Originally Posted by DonCan (Post 12466479)

Greetings well-informed BE people!

I'd appreciate your input about our conundrum.

I'm a British passport holder, my fiancee is Austrian. Our toddler daughter has dual nationality. I'm 46 and she's 41.

We want to bring our child up under the sun with an outdoors lifestyle. We visited the Costa Del Sol in January and were taken with what we saw. We can envisage a good life there, having some friends and a few languages between us - but Spanish isn't one of them, but we can learn.

We are perplexed by the residency question as we are on shaky ground in terms of proving self-sufficiency. We have enough money to buy a decent property and can live for about a year on savings. Our job prospects seem bleak - our skills are just not in demand over there.

So my question is: if we were to buy a property are we likely to be granted residencia? If we were to rent and show money in the bank good for 5 years would that be considered good enough for residencia?

I've just started a new online-based business that is only going to be profitable in about a year's time. It will most likely still be under the €11k tax threshold in its second year. Would incorporating (SL) or going autonomo help our case?

What do you think?

Don

Originally Posted by Moses2013 (Post 12466531)

Think about it:
Even people from the colder parts of Spain enjoy a holiday further South during winter, but the majority wouldn't consider a permanent move, even though language wouldn't be an issue for them. It's the same when people from Seattle visit Florida. Of course there are many non retired people who also make the move and are successful, but unless your business is really making money, what other options would you have? No social security, no other job prospects, as there are enough Spanish looking for work.

Originally Posted by paulbarny (Post 12466581)

Some really useful info here thanks!.

I am also debating on Spain or France at the moment but like yourself, i'm thinking of a 2nd home rather than a permanent move. If I like it enough, then I can look to see what options I have after brexit several years down the line.

I currently make a living online and a permanent move is a possibility but want to keep all options on the table. When you are presented with many options it does become a problem!