Time allowed to stay with a Non Lucrative Visa. Only 1 Year out of 5 Years
Article 162.2 of Royal Decree 557/2011 establishes the maximum period of absence allowed with those cards.
In order to know the maximum time you can be out of the country with a temporary residence, you must take into account two different conditions
- Firstly, you must not be outside Spain for more than 6 months within a period of one year.
- In the case of sporadic departures (in your first year in the country 1 month, in the second 3 months, etc.); the sum of these periods outside Spanish territory during the last 5 years may not exceed 1 year.
- I think a lot of people believe the Non Lucrative Visa will allow a 6 month 6 month situation but that is just not the case as above.