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Originally Posted by mrypg9
So......we're moving to Andalucia in November and intend to stay for the foreseeable future. We'll be renting, not buying.
Obviously we'll comply with all Spanish legal requirements as I have done here but I'm curious as to how the authorities in Spain check up on whether you are 'legal' or not.
I currently live in the Czech Republic, don't work but fly back to the UK regularly - roughly once a month - and although I have a residence permit here, I can't see how I could be checked on as my passport is never stamped when I arrive at the airport.
We'll bring a car over with us and it will be lhd but on UK plates as we bought it from a UK company which delivered it to the Czech Republic direct from the German manufacturer, VW. If it's a legal requirement, we'll register it here but how can the police tell how long you've had the vehicle in Spain?
I ask these questions not to avoid complying with the rules and regulations but because I spent a lot of time and money here doing the right thing only to find that a) no-one has ever asked me to produce the documents I was obliged to acquire and b) an awful lot of expats here just don't seem to bother to get these documents.
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Police checks are normal here. If you're talking about your car ..... then it will probably be illegal from the day you arrive here from what you say unless it has a current MOT and tax in the UK. The onus will be on you. If you get stopped and asked for your paperwork in the car it will be fairly obvious that you live here, and they will then want to know why the car is on UK plates. You can say, oh we've only just arrived here, but then you have to prove when you bought the car into the country, and if its more than 60 days then you risk having your car crushed.
In Spain, if you are a resident then you cannot drive a UK plated car. If you are, and its not MOT'd in the UK then your insurance will be invalid, as it should be legal in the country of registration.
As regards your residence cert .... you need it more and more here for administration in addition to your NIE. Again, Police can stop you and check at any time