Comments on: A little of this, a little of that

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:52:29 +0000

Oooh, I’m always so jealous of those with EU citizenship! Europe is your playground! Most people I know have tried ridiculously hard to get residency in Spain, but it just hasn’t worked out. The whole process sets you up for failure. In the end, I somehow managed to make it happen, but I’m not sure how much it helped me since I could only work in one very precise sector. It seems like working illegally is almost easier. Fortunately, now that I’m married, I don’t need to worry about any of it!

By: Seriously Spain

Seriously Spain — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:55:35 +0000

I’m always so thankful I have EU citizenship and not American, so the residency in Spain was so easy. I’ve only met a couple of Americans who’ve even bothered. Most work illegally but as Spain’s economy is just about paralyzed, most of them have gone home already. European isn’t too welcoming to Americans at this point but, then again, with US politics it’s not really surprising.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 05 May 2010 06:54:09 +0000

Yes – I did the paperwork independently by getting a job, which was no small task! It was a long, laborious, expensive process, which apparently no one else manages to get through (so far I’ve never met another American who has managed to get residency (via work) unless they’ve come with some large company). Now we are working on getting married and there is a whole new set of hoops to jump through – in fact, we just got our application more or less rejected last week for presumably no reason at all (which actually doesn’t surprise me given how efficient the processes are here – I could go on and on about this). I’m not concerned that we won’t be able to fix it, but it’s a pain nonetheless! I’ve learned to expect the unexpected here, always!

By: Heather GG

Heather GG — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:48:39 +0000

I realize this comment is to an old post, but I’m curious, you did the residency paperwork independently? I mean, not as a fiance or wife of a Spanish citizen? The paperwork for getting Spanish/EU residency as a wife literally took me an hour, so I wondered if the process had changed since 2001. I realize you were probably going about if differently, right?

By: Sofia

Sofia — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:39:07 +0000

Congrats Erin!! This page looks great and some very usefull tips! Love the July 2009 site