Moving to Spain Post brexit - Page 3

barrynash wrote on Sun Oct 3, 2021 9:21am:

You wil need a retirees visa or go self employed. Google both for best info. If you have any descendants from Southern Ireland you might be able to get a Irish passport. 

Jonny55 wrote on Sat Oct 2, 2021 5:48pm:

Hi

Can anyone please explain to me what needs to be done and how difficult is it to retire and move to Spain post brexit

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If anyone has just gone through this could you suggest someone who could guide us through the process

Kind regards

Jon

Karen21xx wrote on Thu Oct 7, 2021 12:42pm:

Hi all,

We are currently going through this process.   We are using the help of Spanish Solicitor.   Yes, it is expensive but we are only going to do this once, so I prefer to pay and hopefully get it right and are successful first time round.    We are currently purchasing ...

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...a property in San Miguel de Salinas, which should hopefully complete by end October 2021.     We now have our NIE Numbers and we have sent our Medical Certificates and Police Checks off to Government Dept for Legalising.     We have our Visa appointment with the Spanish Consulate in Manchester on 24th November 2021, so keep your fingers crossed for us.

Hopefully all this should be worth it in the end when we are sat in the sun at our house in San Miguel  drinking sangria  Fingers Crossed.

Deleted_user_82055 wrote on Wed Oct 6, 2021 7:15pm:

Good Afternoon,

We are currently in the process of applying for a Non Lucrative Visa and awaiting an appointment from the Spanish Consulate in London, other two Consulates are available in Manchester and Glasgow.

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I wish I could say it has been an easy process so far but it has not.

My advise would be not to listen to other people and there views, which I know sound contradictory, but people mean well but there are so many circumstances that others may not be aware of they can not possibly advise for you personally only generally.

If you have a Spanish Solicitor I would consult with them first and take Professional advise, as there are many hoops that you will need to jump through. 

The 27K p.a. is not specific it will depend on other factors, i.e are you of pensionable age, do you and your spouse receive a State Pension, do you own a Spanish property, do you have savings. 

My advice is to obtain professional advice.

Hope this helps.

Alan

Deleted_user_82055 wrote on Thu Oct 7, 2021 4:27pm:

Karen Good Afternoon,

I would be interested to know how long it took you to obtain an appointment at the Spanish Consulate (Manchester) we have applied to London back in August but still waiting an appointment, we are still waiting for our Police Check and Medical certificates to be legalised also applied for back in ...

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...August. 

We already have a property in La Florida and hope to be moving soon, with a bit of luck. Hope you enjoy San Miguel, nice Spanish restaurant there that we have been using for 35 years or more, El Parado, try it.

Best of luck Alan

Karen21xx wrote on Fri Oct 8, 2021 10:51am:

Hi Alan,

Many Thanks for your reply.   We will definately try El Parado when we get out to San Miguel.

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We sent an email to Manchester Spanish Consulate on 3rd Sept 2021 and they replied on 15th Sept 2021 confirming our appointment of 24th Nov 2021.

We are now just waiting for our documents to come back from the legalisation department.     We then need to get them translated into Spanish.

We should then be ready for our appointment.

We have printed off our bank statements from our online bank account, but was told by our Solicitor to get these stamped by our banks.

The Spanish are very particular with their documentation, so we are trying to make sure we get everything right first time.

Please be aware that all your documents must be dated within 3 months of your visa appointment, so if you are not successful the first time your documents may be out of date if you have to re-apply.    So we are trying to make sure we get everything right.

Maybe London Consulate has more applications to deal with.

Hope you get everything sorted soon.

I will keep the forum updated on our progress.

Take Care

Karen

Deleted_user_82055 wrote on Wed Oct 6, 2021 7:15pm:

Good Afternoon,

We are currently in the process of applying for a Non Lucrative Visa and awaiting an appointment from the Spanish Consulate in London, other two Consulates are available in Manchester and Glasgow.

Read more...

I wish I could say it has been an easy process so far but it has not.

My advise would be not to listen to other people and there views, which I know sound contradictory, but people mean well but there are so many circumstances that others may not be aware of they can not possibly advise for you personally only generally.

If you have a Spanish Solicitor I would consult with them first and take Professional advise, as there are many hoops that you will need to jump through. 

The 27K p.a. is not specific it will depend on other factors, i.e are you of pensionable age, do you and your spouse receive a State Pension, do you own a Spanish property, do you have savings. 

My advice is to obtain professional advice.

Hope this helps.

Alan

John 52 wrote on Fri Oct 8, 2021 12:18pm:

There are many on here who mean well ,but if I was looking  to go for residency  ,which im not ,I would prefer to go with the experience  of people who have actually undergone the process ,since the start of year ,that way I would imagine a more accurate result would  be obtai...

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...ned  ,nothing like experience