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Linda57

Posted: Mon Mar 5, 2018 11:05am

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Posted: Mon Mar 5, 2018 11:05am

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Hi Nicola could you email me the list please would be really appreciated thank you Linda x

Linda57

Posted: Mon Mar 5, 2018 10:04pm

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Posted: Mon Mar 5, 2018 10:04pm

Thank you Nicola really appreciate your advice xx

riaz53

Posted: Thu Mar 8, 2018 11:28am

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Location: Orihuela Costa

Joined: 3 Apr 2017

Posted: Thu Mar 8, 2018 11:28am

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HI Nicola I need your advise and help to process my residanica application. I live in oriliula costa area near La Zania please could you explain all the process detail so I can gather all the information and documents to go to the office. please could you email me at [email protected] then I can take this. i thank you in advance.

Lizzy

Posted: Fri Mar 9, 2018 1:14pm

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Location: Javea / Xàbia

Joined: 23 Sep 2015

Posted: Fri Mar 9, 2018 1:14pm

jimtaylor wrote on Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:16am:

I'm sure someone will give you the current requirements, but the last I heard was a Spanish bank balance of €6000 per person and monthly income into a Spanish bank of €600, with bank statements showing these to have been in place for three months.

If you download and do the EX-18 and Modelo 790 yourself, then the fee is €10.60. ...

...

I've no idea how much it would cost to get someone else to do it for you.

Hi Jim

You are very helpful on this forum and having just read your post i thought of a friend of mine who is past retirement age and is in need of hospital treatment, having moved from UKand bought a house within the last 6 months.  She is about to apply for residency through a gestor and has been told she needs €5000 in an account in order to comply.  

Having been here 14 years ourselves, and making our application on arrival, we were lucky enough to need none of these requirements.  Further more, we were signed on to healthcare system in spite of being early retirees, at the time it changed from a regional to the nation system.  We seem to have been very lucky.  

Musing on the above,  it does seem that the spanish authorities are tightening up and that free movement of people has had its day.  Free movement of workers, as per EU rules still applies.  

Thanks again for your help on this forum

jimtaylor

Posted: Fri Mar 9, 2018 2:32pm

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Posted: Fri Mar 9, 2018 2:32pm

Hi Lizzy

I assume your friend got an S1 from DWP at Newcastle, to get her into the Spanish health system.

One thing I intend doing when I've time is to get to the bottom of the requirement to prove your financial worth. The Ministry of Employment and Social Security say (my translation, and I've cropped out the non-essential bits):

He has enough resources for himself not to become a burden for social assistance in Spain during his period of residence. 

The assessment of the sufficiency of economic means will be made individually, taking into account the personal situation of the applicant. Sufficient proof of compliance with this requirement shall be considered to be the possession of resources that exceed the amount set by the State General Budget Law each year to generate the right to receive a non-contributory benefit.

I've yet to find anything in the legislation to specifically say that one must have €5K or €6K in the bank. The Budget Law referred to I think stipulates an amount that will be in excess of €400 a month. Until I know for sure exactly how that law defines the amount in question, i.e. as monthly or yearly, then I can't decide what the legal requirement is. If it only refers to a monthly income level, then I could argue that provided you can prove regular monthly pension payments into your bank in excess of that amount, then you satisfy residencia requirements.

The 2017 Budget Law is in excess of 600 pages, so it's not going to be easy to find the relevant section.

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riaz53

Posted: Fri Mar 9, 2018 3:00pm

Posts: 92

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Location: Orihuela Costa

Joined: 3 Apr 2017

Posted: Fri Mar 9, 2018 3:00pm

Thank you for your detail information this 5k or 6k in bank account I have never seen as this is not a condition for residanica but if you can manage each months with pension than there is no need to find enough money in bank

Lizzy

Posted: Fri Mar 9, 2018 10:40pm

Posts: 43

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Location: Javea / Xàbia

Joined: 23 Sep 2015

Posted: Fri Mar 9, 2018 10:40pm

Thank you both Jim and Kimmy.  I've noticed that you both give so much to this forum. Always delving in to the nitty gritty and posting the salient info. Wouldn't be the same without either of you😊

Lizzy

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:16pm

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Location: Javea / Xàbia

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:16pm

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Pretty please for my friend? Thanks in advance 

Lizzy 

fix

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:39am

fix

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Location: Alicante City

Joined: 15 Mar 2018

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:39am

I've just got a quick question regarding residency as I've read different things about it....

I'm under pension age and have money coming in from rental income and I also teach English so would become autonomo in Spain, I've read some people saying a letter from the DWP is needed to say that someone is no longer part of the UK health system, yet I see other threads like this one not mentioning it.

Is a letter from the DWP needed, or is that only for people over retirement age?

Thanks!

fix

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:21pm

fix

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Location: Alicante City

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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:21pm

Many thanks for the reply.

Yep I understand I'd no longer be entitled to NHS care in the UK other than in emergencies using the EHIC card that's fine, I understand about being autonomo and paying in etc again that's fine.

What I'm struggling with specifically is if a letter from the DWP is actually mandatory and needed, as like earlier on this thread it's not mentioned it's needed, but then I've seen the odd post where people have needed.

So I'm trying to work out if certain regional offices are asking for it, or if it's a National rule or what really....

If I can sort it without and it's not necessary going through the hassle of speaking with the DWP about it then great, if it is needed then it's needed, I'm just trying to really clarify that :)

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