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Moving & retiring to Spain? CONSULAR MATTERS
SPAIN is a country with one of the most attractive lifestyles and climates. The healthcare system, quality of life and culture makes living in Spain one of the best places to live at any time in your life. Spain as a member of the EU offers safety and security to its citizens.
Spain also could be the perfect location for setting up your own business. Spain offers you a huge range of opportunities from being a café owner or tradesperson serving other expats and holidaymakers or starting a new online venture.
It can be a wonderful experience to head to Spain for a healthier way of life or any other of the great reasons for making Spain the best place for you to live and work. Whether you are moving here for a career opportunity, working from home, planning for your retirement or you are simply looking for a change, Spain is a great choice.
Following Brexit the UK is now consid ered as a third country so you need a visa to live and/or work here.
At last we now have the Digital Nomad Visa that allows you to work remotely from Spain which makes it much easier to get a residence permit if you comply with the legal requirements.
Of course, we still have the work permit (as an employee and as selfemployed), the nonlucrative visa, the Golden Visa and the student visa amongst others.
Your options depend on your personal and financial situation, so always take advice from a lawyer here in Spain, lawyers are qualified, regulated professionals. Always ask for their bar registration number.
On the coast you will find advisers, consultants and experts ,but you should put your legal matters in hands of professionals with the right expertise to help you. Your peace of mind and your future life deserve it. Of course you can make a visa application without a lawyer.
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and if they spend any money at all it will be on daft advertising campaigns.
And speaking to a human is almost as difficult as getting to see a GP in the UK.
At the age of 101, my mother had to see her doctor for a checkup. At the end of the consultation he decided to check for Alzheimer’s, asking her if she knew the date. She promptly responded with the correct day, date, month and year which elicited the response ‘brilliant’. “No it isnt,” she replied. “You have a large calendar on the wall behind you.” There were no further questions.
A friend’s mother, at 86, gave a similar response. She was then asked who was the Prime Minister, and was gleefully able to respond correctly: “I’ve just been watching news about him on TV!”
Yet another mother, when asked for her birthday: “22nd March.” Doctor: “What year?” Mother: “Every bloody year!”
And talking of nannying, Bill Giles, retired MET forecaster, accused his successors of behaving like nannies for issuing so many storm alerts, saying that the public would soon become immune to them.
Let’s take a quick look at the evidence:
October 15, 1987
Michael Fish denied that a hurricane was on its way just before it arrived in the worst storm for three centuries killing 18 people.
May 25, 2009
The Met Office warned of “a threat of showers and thunderstorms” on Bank Holiday Monday. It turned out to be the hottest day of the year up to then. Resorts lost millions in revenue because visitors were put off by the forecast.
April 30, 2009
The Met Office predicted a ‘barbecue’summer with temperatures exceeding 30C. It rained on 42 summer days and was the wettest July on record.
November 2014
The Met Office reassured councils and the Environment Agency they should expect a ‘drier than usual’ winter. It would be the wettest winter since records began in 1914 and some of the most severe flooding Britain had seen in decades.
Lordy, another lie down needed!
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