Another subject not touched on by the Spanish authorities
- *Residence Cards*: An idiot Englishman from the Costa Blanca managed in about
2008 to get us those ridiculous sheets of paper from the Ministry of the
Interior (the police) after enormous effort, because he claimed that we should
not have identity cards. The silly A4 paper (later reduced to a card which, since it carries no photograph is by itself almost useless) says that the bearer, as a
'community citizen' - ciudadano comunitario - has the right to live in Spain,
blah blah. So, if we Brits leave the umbrella of the EU, we shall no longer be
'community citizens' and our paper plus passport combo won't be worth nowt.
We also will not be 'residents' as this was rescinded in 2008. However, no
doubt a load of paperwork and a quick visit to the Spanish Embassy in London
would obtain us a new Tarjeta de Residencia no Comunitaria (if the rules haven't been
tightened up by then)...
Once again - it's the job of the Ministerio del Interior to tell us what is happening and what paperwork - if any - they will want from us.
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