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I am an over 70 Irish citizen with a holiday home in Torrevieja. I've been told that if I stay longer than 90 days I should register as a foreigner. I usually stay 6 or 7 months. I pay non resident tax and get my income from Ireland. If I register do I have to show my income and get Spanish health insurance? I assumed the EHIC card covered me.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:31pm
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As an Irish (EU) citizen you do not have to do anything as long as do not obtain any revenue or need to realize any financial transactions other than pauing for your day to day expenses..
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:44am
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Hi Bubsy
You're fine as long as you don't stay beyond 183 days in the fiscal year, if you do then you need to register for tax purposes.
Fiscal year is 1st Jan - 31st December.
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Will.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:20pm
Relyat wrote on Wed Sep 15, 2021 5:44pm:
To keep yourself right, see here
Is there supposed to be more info on this post?
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Bubsy wrote on Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:20pm:
Is there supposed to be more info on this post?
Yes there was. The link was missing for some reason.
This will give you the facts.
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:09pm
This is what is confusing me. The second paragraph specifically.
Essentially, if you intend to stay in Spain for more than 90 days you should immediately apply for residency upon arrival. In any event, you must apply by the 90th day of your stay.
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:23am
Relyat wrote on Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:39pm:
Essentially, if you intend to stay in Spain for more than 90 days you should immediately apply for residency upon arrival. In any event, you must apply by the 90th day of your stay.
Ok...so every time I come to Spain for an extended holiday I should go to some office and apply for some sort of residency? Surely not! I don't want to break any law. I have an NIE number. Does that suffice?
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:22am
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As an EU citizen you can still legally only stay a max of 90 days per visit without applying for residency. That has always been the case in Spain, but widely abused and not enforced for other EU nationals. However, you can leave Spain for just a couple of days (visiting France or Gibraltar if you prefer rather than flying back to Ireland), and you can, as an EU citizen return to Spain and start a fresh 90 day stay. So to stay 'legal' just break you stay with a short/weekend trip to another country.
As others have said, stay 183 days or more in a calendar year and whether resident or not you become liable for Spanish tax.
Owning a property does not give you any additional rights to longer stays.
Whilst checks on EU nationals overstaying in Spain haven't been commonplace, bear in mind that ETIAS will finally be rolled out next year and you will probably be picked up as overstaying on that new system in the future.
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