Please can anyone tell me the requirements for say someone coming to live in Spain from South Africa permanently. My Friend said " Spain would not finalise residency unless I had emigrated from SA" . Is this statement true as I came to Spain in 2008 and had not yet emigrated from my original Country of residence, also being South Africa and I was registered in the Foreign Residents Register without any problems. I only emigrated in 2013 from South Africa.
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David
Obtaining Residency in Spain from another country outside the EU
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Re: Obtaining Residency in Spain from another country outside the EU
I am an Eu passport holder but was living in Asia prior to moving to Spain. I still hold my residency card for the other country and renewed it in December as I still spend a few months per year there.
The only point where my previous residency was noted was on the padron at the town hall. They asked me where I had moved from (i.e. where in Spain, when I said outside Spain they just noted the country) and it was written on the Padron cert (including any subsequent certs I need issued). The actually residency registration at the Policia Nacional nobody asked me where I was coming from, they were just bothered whether I had the right to live here (EU passport, income, healthcare).
Having said all of the above I cannot answer for a non EU passport holder
The only point where my previous residency was noted was on the padron at the town hall. They asked me where I had moved from (i.e. where in Spain, when I said outside Spain they just noted the country) and it was written on the Padron cert (including any subsequent certs I need issued). The actually residency registration at the Policia Nacional nobody asked me where I was coming from, they were just bothered whether I had the right to live here (EU passport, income, healthcare).
Having said all of the above I cannot answer for a non EU passport holder
Re: Obtaining Residency in Spain from another country outside the EU
Third country rules like america?
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