hi everyone
I posted on here a few months ago about residency:
http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/1226889-applying-residency.html
It seems the thread went somewhat awry while I was otherwise occupied
Anyway, things have moved on a bit, and I am becoming more and more convinced that, in order to continue to enjoy the rights of an EU citizen (and in due course perhaps to renounce my British citizenship and apply for Spanish), I need to move to Spain in 2018. Failure to do this may, it seems, make it impossible to use Spanish healthcare (reimbursed by NHS) in future years. I want to live in Spain again, but my future income will unfortunately not allow me to afford private health insurance in Spain.
To do this, I have decided that the best option and to return to working as an EFL teacher in Spain, as I did for some years over 20 years ago (I am now 53). This has been tough, as my current job in the UK is fairly prestigious, and going back to EFL work in Spain will mean a cut in salary of about 75%, and (obviously) far worse working conditions.
I'm very interested to know what the take of Brits actually living in Spain now is on all this, and how our rights are likely to be affected by Brexit. From what I have gathered, it seems that current arrangements under which Brits' healthcare is reimbursed by the NHS will continue for those already resident in Spain (and presumably for those who are resident by March 2019)?
As you can imagine, it is a huge decision to make. All input gratefully received
I posted on here a few months ago about residency:
http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/1226889-applying-residency.html
It seems the thread went somewhat awry while I was otherwise occupied
Anyway, things have moved on a bit, and I am becoming more and more convinced that, in order to continue to enjoy the rights of an EU citizen (and in due course perhaps to renounce my British citizenship and apply for Spanish), I need to move to Spain in 2018. Failure to do this may, it seems, make it impossible to use Spanish healthcare (reimbursed by NHS) in future years. I want to live in Spain again, but my future income will unfortunately not allow me to afford private health insurance in Spain.
To do this, I have decided that the best option and to return to working as an EFL teacher in Spain, as I did for some years over 20 years ago (I am now 53). This has been tough, as my current job in the UK is fairly prestigious, and going back to EFL work in Spain will mean a cut in salary of about 75%, and (obviously) far worse working conditions.
I'm very interested to know what the take of Brits actually living in Spain now is on all this, and how our rights are likely to be affected by Brexit. From what I have gathered, it seems that current arrangements under which Brits' healthcare is reimbursed by the NHS will continue for those already resident in Spain (and presumably for those who are resident by March 2019)?
As you can imagine, it is a huge decision to make. All input gratefully received