Residency - Page 3

Thanks for the help Kimmy :)

Hi i realise this was some time ago but would like some clarity on the matter. Earlier you said:

"If you do not work in spain and are currently unemployed then you must have private health insurance and also must have 6,500€ in your bank account to show that you are self sufficient. You also need to show at least 600€ going into your bank account every month for the last 6 months"

My question is that if you are unemployed, how are you supposed to show 600pm going into your account?

If you can't prove that you have enough income to not be a financial burden on the state, then you won't be granted residencia.

Probably the best summary of the requirements that I've seen is on the Alicante Province website:

http://www.ciudadanosextranjeros.es/publicacion.php?id=14&lang=en

I still remain to be convinced that you need a particular balance in your bank account. Everything I've read so far refers to income, not to net worth.

Hi, so you needed to transfer 600e per month from a UK account? For you many months? Was that per person per month?

Thanks

It varies from area to area, each town has their own rules on residencier, 

There's a minimum income, published each year, above which a Spaniard doesn't qualify for social security benefits. To get residencia, your income has to be above this minimum.

For last year, I understand (but I'm not certain) that it was published in Ley 3-2017, BOE-A-2017-7387. The problem is that this is 610 pages long, and I haven't got time to read it. Any volunteers?

I've now searched the law I referred to above, and the crucial bit seems to be reference to:

Indicador público de renta de efectos múltiples (IPREM)

The law states that this is used in different areas as a reference to determine the salary limit related to the granting of benefits and subsidies - unemployment benefit, housing benefit, etc.

The IPREM is published annually in the Ley de Presupuestos.

The 2018 amount is €537.84 per month.

I can well understand the authorities rounding this up to €600 for the purposes of residencia, to ensure that anyone with a variable income doesn't dip below the benefit threshold. €600 average should also be sufficient to cope with exchange rate fluctuations.

I have read all of this thread and it is so helpful. Thank you! I got my NIE number with the help of Jims Guide, from the consulate in London.

Anyway I am being made redundant month from a Military Rehab Hospital and will receive enough to make the move over. So if I open an account and transfer the 6000 into it and then set up a payment of at least 600 each month, after 3 months will this be enough to pass the residency application?

All I want to do is spend a year learning Spanish, then see where life takes me.:)

Hi, regarding the residency, could you pm me with all the documents I need to take,

Regards 

Nigel ri

Hi Nicola I need detail information too I am thinking about taking residence as well.