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Wanting to move to tenerife

Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 3:18pm
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Mick2401

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Location: Torviscas

Joined: 15 Nov 2021

We are a 60+ couple and would like to move to tenerife , my wife is in a wheelchair and does not walk much at all , I would like to know really everything that needs to be done ,we would prefer to rent a small bungalow or an apartment but on the ground floor , we need to know how the health situation works   also we need to sell our house in the UK,  we know it can't happen overnight , we are coming for hol in May and hope by then to have more of an idea what we need to do , also hope to look at some properties to rent , can you still claim your uk state pension when over there ,like I say we are new to all of this but think my wife could benefit from moving over there , thankyou for any information at all that would help us out

Syl1952

Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2022 10:25pm

Posts: 15

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Location: Los Cristianos

Joined: 24 Oct 2019

Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2022 10:25pm

Mick2401 wrote on Mon Nov 15, 2021 3:18pm:

We are a 60+ couple and would like to move to tenerife , my wife is in a wheelchair and does not walk much at all , I would like to know really everything that needs to be done ,we would prefer to rent a small bungalow or an apartment but on the ground floor , we need to know how the health situa...

...tion works   also we need to sell our house in the UK,  we know it can't happen overnight , we are coming for hol in May and hope by then to have more of an idea what we need to do , also hope to look at some properties to rent , can you still claim your uk state pension when over there ,like I say we are new to all of this but think my wife could benefit from moving over there , thankyou for any information at all that would help us out

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. We want to move to Tenerife or mainland Spain,but, due to being outside the EU, found that you have to jump through MASSIVE hoops. You first have to get a Non Lucrative Visa,this is SO involved, please check all the requirements, then after 4yrs can apply for Residency. Also, please remember, you can only holiday 90 days out of every 180 days (check the Schengan Visa app). Good luck to you both

Mick2401

Posted: Tue Jan 4, 2022 7:18am

Mick2401

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Posts: 2

Location: Torviscas

Joined: 15 Nov 2021

Posted: Tue Jan 4, 2022 7:18am

Syl1952 wrote on Mon Jan 3, 2022 10:25pm:

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. We want to move to Tenerife or mainland Spain,but, due to being outside the EU, found that you have to jump through MASSIVE hoops. You first have to get a Non Lucrative Visa,this is SO involved, please check all the requirements, then after 4yrs can apply for R...

...esidency. Also, please remember, you can only holiday 90 days out of every 180 days (check the Schengan Visa app). Good luck to you both

Thankyou for that , yes after looking further into it ,looks like it is more complicated than we expected,  thankyou again for your reply

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