Since the UK left the European Union, British passport holders have been subject to more stringent rules regarding their travel documents. Fall foul of these new rules and you may find yourself having problems when travelling and potentially with a visa application. While UK passport holders still enjoy visa-free travel to the EU for 90…
A vital free service to foreign residents since 1985 – find out more! Mijas is a municipality in Malaga province in Andalucia, lying between Fuengirola and Marbella. Mijas now has nearly 90,000 registered residents, more than 35% of whom are non-Spanish. The vast majority are British, Scandinavian and German, but in total there are no…
As well as visas, residency applications and vehicle registrations, over the years the Upsticks team have picked up hundreds of top tips for moving countries and the steps you can take to make the process as straightforward and stress free as possible. In no particular order, here we share our Top 10 tips to make…
August in Spain – where is everyone? The answer to that is that the world and his wife goes on holiday in Spain in August, and that applies to the Spaniards themselves, as much as it does to the tourists that flock to the second most popular holiday destination in the world. Schools and universities…
Say hello to EES, the EU Entry/Exit system – currently due to go live October 2024 At roughly the same time as ETIAS rolls out, the EU will also introduce EES, the EU Entry/Exit system, a security measure designed to monitor the movement of third country nationals into and out of the Schengen area. The…
