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Looking for community spirit in Benidorm to live eventually

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:07am
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baldpiffle

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I am here in B enidorm to hopefully find the right place to stay as I want to be around people in their seventies. We want to be involved in a community and outings, clubs, visits etc eventually moving here.Ilve dogs and have two at home plus a cat all rescued so they would need to come..My husband is not always well but better in the sun - he loesa beer and company I like to volunteer especially dogs and would enjoy working in a charity shop with like minded people

tebo53

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:48am

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:48am

baldpiffle wrote on Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:07am:

I am here in B enidorm to hopefully find the right place to stay as I want to be around people in their seventies. We want to be involved in a community and outings, clubs, visits etc eventually moving here.Ilve dogs and have two at home plus a cat all rescued so they would need to come..My husba...

...nd is not always well but better in the sun - he loesa beer and company I like to volunteer especially dogs and would enjoy working in a charity shop with like minded people

Hi,

If you are UK passport holders you will need to apply for a non lucrative visa to be able to live in Spain permanently. 

To gain a non-lucrative visa you will need to apply for the visa from the Spanish consulate in London, Manchester or Edinburgh. You will need to meet the income and healthcare requirements. The income requirements for a couple would be around €34,000 per annum and you will need full healthcare. You can apply for healthcare through the S1 healthcare scheme which is paid for by the UK government. 

You will need some sort of visa before you can move over to Spain permanently and apply for residency. 

With the non lucrative visa you will not be allowed to work. If you have EU or Irish Passports the application route is much simpler. 

Benidorm is a great place to live so I really hope you can live here.

Here is a link to a download of a guide about living in Spain from the "age in Spain" organisation. 

https://www.ageinspain.org/moving-to-spain

Steve 

Golandrina

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:04pm

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:04pm

A couple of websites that may be of interest are:

Citizens Advice Bureau Spain, and

N332 for anything to do with driving in Spain.   This site is for English speaking people and is run in collaboration with officers of the Guardia Civil and has an English version of the Spanish equivalent of the Highway Code on it.

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