Non EU nationals becoming residents in Spain

[joshjadavies]

I am currently in the process of applying for a civil partnership visa in the UK. Once it's approved, can we both live and work in Spain?

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by joshjadavies

I am currently in the process of applying for a civil partnership visa in the UK. Once it's approved, can we both live and work in Spain?

are you or your partner a UK citizen? (or other EU)

a UK citizen has the right to live & work in Spain, and an non-EU spouse or civil partner of an UK citizen does too - but has to apply for residency as such & will then have the same rights



actually finding work would be a different matter...........

[joshjadavies]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

are you or your partner a UK citizen? (or other EU)

a UK citizen has the right to live & work in Spain, and an non-EU spouse or civil partner of an UK citizen does too - but has to apply for residency as such & will then have the same rights

actually finding work would be a different matter...........

Yep my girlfriend has a British passport.

[joshjadavies]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

are you or your partner a UK citizen? (or other EU)

a UK citizen has the right to live & work in Spain, and an non-EU spouse or civil partner of an UK citizen does too - but has to apply for residency as such & will then have the same rights

actually finding work would be a different matter...........

I have the paper work for my British gf to sponsor me to move to the UK and it all seems very straight forward. One question, we are applying from Canada, does anyone know how long we have to live in the UK before we can both travel to Spain to live and work?

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by joshjadavies

I have the paper work for my British gf to sponsor me to move to the UK and it all seems very straight forward. One question, we are applying from Canada, does anyone know how long we have to live in the UK before we can both travel to Spain to live and work?

it's two separate issues

having permission to live & work in the UK has no bearing on any rights you may have in Spain - nor vice versa


you could move to Spain tomorrow & start the process here, as long as you fulfil Spain's requirements

[joshjadavies]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

it's two separate issues

having permission to live & work in the UK has no bearing on any rights you may have in Spain - nor vice versa

you could move to Spain tomorrow & start the process here, as long as you fulfil Spain's requirements

Do you have any more info on Spain's requirements? Or how we register our partnership there. The UK website has all the forms and is very easy but Spain is very difficult.

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by joshjadavies

Do you have any more info on Spain's requirements? Or how we register our partnership there. The UK website has all the forms and is very easy but Spain is very difficult.

go back to the beginning of this thread........... as much information as is available is there ....................

[joshjadavies]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

go back to the beginning of this thread........... as much information as is available is there ....................

Sorry if I am still mis-understanding, the info at the beginning of the post is great, I'll paste it again below just so I'm not mistaken.

The problem is my girlfriend and I live in Canada, not the UK, so in the 5 points below in what is needed to apply step 3 says a "certificate of our civil partnership". This is what we don't have, which is why my original question was if we were to go to England and register our partnership, how long do we have to stay before we could move to Spain.

Also, below it says we have to have proof we live together for atleast a year. In Canada we have this, but we don't have our relationship registered in the UK.

Our goal is to move to Spain not the UK but I'm still confused how we can do this without going to the UK first and registering our partnership?

Info From Beginning of Post:

"t's the same for any non-EU national spouse of a EU citizen (be they Spanish, British, German, etc.)

This information was current in November 2011.
The information sheet is: http://extranjeros.mtin.es/es/Inform...entos2/103.pdf

The application form is: http://extranjeros.mtin.es/es/Modelo...omunitario.pdf

Briefly translating the required documents, you must bring:

1. The application and a copy (always bring at least two copies of all this documentation to be safe!)
2. The original passport and a copy of your entire passport.
3. A recent (issued within the last 3 months) copy of your marriage certificate or certificate of being a civil partnership and copy.
4. The original and a copy of the EU-citizen spouse's documentation (If Spanish, their DNI)
5. Three recent photographs "tamaño carné"

* While it's not listed on the info sheet they asked us for an empadronamiento indicating that we had been living together at least one year.

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by joshjadavies

Sorry if I am still mis-understanding, the info at the beginning of the post is great, I'll paste it again below just so I'm not mistaken.

The problem is my girlfriend and I live in Canada, not the UK, so in the 5 points below in what is needed to apply step 3 says a "certificate of our civil partnership". This is what we don't have, which is why my original question was if we were to go to England and register our partnership, how long do we have to stay before we could move to Spain.

Also, below it says we have to have proof we live together for atleast a year. In Canada we have this, but we don't have our relationship registered in the UK.

Our goal is to move to Spain not the UK but I'm still confused how we can do this without going to the UK first and registering our partnership?

Info From Beginning of Post:

"t's the same for any non-EU national spouse of a EU citizen (be they Spanish, British, German, etc.)

This information was current in November 2011.
The information sheet is: http://extranjeros.mtin.es/es/Inform...entos2/103.pdf

The application form is: http://extranjeros.mtin.es/es/Modelo...omunitario.pdf

Briefly translating the required documents, you must bring:

1. The application and a copy (always bring at least two copies of all this documentation to be safe!)
2. The original passport and a copy of your entire passport.
3. A recent (issued within the last 3 months) copy of your marriage certificate or certificate of being a civil partnership and copy.
4. The original and a copy of the EU-citizen spouse's documentation (If Spanish, their DNI)
5. Three recent photographs "tamaño carné"

* While it's not listed on the info sheet they asked us for an empadronamiento indicating that we had been living together at least one year.

I'll say it again

registering in Spain has NOTHING to do with the UK

you have to be able to prove the relationship to the satisfaction of the Spanish authorites

to register as parejas de hecho & get a 'certificate of civil partnership' in Spain - yes, you can get it in Spain - I believe you need to prove that you have been living together for whatever the required period is - it doesn't matter where


can you not register as civil partners in Canada, since you live there?

[joshjadavies]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

I'll say it again

registering in Spain has NOTHING to do with the UK

you have to be able to prove the relationship to the satisfaction of the Spanish authorites

to register as parejas de hecho & get a 'certificate of civil partnership' in Spain - yes, you can get it in Spain - I believe you need to prove that you have been living together for whatever the required period is - it doesn't matter where

can you not register as civil partners in Canada, since you live there?

Thanks very much, I'll look into that.