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Spain Eases Visa Requirements For Brits.

Posted on 12th November 2022

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Quite a few Brits must be rather annoyed after reading this report on EuroNews.

Apparently, Spain has decided that it wants to allow people from the UK to stay indefinitely, rather than be limited to 90 days, as it is at the moment, although it needs permission from the EU to change this rule.

There were quite a lot of Brits who moved to Spain when the UK was part of the EU, for retirement or simply for a better lifestyle. Some of them didn't apply for permanent residence in Spain, and after Brexit were forced to leave, in many cases having to sell their property there. Now, however, there is the prospect that they can again live in Spain, and they must be asking why the Spanish government didn't change the visa rules for Brits sooner, so that they didn't have to move and sell up. Many may decide to move back to Spain once the rule has been changed, but some will probably be deterred by the cost of moving and buying property again. Property prices in Spain took a bit of a dive because of the exodus of Brits, and buying again now will be more expensive than the prices they got when they sold.