But me and my 18 year old son , it would be more difficult, even though I will have over £40,000 in the bank ?
I know no one knows what will happen after brexit,
Its just all confusing me
I've done a bit of googling and I hope this site will make it easier for you to look at the options as they currently stand for non European nationals. We can only hope that the uk and Spain may make a more user friendly agreement in the future!
Basically, the non lucrative visa would cover your mum as a retiree with sufficient means, but the issue will be for both you and your son will be how you go about satisfying any criteria for work visas. If you have skills that Spain needs then you may be able to obtain a work visa, and it's very possible, I think, that some form of working holiday visa scheme will come along for younger people next year. Before we joined the EU such exchange schemes were commonplace, but of course they all disappeared with EU freedom of movement as they were no longer needed.
Hopefully, this link will take you to the right page for the non lucrative visa, and you can navigate from there to the work visa pages for a bit of research.
The problem really is that the process for uk nationals simply doesn't exist in practice at the moment, as we are still in the transitional period. I truly hope that there will be a mutual agreement between the uk and Europe to make it easier for everyone post Brexit, but at the moment there isn't anything agreed so far as I'm aware.
Posted: Mon Sep 7, 2020 10:39am
Beannie1 wrote on Mon Sep 7, 2020 10:32am:
I've done a bit of googling and I hope this site will make it easier for you to look at the options as they currently stand for non European nationals. We can only hope that the uk and Spain may make a more user friendly agreement in the future!
Basically, the non lucrative visa would cover your mum as a retiree with sufficient means, but the issue will be for both you and your son will be how you go about satisfying any criteria for work visas. If you have skills that Spain needs then you may be able to obtain a work visa, and it's very...
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... possible, I think, that some form of working holiday visa scheme will come along for younger people next year. Before we joined the EU such exchange schemes were commonplace, but of course they all disappeared with EU freedom of movement as they were no longer needed.
Hopefully, this link will take you to the right page for the non lucrative visa, and you can navigate from there to the work visa pages for a bit of research.
The problem really is that the process for uk nationals simply doesn't exist in practice at the moment, as we are still in the transitional period. I truly hope that there will be a mutual agreement between the uk and Europe to make it easier for everyone post Brexit, but at the moment there isn't anything agreed so far as I'm aware.
Thank you
I appreciate that
Posted: Mon Sep 7, 2020 8:50pm
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Beannie1 wrote on Mon Sep 7, 2020 10:32am:
I've done a bit of googling and I hope this site will make it easier for you to look at the options as they currently stand for non European nationals. We can only hope that the uk and Spain may make a more user friendly agreement in the future!
Basically, the non lucrative visa would cover your mum as a retiree with sufficient means, but the issue will be for both you and your son will be how you go about satisfying any criteria for work visas. If you have skills that Spain needs then you may be able to obtain a work visa, and it's very...
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... possible, I think, that some form of working holiday visa scheme will come along for younger people next year. Before we joined the EU such exchange schemes were commonplace, but of course they all disappeared with EU freedom of movement as they were no longer needed.
Hopefully, this link will take you to the right page for the non lucrative visa, and you can navigate from there to the work visa pages for a bit of research.
The problem really is that the process for uk nationals simply doesn't exist in practice at the moment, as we are still in the transitional period. I truly hope that there will be a mutual agreement between the uk and Europe to make it easier for everyone post Brexit, but at the moment there isn't anything agreed so far as I'm aware.
Not only is nothing agreed, but future movement of Nationals is not even being discussed in these current talks. Even if an agreement is hammered out, which is looking more unlikely, movement of nationals will not be affected. As of 1/1/21, UK citizens are Third Country Nationals, with same conditions for entry as a South African, Australian, US or Israeli citizen.
As far as I am aware, those seeking to move here must apply for the particular visa under which they wish to move from the Spanish Embassy BEFORE arriving here. Once here, the application for TIE must be made within 1 month of arrival. (Just been assisting an Israeli so I am kind of aware of how strict the regs for Third Country National are)
Posted: Tue Sep 8, 2020 8:50am
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I posted this on another thread, but in case you haven’t seen it, you may find this very very useful.
There is a step-by-step blog post from an American who outlines the process for a Third Country National that should be looked at by anyone coming over post 2020. In particular the need to get your Visa first, which appears to allocate your NIE number, then arrive within 3 months of receiving visa, and apply for TIE within 30 days of arrival. It’s dated 14th October 2019, so still pretty relevant.
https://www.wanderingearl.com/spanish-residency-card-tie-all-you-need-to-know
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