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Forum: Spain
Yesterday, 6:22 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 2,538
Posted By Barriej

Re: TIE - Passport Checks

Ours were stamped going out in Oct 2023 but the border guard asked where we were going.
He said that we should always be stamped out until we are permanent residents but hinted that going to the Uk...
Forum: Spain
Apr 21st 2024, 5:16 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 461
Posted By Barriej

Re: Looking For A Good Residential Caravan Static Park Or Useful Forums

When I did the search it came up with many pages of listing's.
One of the sites listed nearly 100 residential sites.

I know of at least 5 in the Benidorm area, one in Albir and one in Alfaz. A...
Forum: Spain
Apr 21st 2024, 1:31 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 461
Posted By Barriej

Re: Looking For A Good Residential Caravan Static Park Or Useful Forums

Most of the ones around Benidorm are classed as residential. They are open all year long.
I know a few people who live in touring caravans on these sites (not something I would do, but others are...
Forum: Spain
Apr 21st 2024, 12:07 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 390
Posted By Barriej

Re: Restrictions on What your Removal Company will Transport to Spain

Almost everyone we know and including us shipped far more stuff than we should have. My wife boxed up all of the kitchen stuff and most of it is still in boxes four years later.
Furniture depending...
Forum: Spain
Apr 21st 2024, 11:47 am
Replies: 13
Views: 461
Posted By Barriej

Re: Looking For A Good Residential Caravan Static Park Or Useful Forums

Not sure if any are just adult only like the park home sites in the UK.
Most will be for retired folk or families.

You also need to let us all know what passports you have as this will impact...
Forum: Spain
Apr 18th 2024, 5:23 am
Replies: 6
Views: 567
Posted By Barriej

Re: Rain in Spain

It was raining non stop in Bilbao Monday and Tuesday when we're there before getting the ferry to the UK...

The Valencia community now has a fire and BBQ ban in place until October.
There was a...
Forum: Spain
Apr 12th 2024, 10:23 am
Replies: 61
Views: 2,538
Posted By Barriej

Re: TIE - Passport Checks

Nope didnt work for us in October when we flew out of Barcelona to Dubai handed over our TIE and passports. They were examined closely and our passports scanned. Only then did he ask where we were...
Forum: Spain
Apr 8th 2024, 8:27 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 522
Posted By Barriej

Re: Food inflation - 38%

Why????

Fruit for breakfast or if out a pan de tomato, dont do lunch and just have a main meal in the evenings.
A pre cooked chicken in Mercadonna is around €7 and there is three meals there...
Forum: Spain
Apr 8th 2024, 5:44 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 418
Posted By Barriej

Re: Road Maps - Spain and Portugal

Google maps runs offline as well. You plan a journey and then save it.
Its the same as all the others you just dont get traffic updates.

We have a trip back to the Uk next week and in case my...
Forum: Spain
Apr 8th 2024, 12:43 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 522
Posted By Barriej

Re: Food inflation - 38%

We noticed that Carrafour are now 'cheating' with the discounts.
We only go to the one in Benidorm every couple of months or so to stock up on toilet rolls and cleaning stuff as they did 3 for 2 and...
Forum: Spain
Apr 4th 2024, 2:41 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,230
Posted By Barriej

Re: Query re health insurance

I have friends going through the visa renew at the moment and they cannot apply for the Convenio until they have been legally resident for one full year.
They got the private healthcare in April...
Forum: Spain
Apr 4th 2024, 12:59 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,230
Posted By Barriej

Re: Query re health insurance

We have cover with Aegon and have had quotes from ASSSA and to be honest they are both around the same cost to us.
What do you mean by 'on the high end' ? Do you have reportable illness's (that...
Forum: Spain
Apr 1st 2024, 9:55 am
Replies: 55
Views: 2,241
Posted By Barriej

Re: IVA on Electricity to rise to 10% from 1 January 2024

Our bill for Feb and March from Iberdrola (billed 17th to 17th) of each month was €61.49 for a total of 327kw used. We have all electric in the flat, rubbish double glazing and the floors are...
Forum: Spain
Mar 17th 2024, 9:31 am
Replies: 2
Views: 220
Posted By Barriej

Re: Re c max 2007, automatic, 1.6 tdci, gearbox oil change

I can recomend one but its not that close to Benidorm.
Its in Polop and you would have to leave the car for a day or so.
Im not connected to them but almost everyone who lives here goes to him....
Forum: Spain
Mar 14th 2024, 9:56 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 4,864
Posted By Barriej

Re: Spanish driving licence renewal

If you already have a licence the place you go to for the medical will do it all and online as well.
You only need to go to the Police or Traffico if you loose your licence...

My neighbour did...
Forum: Spain
Feb 21st 2024, 3:58 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,885
Posted By Barriej

Re: Water restrictions starting.

Not allowed to fill pools from the tap round here. You can use irrigation water or get it delivered by tanker.
We have a warning on our water bill that states that anything more than a 20% deviation...
Forum: Spain
Feb 20th 2024, 11:36 am
Replies: 30
Views: 1,518
Posted By Barriej

Re: Completing the Tasa 790/052 from the UK for a Visa

Yes. you have to have completed everything and paid for the forms etc otherwise you risk being sent away.

We have sets of, well wont call them friends who have done the NLV route in the last few...
Forum: Spain
Feb 20th 2024, 7:53 am
Replies: 30
Views: 1,518
Posted By Barriej

Re: Completing the Tasa 790/052 from the UK for a Visa

You can pre register them online without a clave or a digital sig..
It's a bit complex and from memory either here or the other forum had a walk through sometime ago.
Some friends of the wife...
Forum: Spain
Feb 18th 2024, 11:13 am
Replies: 25
Views: 1,645
Posted By Barriej

Re: Spanish boarder issues with Gibraltar

Simples, you can move almost anywhere in the world as long as you conform to the immigration requirements of that country.
To live in the EU now with a British Passport you must meet the healthcare...
Forum: Spain
Feb 17th 2024, 12:01 pm
Replies: 66
Views: 3,334
Posted By Barriej

Re: PG Tips

€9.00 for a box of 240 unless you drink Yorkshire then it was more...
We got a couple of boxes last week. I usually wait for the deal time when it drops to €7.50 a box.
But we are off to the Uk in...
Forum: Spain
Feb 16th 2024, 4:05 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,362
Posted By Barriej

Re: Modelo 720

Wrong, it might be on the website, but ANY asset over €50,000 Must be declared.
A pension fund is still an asset and you could if you wanted withdraw all of it at once (the tax here though would...
Forum: Spain
Feb 16th 2024, 8:02 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,362
Posted By Barriej

Re: Modelo 720

From what the accountant told us (in Spanish and via a translator) charges to the accounts don't need to be declared.
If you are trading, then each one is supposed to be declared, however if the...
Forum: Spain
Feb 14th 2024, 3:49 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,885
Posted By Barriej

Re: Water restrictions starting.

Went for a walk today up at the Guadalest Reservoir and its very, very low. This time last year it was almost up to the spillway and after the rains in March they were allowing water out (seemingly,...
Forum: Spain
Feb 14th 2024, 3:39 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,362
Posted By Barriej

Re: Modelo 720

Doesn't matter if you are taking out or adding to.
As long as you have more than 50,000 E in any of the categories (savings, cash in bank, shares, pension, bonds etc) they have to be declared....
Forum: Spain
Feb 14th 2024, 11:45 am
Replies: 35
Views: 1,799
Posted By Barriej

Re: Pensions /tax

Which is why I give our accountant the dates of transfer for my pension and the date paid to my UK account... Last year I made around €200 because I waited to transfer my pension for three months and...
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