27 Jul 2016 7:38 PM:

Thank you for your help.

So I am correct in understanding that althogh the car is fully road legal, MOT, tax and insured in the UK, it cannot be driven in Spain by a spanish resident? Not even for the first 6 months that it is here?

Also, with regards to my residency, my employer isn't very helpful and all my colleagues are in the same boat. 

Any advice on what we need to have and what to do would be much appreciated.  All we have is a paper NIE that we recieved when we first arrived.

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27 Jul 2016 2:02 PM:

As far as I am aware I do not officially have resitents status, like I said, just a paper NIE. I have read forums to say that once you have your paper NIE you are then supposed to get a card? I'm pretty sure my employer jsut never passed on the paperwork for this so I don't have it.

Is this something that I should be looking into?

My contracts run on 6 months at a time, so never classed as 'permanent'.

Say if we did decide to 'risk it' (I know this is not advised) would the police have a way of knowing how long both us and the car had been in the country?

Thanks for all the help

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27 Jul 2016 2:02 AM:

I have been working in Spain for the last 16 months, I have an NIE but I have no idea if I am classed as a resident as I do not have a residency card. 

All I have is a paper NIE.

In May, my boyfriend moved over to Spain, bringing my UK registered car with him.

It was my understanding that a UK registered car can be driven in Spain for 6 months before the plates have to be changed.

Is this still the case for me even though I have been living here for over a year.

And my boyfriend is also now working here with an NIE. Are either of us legally allowed to drive the English car.

We both only plan on staying here until April next year so dont want to change the plates, only to have to change them back.

Thank you

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