Just to be sure allow me to ask:
- Has your husband lived and worked in another EU country before?
If he has done so,
you get to benefit from the Directive 2004/38/EC.
This translates to simply "registering" anywhere in EU to get a 5 year permit.
- When an EU citizen moves to another country (or lives elsewhere in EU and returns "home):
During to
first 90 days they (you & your husband) have the right to
stay unconditionally.
Which means no need to get a job or prove anything (however you do need accommodation & address).
If an EU citizen wants to live in a stay for longer than 90 days, then either they:
- Have to be employed (or have job offer with valid contract)
- Have to be self-employed
- Have savings to be self-sufficient
- Or be a student or something (I don't know too much about this)
You are in your first 90 days.
Use your limited visa as the reason, and go and register.
If they tell you you need job: you simply tell them "unconditional right to stay for 90 days".
You can present them a copy of Directive 2004/38/EC and that page I linked to prove your right.
If you have remote job with enough monthly income and can prove it, then look into becoming self-employed in Spain and register that way (every country has different regulations for self-employed ppl).
If you have enough savings to support yourselves (enough for a year, people say €10k in a bank for Germany but might be much less for Spain), then register as self-employed.
Side note: you yourself could find a job and use that to register even if your husband isn't employed. Since you are a family, your income is combined when being considered.
My advise: Start the process, and
do not be stressed.
You have right to stay there 100% and they can't do anything about it.
Despite not having a permit card or a visa, you even have the right to be employed 100%.
Just register your arrival and intention to live locally (this should be super simple, just address, IDs etc. like anyone in Spain would do if they move to a new place).
Then look into getting your living permit which should be given for 5 years.
Bonus: If you need help with anything, just give details and ask here. I will be happy to try to help.
MariaEU wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 12:52 pm
Hi Caravel88!
Thank you so much for your reply. I have not yet done that actually. Our problem is since my husband just arrived about a month and a half ago, he is still looking for local work. And we've read that he needs to be employed for that. I've been reading online that this is a common predicament for Spanish citizens trying to bring their spouses to Spain. If he is unable to find local work in the next month or so, what will happen to me? Will I need to leave? Or can I stay but without a residency card meaning I won't be able to open bank accounts, work, etc?
We both have remote work. I work remotely as an accountant for a Canadian company and he works remotely as a Web developer for an American company so we do have income. Does that count for anything?
Thanks again for your response.
We're working remotely full time so we have a salary that can sustain us but with the cost of moving overseas our liquidity isn't so good at the moment. Maybe in a month we can show more cash in our bank statements. We did register ourselves in the registry in our suburb (empadronamiento). Is that the same thing you're pertaining to? Did I understand you correctly -- I can work? I had no idea; I thought I needed the residency card for that!