Spanish resident - how long can I spend in UK

not sure but no more than half a year I understand, in any tax year.

Under the new system, if you’re an EU, EEA and Swiss citizen, you can continue to come to the UK as a visitor without applying for a visa and in most cases, will be able to stay for up to six months.

Hope this helps

I assume from the way the question was put that the poster was

UK or Irish Citezen and w3ants to stay in UK as long as possible without becoming resident and maybe losing His/ Her Spanish residency

Hi 

Yes that is correct I am trying to confirm the number of days in UK before reverting back the UK residency.  I have conflicting information; 

A) I can spend less than 180 days year and not be resident

B) the number of days has to be averaged over 4 years and is then only 93 days in a year.  So I am not sure why it is not 93 per year to start with. It is confusing.

thanks for any clarification

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rdr3-statutory-residence-test-srt/guidance-note-for-statutory-residence-test-srt-rdr3

Looking at this it is not the easiest of things to understand.

it might be easiest to ring the taxman in UK or Embassy in Spain and ask, remember Spain and Uk have an agreement on tax so that hopefully should not be a problem.

Please post results of your question so others can benefit

Once a obtain more information and clarification I will post the answers.

That would be very useful. Thanks in advance.

Hi Jole

I have residency and am planning on returning to the U.K. for 6 months per year until my temporary residency (TIE) becomes permanent in 4 years time….I’ve been a resident for 1 year already. 

The rule is that you have to ‘spend a minimum of 183 days in Spain in any one year’ to keep your residency active. Please note that a ‘year of residency’ is calculated on your acceptance date …. just look at your TIE for the expiry date and this will give you the date the 183 days is calculated from/to eg mine is 4th October. Therefore, from 4 October to 3 October every year I must spend at least 183 days in Spain. Please note, this does not include ‘travel’ days. After 5 years, your residency becomes permanent and you can be out of Spain for up to 5 years. I have had this confirmed by several reliable sources including Brexpats in Spain and CAB Spain.

Hope this helps. 

Maz 

Hi again Jole

just a thought…. This only applies if you got your residency under the Withdrawal Agreement. 

Maz