If you are planning to permanently relocate to Spain and apply to become a Spanish resident, you may well be bringing a vehicle with you as part of your “goods and chattels”. While it’s quite well known that there are taxes to be paid when importing a vehicle, under certain circumstances, you may be able…
We’ve all had that awful sinking feeling when you go to grab that all-important document (passport, driving licence, bank card etc), and it’s not where you KNOW you left it. Or your trusty A4 green residency certificate is falling to pieces on the creases or worst of all, you’re the victim of theft. While organising…
How much money you need to prove “economic” stability for a EU residency application in Spain? Find out more.
Need an NIE number quickly? Use a ‘poder’ or Power of Attorney to speed up the process NIE stands for “Numero de Identidad Extranjero” and is a bit like a UK national insurance number, but used for a different purpose in Spain. An NIE is pretty much essential for getting anything official done in Spain,…
With the UK leaving the EU, from 1st January 2021 the status of UK registered vehicles within Europe changed overnight, with huge implications for customs, VAT and import duties. Now a ‘third country’, UK registered vehicles (except those registered in Northern Ireland at the moment) have to go through one of three different import processes;…
