**** Spanish Residency Changes Spanish Order 1490 of 9 July 2012 ******

Residency requirements - for information only , This Order has come into force . Royal Decree 240/2007, of 16 February 2007.


he the UKinspain like http://ukinspain.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/living-in-spain/residence-req/residency-requirements-translation

The 500 page document Ley 2/2012 Presupuestos Generales del Estado 2012 can be found on the link for anyone else to wade through to see http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2012/06/30/pdfs/BOE-A-2012-8745.pdf

In nut shell , you need start payying taxes in spain , no free loading anymore ...

if you spend less the 90 day in spain in one 365 days (one tax year )