500 British expats in Spain face being deported after they failed to apply for a residence permit or it was rejected. The British Foreign Office has mounted a major publicity campaign urging British citizens to get their paperwork in order before the March 31 deadline.
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500 British expats face deportation from Spain as a result of new Brexit laws
Anyone who has failed to apply for resident status or is rejected legal registration is required to return home by Wednesday night
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Many of the British Expats lived under the radar for a very long time. If British Expats have not been bothered to apply for residency before the 31 December 2020 and now want to complain to the courts, a judge will simply say: "As all this was published and clarified before and after that date in the medias, then nobody needs to come and moan". So this is going to be another shot in their own foot! Enjoy the Brexit you have voted for! Meanwhile the question to be asked is: What are British Expats doing in an European country if they voted against the EU and for a Brexit? It was not the EU that voted for Brexit!
I am bored of reading that this is a new thing brought in by Brexit. The 90 day rule has been law for years. So many people have been living here illegaly for some time. The only difference is they are now starting to enforce it.
Congratulations Shaun, you got exactly what you voted for. Go back to the UK and stay there.
Which department do I contact to ask about this please? Could you print it in the paper
This is not due to "New Brexit Laws", these are existing laws (Which Britain contributed to when part of the EU) that apply to 3rd countries. Britain voted to become a 3rd country.
It's not about Brexit, living here without residency is committing tax fraud, some of them for many years. Many of them have also been illegal cleaners, taxi drivers, builders etc, without having qualifications or insurance. Brexit just gives the Spanish an easy way to bring an end to it all...
Poor Shaun. Maybe he could also spare a thought for those who DIDN'T vote Brexit, but also had to leave due to people like him. "I didn't realise it would come to this!" Yes, the famous last iconic words of those who refused to admit they didn't know what they were voting for.......
Quite apart from Brexit, if they're been living in Spain without residency they've been commiting tax fraud, some of them have not paid tax for many years. In addition, many have been earning money illegally here, and the majority do not integrate or bother to learn the language. Ironically the British have nothing but contempt for foreigners doing that in the UK....
Mrs Belton, could I suggest that it was because they were more concerned about the future of their country than the future of those that are currently members of the EU. I wish you luck in the future but would feel a sense of Karma if, after living several years in Spain, the U.K. denied you entry again when you wanted to pass your last years there with your family.
For those dummies who voted out and are now crying they need to return to the UK ... show their true colors in lack of intelligence