"Next day residency appointments in Alicante city", Euro Weekly News, 07 | 11 | 2019 - Noticia

Instead of going to the main police stations in Orihuela, Torrevieja, Denia and Benidorm it is now possible to take advantage of this new resource in Alicante city. The Spanish authorities have issued a reminder that it is possible to organise next day residency appointments in Alicante city via the Spanish Government website. ... The appointments can also be used to apply for “caracter permanente” for anyone who has been resident for more than five years.

 

"Have your say: Should all Britons in Spain be eligible to vote in the UK general election?", The Local, 06 | 11 | 2019 - Opinión (Editor)

Thousands of Britons living in Spain won't be able to vote in the crucial UK General Election on December 12th, because of the 15-year rule. Do you think that's wrong? Tell us how it feels to lose the right to vote.

 

"Benefits cheat, 63, ‘unable to walk’ claimed £40k while living in Spain", The Sun, 06 | 11 | 2019 - Noticia

...Jones was spared jail after she was overpaid a total of £41,467.19 in disability living allowance (DLA), housing benefit, and council tax benefit between 2012 and 2017 ... Jayne Bryan, prosecuting, said of her interview last year: "She was to say initially that she only visited Spain about once every three months and stayed with her cousin, and latterly friends. She denied ever living permanently in Spain. When shown the flight details and other evidence she accepted that in fact she had spent long periods of time in Spain, but didn't accept that she had ever lived there - despite having a registered address in Malaga."

 

"Dealing with Brexit a Marbella presentation", Euro Weekly News, 05 | 11 | 2019 - Noticia

...the Marbella Council with the British Consulate in Malaga have organised a public talk on Tuesday November 12. ... Currently some 4,000 Brits are registered as residents in the city but the number who still need to register is much higher and an explanation on why this is important will be given.

 

«"The vast majority of British citizens living here are angry about the Brexit situation"», Sur in English, 04 | 11 | 2019 - Entrevista (Ricardo Bocanegra, Lawyer and specialist in matters affecting foreign residents)

He says UK nationals who live outside their own country will be those most affected by Britain's withdrawal from the EU

 

«Andalucía, en el ojo del “huracán Brexit”», Andalucia Información, 01 | 11 | 2019 - Noticia

La salida de Reino Unido de la Unión Europea puede afectar a la economía de Andalucía porque se trata del cuarto país que más aporta a nuestra balanza comercial”, detallan desde la Junta de Andalucía... Son decenas de miles los ciudadanos andaluces y británicos a los que el Brexit afecta directa y personalmente. ... En Andalucía la colonia británica asciende a 75.372 personas. Son la tercera comunidad de extranjeros más numerosa en la comunidad, tras rumanos y marroquíes. En su mayoría son jubilados de entre 55 y 79 años y un 60 por ciento se concentra en 20 municipios. Estos ciudadanos están en su derecho de solicitar la residencia en España. “Y es lo más aconsejable si piensan permanecer durante más de tres meses tras la salida del Reino Unido, porque así se garantizarán sus derechos de Seguridad Social”, comunican desde la Junta.

 

"The 'Brexit election': How Britons in Europe can register for a proxy or postal vote", The Local, 30 | 10 | 2019 - Reportaje

With a UK to hold the "most important election in a generation" on December 12th, Brits in the EU are being urged to register to vote. Here are your options for voting from overseas.

 

"And what about us, Boris?", Costa News, 30 | 10 | 2019 - Noticia

A veteran British MP has raised concerns that there is no reference to Britons living in Europe in Boris Johnson’s European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill. During the second reading of the Bill last Tuesday, Sir Roger Gale told the House of Commons: “I spent the greater part of last night reading the Bill and the explanatory notes. “I found reference to European Union citizens living in the United Kingdom and to Swiss nationals but, scour as I could, I found not one word of comfort for United Kingdom citizens living abroad in Europe.”

 

"Lucky? It takes a lot of effort to pursue the 'expat' dream in Spain", The Local, 28 | 10 | 2019 - Opinión (Sue Wilson, Chair of Bremain in Spain)

Sue Wilson explores how expats in Spain are viewed from back home and explains that it takes more than just luck to retire here.

 

"La sombra del Brexit amenaza la inversión en turismo residencial", La Opinión de Málaga, 27 | 10 | 2019 - Noticia

La alargada sombra del Brexit, más abonada que nunca a la incertidumbre y a la falta de decisiones en firme, se hace notar ya en la Costa del Sol... la indecisión de los inversores británicos y, en especial, de aquellos que pensaban adquirir una vivienda para disfrute vacacional es el síntoma más palpable, según se desprende de las impresiones de voces ... autorizadas... se está a la expectativa ... El presidente de la Federación de Asociaciones de Extranjeros de la Costa del Sol ... explicó que «lo primero que se está detectando es un incremento enorme entre los británicos a la hora de solicitar el certificado de registro de ciudadano de la Unión Europea que supone el permiso de residencia». ... avisó de que «quienes entre los británicos que residen aquí cuenten con permiso de residencia con anterioridad al Brexit no tendrán, prácticamente, ningún problema y a quienes están trabajando se les respetará su trabajo, solo tienen que solicitar un nuevo permiso; pero los que quieran venir después del Brexit por primera vez a España lo van a tener casi imposible». ... «otro tema muy interesante es el de los permisos de conducir británicos...».

 

"Number of Britons leaving for Europe hits a 10-year high", The Guardian, 26 | 10 | 2019 - Noticia

The analysis ... also found that the number of British people signing up for German citizenship had risen significantly. ... Daniel Tetlow, co-author of the study ... said that behind the figures lay the emergence of “a new social phenomenon in British identity”. “...because of Brexit almost all of them feel a new motivation in being active Europeans, and no less British as a result”...

 

"Expat resident numbers rise for first time in six years in Malaga", Euro Weekly News, 26 | 10 | 2019 - Noticia

...according to new figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística)... The highest increase in British population is in Mijas. ... Council sources say they hope a large part of the unregistered, floating population will join the census over the next few days or weeks when the outcome of Brexit becomes clearer.

 

"Más País invoca la nueva política y presume de lista coral en el ático de una candidata",  La Opinión de Málaga, 25 | 10 | 2019 - Noticia

«Hace un tiempo nos sorprendía la noticia de que en los depósitos de cadáveres de esta provincia hay extranjeros a los que no reclama nadie, ese modelo territorial al que hemos llegado en el que en la punta de aquel monte en Mijas vive un finlandés solo tiene que terminar; proponemos -y se puede llegar a acuerdos internacionales para ello- que la Costa del Sol también se convierta en una residencia de mayores a la que acudan personas de variados países y no solo haya enfermos terminales», expuso la que fuera azote del gilismo.