03 Oct 2025 7:36 PM:

Oh, and they have also increased the time the NLV is valid for. It is now valid for a year so you have that time in which to come to Spain to apply for residency. 

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02 Oct 2025 12:28 PM:

You must apply for a NLV from your home country, not in Spain.

BLS Spanish visas handle all applications and you can check on their site what is required and which consulate will deal with it. 

Just enter your country and your county and they will link you to the correct consulate. You need an income of €28,800 for the first applicant and €7,200 for the second and subsequent ones. You require medical care which can be a private health policy or public provided if you are over pensionable age and receiving a state pension with an S1.

Decisions are made within 2 months but it can take longer than that if there is anything that needs confirming or shorter if it goes through.. You need a medical certificate stating you have no communicable diseases and a police records check. The BLS site shows you what you need and the consulate site will show you how to get them and how to translate everything to Spanish which is required. Translations must be officially apolstilled and not Google tranlsated.

Renewal after the first year is exactly the same as the initial one but from Spain. Year 2 must show double the required income to last  for 2 years. 

Once it has been approved, the time to move to Spain and apply for residency has been extended to one year.

Best of luck.

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12 Aug 2025 3:00 PM:

Was this the 3% retention tax on property sold by non residents? It is refunded once it has been shown there are no outstanding taxes on the property such as capital gains tax, inheritance tax etc.

The solicitor who dealt with the sale should claim the retention tax back if there is any. It should be done in a few months but the tax office have been known to be very slow and can take over a year to get it. Your partner should contact the solicitor dealing with it to see how it is progressing.

 

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24 Apr 2025 9:42 AM:

The rules state where you are travelling from, not what passport you yourself hold. Unless travelling from Northern Ireland (or any EU country) you must follow the rules for pets travelling from non EU countries according to Europa.eu.

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30 Nov 2024 1:43 PM:

Firstly, you are bound by the 90 day rule as well, as are all EU citizens, unless you register your stay with the foreigners' office where you will be required to show you have sufficient funds and complete health care as your EHIC/GHIC is only valid for 90 days. If you stay over 183 days in one calendar year you could be classed as a fiscal resident and pay income tax in Spain. What doesn't count is the 90 in 180 rule so you could stay for 90 days, leave for a week or less and then return again without waiting the 90 days like non EU citizens do. Your wife can accompany you under exactly the same rules as you so, if you register and stay up to 6 months at one go, she can as well. The 90 in 180 will not apply to her during these periods but will kick in if she travels anywhere in the Schengen area without you. 

Always providing she is accompanying you or visiting to be with you. 

Thread: Query on the 90 day rule

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