Proof of income for residency

[purpleflower]

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

I agree with Stravinsky and xabiachica. You, as an EU citizen, won't need to prove you have enough money to live here.

What is enough will depend on you, what you need/ would like and where you want to live. In general you'll get better value for money in the north and inland than on the coast...

The biggest obstacle will be getting work and please don't say "I'll do anything" as we've got over 5 million Spaniards saying the same and they're still out of work. Research your job opportunities throughly before you come, and if you're going to depend on you finding employment to make this move work, please make sure you've got a steady permanent job lined up.

Thankyou Pesky, will my husband need to prove he has enough money to live in Spain to get residency or does he not have to because I am an EU citizen?

I understand about the work situation, we wont be dependent on me getting work, we will live modestly using my partner's pension and we do have savings to fall back on, the work will be for extras etc, thankyou again for your advice

[Solwriter]

Hi Purpleflower
have you read this thread...
Non EU nationals becoming residents in Spain
It explains the process your husband needs to go through to become resident as your spouse.

[baldilocks]

To give you another take on cost of living. We (myself, wife, mother-in-law, two dogs and a bird) live very comfortably on about €600 per month BUT we own our house outright (no mortgage nor rent), we don't eat out (except rarely on special occasions or we are away from home for a short break/holiday or for the day) don't inhabit the bars. We live in a village and our local taxes (including water, sewerage, refuse collection + car tax) are quite low. We have an economical workhorse of a car (Citroen Berlingo) that takes us all plus one or two visitors plus luggage plus invalid scooter (not fast but capacious).

As you can see from the heading to this post, we live inland in a mountain village surrounded by a warm and welcoming local population, fine scenery (for pics see my albums) and peace and quiet. We have very quickly become part of the help-each-other network common in villages. The neighbours are frequently bringing round surplus produce from their huertas (sort of allotment cum smallholding) and, in return we make cakes (we have a gas oven with a thermostat), jams, marmalade (bitter oranges off the trees in the street picked for us and delivered by the local police - saves having the kids kicking them around and making a mess!).

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by purpleflower

Thankyou for your reply Stravinsky, the pension amount is much less than that but our needs are modest so hopefully we can find somewhere that will allow us to survive for a while until I can find work. As long as we dont have to prove a certain income per month that is higher than we have then hopefully we should be fine, we do have savings to fall back on though if times are tough.

If money is tight then, you need to take into consideration the different costs of living in different parts of Spain. From what I pick up on forums all the time, the CDS and around there is more expensive than the Costa Blanca North for instance. I experienced this myself when we went down to Cadiz, Sevilla and up to Cordoba

Up here I know of people that say they live on €1000 a month. The rent or mortgage is probably going to be the telling factor. I see flats for rent in Oliva town for €300 a month, but that is probably not what you are looking for

[baldilocks]

In this area you can get a 2BR flat with garage space for €350 /month up to €450 for 5Br w/communal pool, parking etc.

[purpleflower]

Originally Posted by Solwriter

Hi Purpleflower
have you read this thread...
Non EU nationals becoming residents in Spain
It explains the process your husband needs to go through to become resident as your spouse.

Thankyou Solwriter, will give it a read

[purpleflower]

Thankyou for your reply Baldilocks, its sounds like a lovely community you live in

[purpleflower]

Thankyou Stravinsky

Dear Sir/Madam, please be careful to secure correct advice and not ill-informed opinions about your husband-to-be and his right of entry, work etc. Google Eu rights and you will find excellent Eu websites which should put your mind at rest.
As you will see he has rights very similar to an Eu citizen - once he attains his residency. He must navigate the 'system' first. Best wishes.

Martin

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by Martin Nugent

Dear Sir/Madam, please be careful to secure correct advice and not ill-informed opinions about your husband-to-be and his right of entry, work etc. Google Eu rights and you will find excellent Eu websites which should put your mind at rest.
As you will see he has rights very similar to an Eu citizen - once he attains his residency. He must navigate the 'system' first. Best wishes.

Martin

I don't think anyone here gave any 'ill-informed opinions '

in fact we all said pretty much the same as you....................