hilaryskitchen wrote on Thu Jan 7, 2021 12:08pm:
Hi Mitch
My understanding is that Spain & other EU countries could allow non EU home owners a visa that allows them to spend more time in there holiday homes without an EU law change, the current 90 day rule only applies to EU Countries who have ...
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...signed the Schengen Agreement so if a Spainish holiday home owner wanted to holiday in France for 14 days this would automatically reduce the time that they can spend in there Spanish holiday home, but they can visit a EU Country like Croatia as they are not currently a member of the Schengen Agreement without affecting there 90 days in Spain so there is scope for different rules within the EU community.
As for the UK rejoining the EU well that's not going to happen I agree lots of people didn't bother to vote in the referendum but as a demecratic country the Goverment must abide by that result, and before anybody asks we owned property in Spain before the referendum took place and we voted remain in that referendum.
We have no intention of selling our holiday home but I will continue to campaign for the 180 day rule as we pay our Spanish non residence tax on our Villa and contribute to the Spanish, Mazarron & Murcian area economy and would happily pay extra on our tax for a visa that allows us more time in Spain, bars and restaurants will survive but I'm convinced that in the future the 90 day rule will have an impact on what countries people decide to buy holiday homes in future years.
Phil.
Totally agree