Kalli wrote on Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:14pm:
I'm so glad this thread has been "reinvigorated"! There are so many interesting comments on it.
Re British people moving to Spain to live after Brexit: as things stand, there are a different set of rules for immigrants from non EU countries. The financial requirements are much higher, a single person moving to Spain requires 400% of IPREM (Spanish minimum wage) which currently would be an a...
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...nnual income of €25,816. Each additional family member would add €6,454 to that sum. Especially at present, with the current £/€ exchange rate, many retired people from the UK would not qualify. There are other requirements too, see Jim's Guides accessed from the RHS of this page.
Will Spain (be able to) make a special case for British people? A year or two ago, Britain considered bringing in legislation that required immigrants to the UK to have paid into the UK system for 6 months before they were entitled to any benefits. UK born people would not need to. The EU would not allow that because it is discriminatory. Therefore, it seems unlikely to me that the gods of the EU would let Spain have a different set of rules for UK immigrants after Brexit. Although, Spain being Spain, would probably say OK to the EU and do what they wanted anyway!
I'm replying to my own post. The figures quoted above are correct for immigrants from a non EU country. It's a shame I didn't take my own advice and consult Jim's Guides before writing it! Spain put out an official bulletin re no deal back on 25 March and Jim has gone through it bit by bit.
British nationals have 21 months from the date of Brexit to apply for residency authorisation or, if they already have it, change to a foreigners identity card. After that the non EU country rules will apply - unless Spain then makes a new resolution to make UK nationals a special case.
Here's the link:
Jim's Guide - New legislation re the no-deal Brexit law