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As a UK citizen, if you opened a Spanish € bank account using an AirBnB address, (use N26), and stuck a large sum of cash in there, (I can't remember the correct amount but can find it, something like €500 p/m for a year), plus bought private Spanish health insurance for a year (about €200-300 p/m), you'd get residency.
It is certainly not the cheapest way to do it, but we almost did it that way when we were running close to the deadline, before it moved. Either way, it'd cost €75 to get someone to walk you through it, book the appointments and set up the forms.
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Sorry, what's N26? I've never used AirBnB myself.
The 500/month into a bank account is doable. At least you still have the money.
Taking out health insurance though seems a bit pointless if I'm not actually there at the moment. I understand this is likely just a box ticking exercise. I wonder if there's a way to use my current health insurance? Or is it more like an NI contribution you're talking about that essentially pays for their health system? In which case, I don't really mind, especially if I can get over there for a while.it'd cost €75 to get someone to walk you through it, book the appointments and set up the forms.
Do you have any recommendations of someone legit?
hippy
I'm not going to be able to get residency before the end of the year though. I mean, unless that's just paperwork? There's no way I could move all my shit over there fast enough and deal with all the employment issues for two people yada yada that quickly.
I see three options:
move as UK person
move as AU person
move as husband of EU person
These may or may not work but then there's the whole employment and tax thing. I don't want to be doing 6 months in one place and 6 months in another just for tax reasons. I want to move to Spain, maybe rent somewhere for 12 months and see if I want to live there permanently.