5 months in Spain
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5 months in Spain
I would like to stay for a 5 months holiday in Spain.
I am aware that over 90 days one must register as a resident. My problem is how can I get the required medical ins for just 5 months?
I obviously don't need a yearly policy and apparently my 5 month "long stay" trav ins isn't sufficient for me to get residency
Thanks in advance
I am aware that over 90 days one must register as a resident. My problem is how can I get the required medical ins for just 5 months?
I obviously don't need a yearly policy and apparently my 5 month "long stay" trav ins isn't sufficient for me to get residency
Thanks in advance
#2
Re: 5 months in Spain
As I said elsewhere, leave Spain for a day trip around the 90 day mark to get the clock ticking again and then you don't need to be resident.
Just keep proof that you've not been in Spain for more than 90 days in one lump.
Just keep proof that you've not been in Spain for more than 90 days in one lump.
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Re: 5 months in Spain
Good idea.
Trying to think of where though as will be in Alicante region
Trying to think of where though as will be in Alicante region
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Re: 5 months in Spain
I would like to stay for a 5 months holiday in Spain.
I am aware that over 90 days one must register as a resident. My problem is how can I get the required medical ins for just 5 months?
I obviously don't need a yearly policy and apparently my 5 month "long stay" trav ins isn't sufficient for me to get residency
Thanks in advance
I am aware that over 90 days one must register as a resident. My problem is how can I get the required medical ins for just 5 months?
I obviously don't need a yearly policy and apparently my 5 month "long stay" trav ins isn't sufficient for me to get residency
Thanks in advance
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Re: 5 months in Spain
or drive down to gibralter nice couple of days out
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Re: 5 months in Spain
Or you could do what hundreds of thousands of Brits who winter every year in Spain do - just ignore it!
If all those people signed on every year and signed off after 5 months the entire system would collapse!
If all those people signed on every year and signed off after 5 months the entire system would collapse!
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Re: 5 months in Spain
Begining to think thats best option. Repercussions seem less hassle than trying to comply
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Re: 5 months in Spain
I thought it was 180 days not 90 days?
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I do wish people would stop referring to it as a "Certificate of Residency" - it isn't. It is a piece of paper that confirms that you have signed onto the register of EU foreigners in Spain (which you are obliged to do under EU and Spanish law), and that you have the right to stay or reside for more than 90 days.
That's it - nothing more, nothing less.
After living in Spain for 5 years you can "upgrade" the certificate voluntarily to give you one that gives you the right to reside permanently.
The only legal form of "residency" is fiscal residency, which, as you rightly point out, you get after spending more than 183 days in Spain in one calendar year.
Incidentally, if you refuse to sign on then there is very little the authorities can do apart from fine you. The fine is the same as you would get for not having applied for an ID card (as a Spaniard) and cannot be more than €300 - probably a lot less, assuming they can be bothered to go through a complicated legal process to convict you of a minor offense.
That's it - nothing more, nothing less.
After living in Spain for 5 years you can "upgrade" the certificate voluntarily to give you one that gives you the right to reside permanently.
The only legal form of "residency" is fiscal residency, which, as you rightly point out, you get after spending more than 183 days in Spain in one calendar year.
Incidentally, if you refuse to sign on then there is very little the authorities can do apart from fine you. The fine is the same as you would get for not having applied for an ID card (as a Spaniard) and cannot be more than €300 - probably a lot less, assuming they can be bothered to go through a complicated legal process to convict you of a minor offense.
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Re: 5 months in Spain
I do wish people would stop referring to it as a "Certificate of Residency" - it isn't. It is a piece of paper that confirms that you have signed onto the register of EU foreigners in Spain (which you are obliged to do under EU and Spanish law), and that you have the right to stay or reside for more than 90 days.
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... so Fred, how would you refer to this document. I've been shot down for calling it a 'residencia' (always in quotes). Now you seem to dislike the term 'certificate of residency'.
Why can't we agree on a simple way of referring to it and stop going 'round in circles'
Maybe we could refer to it as a "certificate of registration" ???
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Re: 5 months in Spain
I do wish people would stop referring to it as a "Certificate of Residency" - it isn't. It is a piece of paper that confirms that you have signed onto the register of EU foreigners in Spain (which you are obliged to do under EU and Spanish law), and that you have the right to stay or reside for more than 90 days.
That's it - nothing more, nothing less.
After living in Spain for 5 years you can "upgrade" the certificate voluntarily to give you one that gives you the right to reside permanently.
The only legal form of "residency" is fiscal residency, which, as you rightly point out, you get after spending more than 183 days in Spain in one calendar year.
Incidentally, if you refuse to sign on then there is very little the authorities can do apart from fine you. The fine is the same as you would get for not having applied for an ID card (as a Spaniard) and cannot be more than €300 - probably a lot less, assuming they can be bothered to go through a complicated legal process to convict you of a minor offense.
That's it - nothing more, nothing less.
After living in Spain for 5 years you can "upgrade" the certificate voluntarily to give you one that gives you the right to reside permanently.
The only legal form of "residency" is fiscal residency, which, as you rightly point out, you get after spending more than 183 days in Spain in one calendar year.
Incidentally, if you refuse to sign on then there is very little the authorities can do apart from fine you. The fine is the same as you would get for not having applied for an ID card (as a Spaniard) and cannot be more than €300 - probably a lot less, assuming they can be bothered to go through a complicated legal process to convict you of a minor offense.
Let's cut to the chase- does anyone know of anyone taken to court and fined for staying a couple of months beyond the 90 days without registering for residence?