Getting Residencia in the UK

RichT wrote on Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:00pm:

I can only help with your final point about travel to Spain...

Under the current UK rules, one of the exceptions to the Lockdown is 'any activity relating to moving house' - so you can travel in the UK if it's connected to your house move. However, to travel internationally from the UK, travellers have to inform their carrier of their reason for travel and t...

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...hat this is 'legally permitted'. It's hard to find a definition of 'legally permitted', but from what I've seen, this appears to be for work, medical procedures, legal reasons and on compassionate grounds. You can also travel if you are returning to your place of permanent residence.

Under the Spanish restrictions, my understanding is that no-one from the UK, other than people with permanent residency in Spain, can enter Spain right now (to be reviewed on or before 2nd March). There are areas on both the UK and Spanish government websites that imply this relates to air & sea travel only (implying that this does not apply to overland travel), but that isn't clear.

So, if your residency is granted you will be able to travel to your place of permanent residency under the UK rules and enter Spain under their rules. However, before then it would appear not.

However, these rules are due to be reviewed in the next 2-3 weeks, so may well change.