Relocating to Spain and work

Alison74 wrote on Mon Oct 2, 2023 5:42pm:

My husband and I are both 49 and are wanting to leave the UK and come to Spain. We have a small property to sell and would still want to work. We are looking in the Malaga province. I am a Chiropodist and my husband is a manager of respite services, but we were hoping to come out and possibly wor...

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...k for ourselves in a small cafe as we have both worked in hospitality before. We have heard horror stories of needing hundreds of thousands of pounds to move and just wanted some genuine advice on the reality of moving to Spain and still needing to work. Thanks in advance for your help. 

Bryan61 wrote on Mon Oct 9, 2023 12:27pm:

As far as I am aware unless you are an EU national you cannot work in Spain without a visa. To be able to work you can obtain a Golden Visa which means an investment of euros 0.5 million in either property, a business or other investments. The Golden visa costs about 4,000 euros to obtain and you...

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... will need a reliable lawyer to organise this for you.

The other way is a Non-Lucrative visa but I am not sure this gives you the right to work in Spain.

AliCee wrote on Mon Oct 9, 2023 10:08am:

We moved last year but we have retired early so no requirement to work. But we used Chris at upsticks.es for all the form filling and advice.  He has a lot if contacts.  We feel it was well worth paying someone to do this as we have heard about some people constantly sending forms backw...

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...ards and forwards, both costly and time consuming, especially when you are trying to co-ordinate a house sale into the mix!  It cuts the stress!  They have a lot of  helpful videos on YouTube too!  All I know about moving and working is that you can only take a job that has first been advertised to the Spanish, then Europeans, and if they still can’t find someone it is opened to third countries, like UK. You may have more luck with your chiropody than working in a cafe!  Sorry I can’t help any more. 

Bryan61 wrote on Mon Oct 9, 2023 12:27pm:

As far as I am aware unless you are an EU national you cannot work in Spain without a visa. To be able to work you can obtain a Golden Visa which means an investment of euros 0.5 million in either property, a business or other investments. The Golden visa costs about 4,000 euros to obtain and you...

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... will need a reliable lawyer to organise this for you.

The other way is a Non-Lucrative visa but I am not sure this gives you the right to work in Spain.

Jean pye wrote on Mon Oct 9, 2023 2:56pm:

Hi Brian 

Do you know how much you need to live in Spain im retired and to obtain a residencia Please ?