Advice for residency and travel

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 

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!

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 ?

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

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!

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