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Do you post pictures of the endless drizzle and grey skies to your mates back home to make them jealous?
Relocation to Spain Experience
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Do you post pictures of the endless drizzle and grey skies to your mates back home to make them jealous?
Your unnecessary use of "en" probably confused the hell out of him
. I'm probably worse and I've lived here 10 years!baby steps!
rp2000
Haha maybe, I think i only switched to that because i was trying to make it clear i was talking about Tuesday!
Soldato
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I've been learning Spanish for a couple of years now and it still grinds me that mañana and mañana are the same but aren't the same
Heh, "mawrth" means both "March" (month) and "Tuesday" in Welsh.
Yeah but you expect stupidity from the Welsh 
Woohoo i've officially been granted the Special Tax Regime. Slowly getting to grips with these Spanish forms!
Woohoo i've officially been granted the Special Tax Regime. Slowly getting to grips with these Spanish forms!
Negative again!
Since i'm working, the bank are insisting on my residency card for the mortgage study. Given i don't have one and currently have no idea when this might be it could be quite a sticking point!
Currently have 2 conversations going with different people who specialise in these things to see if they can be more pro-active than the current person dealing with it who i have little faith in. At this point, if someone charged me a grand and assured me it'd be sorted in a week i'd gladly pay it!
Last night realised my passport expires in July. Wasn't planning on travelling for a while but have applied for a replacement as some things suggest needing 4 months for the residency!
@rp2000 For internal flights. Do you need a passport or does it not matter much? Am heading your way in August for a gig and flying seems the cheapest/fastest method of travel.
Since i'm working, the bank are insisting on my residency card for the mortgage study. Given i don't have one and currently have no idea when this might be it could be quite a sticking point!
Currently have 2 conversations going with different people who specialise in these things to see if they can be more pro-active than the current person dealing with it who i have little faith in. At this point, if someone charged me a grand and assured me it'd be sorted in a week i'd gladly pay it!
Last night realised my passport expires in July. Wasn't planning on travelling for a while but have applied for a replacement as some things suggest needing 4 months for the residency!
@rp2000 For internal flights. Do you need a passport or does it not matter much? Am heading your way in August for a gig and flying seems the cheapest/fastest method of travel.
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For British passport holders you need passports for all flights, unless I'm mistaken. I have a permenante residents card and I still need it iirc.
rp2000
Nice one. I assumed as such but wasn't too sure
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I wouldn't want to live in Spain, but when retired I would like to rent a Lanzarote villa for a few months off-season to escape the UK winter.
The renewal process online is quick. Mine took 3 weeks only when I renewed it this time last year.
rp2000
Love the thread. It's very tempting to do something similar.
Do you not worry about what would happen if you lost your job? I can't imagine many UK companies would be willing to hire you while you live in Spain and pay you a UK wage. Or would they in your field? That's pretty much the main thing stopping me doing something like this.
Do you not worry about what would happen if you lost your job? I can't imagine many UK companies would be willing to hire you while you live in Spain and pay you a UK wage. Or would they in your field? That's pretty much the main thing stopping me doing something like this.
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Same here. I've done a year in Spain twice and loved it.
100% I sometimes joke with my boss that I’m trapped there!
I think I could manage and would say I have good job security at my place and it’s big enough that there would be other jobs should anything ever happen to mine.
I’ve also chatted to a few companies around doing consultancy work (ERP software implementation) and most work in English so would hope I could get something in that field.
Relevant to this thread, sort of:
www.catalannews.com
I think this is what was called the "Beckham law" or something like that, which will soon come to an end. Probably was only used by high rollers, but I know we have a few of them in this thread
rp2000
Spain to end 'golden visas' granting residency to investors who spend €500k on housing
PM Pedro Sánchez announces termination of scheme that has benefited 10,000 people since 2013
I think this is what was called the "Beckham law" or something like that, which will soon come to an end. Probably was only used by high rollers, but I know we have a few of them in this thread
rp2000
Relevant to this thread, sort of:
Spain to end 'golden visas' granting residency to investors who spend €500k on housing
PM Pedro Sánchez announces termination of scheme that has benefited 10,000 people since 2013
I think this is what was called the "Beckham law" or something like that, which will soon come to an end. Probably was only used by high rollers, but I know we have a few of them in this thread
rp2000
Haha no, the Golden Visa was different. It just meant that spending €500k meant you automatically got a visa which allowed you to work.
I am 100% not qualified at that level
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giving a visa to those investing in property does seem a flawed idea.
however letting people with large amounts of disposable income get a visa, as much as it seems "unfair" to me from an ethical POV, it does make sense.
Rich people spend a lot of money so help the local economy so are a benefit to the country they reside in.
Morally it sucks however as it just means rich people get to do what they want whilst everyone else is stuffed.
same as it ever was.
however letting people with large amounts of disposable income get a visa, as much as it seems "unfair" to me from an ethical POV, it does make sense.
Rich people spend a lot of money so help the local economy so are a benefit to the country they reside in.
Morally it sucks however as it just means rich people get to do what they want whilst everyone else is stuffed.
same as it ever was.
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Yeah, it's a weird balancing act. You want to attract people who are going to boost the economy, and people at a level to drop €500k cash into a house are certainly going to be at that level.
On the flip side it massively ramps up house values for locals and prices them out.
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just spit balling and maybe there is a huge flaw here, but maybe the 180 day rule needs turning on its head.
ie instead of that being a max you are allowed to be in the country for, it needs to be a minimum, that way people actually buy a property to be a home and not a holiday pad.
Also maybe people who are not naturalised into the country they are in are not allowed to buy 2nd properties in that country.,..... so they are allowed to live there and contribute to the economy, but not hoover up all the properties.
Not sure if derailing, if so i can back out... but it is something i am interested in as i always wanted to retired out in Spain or one of the Balearic islands (that being said..... i doubt i would be rich enough anyway but you never know)
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Also in theory (theory being a great thing and all), those coming in on that rule are unlikely to be a burden on the state