Advice for residency and travel

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:09am

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Good Morning

Please can someone adivise I am an irish passport holder living in the UK along with my wife who is a UK citizen with a UK passport .

We intend to spend more time in Spain and are considering taking residency and live in our villa which we have had for over 20 years

My question is should my wifes pasport be stamped on entery and exit as we may stay more than 90 days before we gain residency?

Also any advice on us gaining residency would be appreciated for both of us .

Many thanks

Can

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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:22am

Manus

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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:22am

tomac wrote on Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:09am:
Good Morning
Please can someone adivise I am an irish passport holder living in the UK along with my wife who is a UK citizen with a UK passport .

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We intend to spend more time in Spain and are considering taking residency and live in our villa which we have had for over 20 years
My question is should my wifes pasport be stamped on entery and exit as we may stay more than 90 days before we gain residency?
Also any advice on us gaining residency would be appreciated for both of us .
Many thanks
Can

My situation similar when I retired to Spain in March 2021 as I have an Irish passport and my wife has a UK passport. My "residencia" process was straightforward and my wife's "TIE" application was processed on the back of "apostilled", recently dated marriage certificate. On entry to Spain (Santander) my wife's passport was stamped but not mine. Hope this helps!

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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:46am

tomac

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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:46am

Manus wrote on Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:22am:
My situation similar when I retired to Spain in March 2021 as I have an Irish passport and my wife has a UK passport. My "residencia" process was straightforward and my wife's "TIE" application was processed on the back of "apostilled", recently dated marriage certificate. On entry to Spain (Sant...

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...ander) my wife's passport was stamped but not mine. Hope this helps!

Hi Manus

Thank you for the reply a good help .

Could i ask did residency this take a long time to process and did you get professional help ?

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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:04pm

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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:04pm

tomac wrote on Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:46am:
Hi Manus
Thank you for the reply a good help .

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Could i ask did residency this take a long time to process and did you get professional help ?

Yes to both questions. The residencia appointment took a few weeks and the TIE / Alicante appointment took about two months - from memory. I used Uma Sanz from Get Legal in Spain. Uma is very competent & professional! https://www.getlegalinspain.com/meet-the-team.html

Good luck! Manus

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:43pm

tomac

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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:43pm

Manus wrote on Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:04pm:
Yes to both questions. The residencia appointment took a few weeks and the TIE / Alicante appointment took about two months - from memory. I used Uma Sanz from Get Legal in Spain. Uma is very competent & professional! https://www.getlegalinspain.com/meet-the-team.html
Good luck! Manus

Hi Manus

Once again many thanks

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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:39am

Alan mac

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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:39am

Manus wrote on Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:22am:
My situation similar when I retired to Spain in March 2021 as I have an Irish passport and my wife has a UK passport. My "residencia" process was straightforward and my wife's "TIE" application was processed on the back of "apostilled", recently dated marriage certificate. On entry to Spain (Sant...

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...ander) my wife's passport was stamped but not mine. Hope this helps!

Hi Thank you for this information I’m just interested how you obtained a recent marriage certificate ?

Thanks

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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:53am

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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:53am

Alan mac wrote on Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:39am:
Hi Thank you for this information I’m just interested how you obtained a recent marriage certificate ?
Thanks

"Online" service with Reading registry office (where we got married back in 1997!) and I even rang beforehand to double-check the procedure. It was confirmed to me that a new document would be produced (hand written etc) but dated according - not the original 1997 date. As part of the service (cost £11 from memory?), I had this document sent to UK address (in this case, my brother in law) and then forwarded to Milton Keynes office for the apostil service - https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised