Residency in Menorca - Page 2

I have not heard about a temporary visa so cannot comment on that.

I had heard unofficially that Spain is working with the U.K. and will not make it difficult for life to continue with people who have homes and visit the country.

Sorry temporary residency 

That won’t be possible, you will either have to become residents and pay your taxes in Spain or stick to the 90 day rule I’m afraid.

Honestly you would not believe this.  I tried to get back to menorca because my daughter was stuck in the house , no money and no food and all my flights I had been cancelled due to the virus.  My residencia card was not sufficient enough to get to my home. I had to email the ayuntamiento to send a copy of my address which was the one thing I needed to get back here . I phoned the spanny embassy in London and they said I could get back to menorca with this piece of green little paper that has really had it's days. I would of been rejected without the padrón , the empadronamiento. A certicate that says you live here. Otherwise I might of been turned away and sent back to England. If you really want to get your residencias then I will help you but if your being told you have to go to mahon and not the ayuntamiento in your area then I presume you have to go to mahon.  It can be done and you pay something like a few euros paid from an account for a document then back to the office to queue again. Haha

I think we might just have to hold our breath and hope it’s a positive outcome for all of us, I don’t think spend anymore time worrying about it ! 

Hi Tamara thank you for your reply, we already have a “certificat d’empadronament” issued from sant lluis townhall and we have NIE certificates but various people keep telling me that is not enough, I’m confused ! 

Exactly. Why do we have to put in Advanced Passenger Information. With bio-metric passports, they know everything. I certainly wouldn’t like to be stopped at the airport for overstaying my time and either be deported, fined or stopped from coming back again. 

Regarding ‘non residents’ in Spain come January 2021...

There is no magic plan to legally extend your stay more than 90 days in any 180, unless you become full time Spanish residents, along with everything that entails...and there is much to consider!

I believe Spain would like to make it easier for Brits to extend their stay beyond the 90 day restrictions, but I fear Brussels will object to any softening of the rules as the UK has the audacity to leave the union. This may well cause friction between Spain and the EU. However, we shall need to wait and see what transpires come January.

As a home owner in Menorca, I feel we must either comply with the 90 day rule (they seem to now be in a position to track entries into Spain via the passport scanning system) or take the huge step to be one full tax paying residents.

Having looked into this, I believe we would be financially worse off as Spanish residents, given the lower tax threshold vs UK and the taxation on global assets and all the complexities and costs of accountancy which goes along with that.

2021 will be interesting and may require us all (UK citizens) to be more cautious and prescriptive with what time we spend in the EU.

Thank you for your very comprehensive reply, it was most helpful, albeit not really what I wanted to hear. I think we will just have to hold our breath and hope for an amicable agreement, I’ll be the blue person sat in the corner!