Willum
Active Member
I've been looking into that one as well................. now with the French Tourist Visa giving option for some extended touring in EU will come back to UK in Autumn and apply for that
I may have not understood it correctly but so far I don't see any way round proving I have funds available to the tune of €120 per day (per person) if we are touring in the motorhome - that's quite a lot of money to have stashed away. If we did our old routine of 6 months, that would be roughly €43K.
Then there's the question of how much of it you must spend in France. Much as we love touring round the aires ....................
ps Hi Eric. Hope all's well.
So our other option, until this Agreement is, or is not, ratified would be to apply for the French six month Tourist Visa, for Motorhomers there is a way of getting around the financial requirements but it involves a lot of administration to explain your circumstances, however, there are a lot who have successfully obtained the French Visa. Unfortunately we have not done anything on this as we had to return to UK earlier than scheduled as my mother has been seriously ill, by the time we returned she had been given less than a week to live but she has survived. She spent 5 weeks in hospital and is now in a Nursing Home, we have been very busy getting all of this sorted and to be honest it has been quite an elongated and stressful experience. We now have 9 weeks left here in the UK before we return to Spain again so hopefully the driving licence issue will be sorted in that time so we can start the NLV process when we return again in April.
I believe that the Spanish are wanting something else, not associated with driving licences, perhaps to do with Gibraltar and the British Government are not prepared to compromise. Once you apply for a Spanish Licence, which is via the Spanish DGT they issue a receipt so that you can continue to drive until ‘they’ produce the Spanish Licence, all they do is notify DVLA on your behalf that the UK Licence is no longer valid and has been exchanged for a Spanish one, unless that procedure has changed
We are basically all set up already in Spain, just need to get the NLV and then apply for the Residence Permit, job done, but their are some aspects of life in Spain where we would need a car as local transportation is limited where we are if we need to get to hospital. We have considered a move to Portugal or France but they too have different requirements that make permanent residency a little more complicated, whilst other aspects are beneficial, so it is a bit of a minefield really.Living back in the UK on a permanent basis would be our least favourable option, the Country is rapidly becoming worse and worse in every aspect, Financially and Practically, the NHS is not just on it’s knees, it is close to being delivered the last ‘Rites’ itself, Utilities and Public Services are getting worse, Transportation, Law & Order. Why is it the only G7 member country that is in decline, everyone else suffered Covid and Food shortages not just the UK, Oh yes, they don’t have to suffer the ongoing chaos that has been caused by Brexshit, the word that the Conservative Government never mention when they discuss the Economic Crisis, everything is caused by Covid and the war in Ukraine in their eyes. So is Spain a picture of tranquility and harmony, no, it has it’s own issues but nowhere near as bad as the UK and it is a darn sight warmer for the majority of the year
