Starmer unlikely to touch 90-day rule in EU reset
“Considering he’s slashed winter fuel payments for pensioners, he’s hardly going to start helping Britons who can afford second home overseas."
Humphrey Carter08/05/2025 15:20 No limiting of the purchase of homes by foreigners in the Balearics
"Prohibiting or limiting the purchase of homes by non-resident foreign citizens or EU citizens is pure xenophobia."
90/180-days rule goes to the House of Lords
The 90-180 day rule for British home owners in the EU is not going away.
France to take a new look at the status of British second home owners
Will Spain follow France's example?
Update on French move to help Brtish second-home owners is Spain watching?
Campaign continues to ease conditions for authorising British nationals who own second homes to reside in France.
The British government understands the 90-day rule frustration
The new Labour government “gets the problem” and talk of a reset with the EU is encouraging.
Fresh French push to make life easier for British second-home owners, and Spain?
“My proposal is first and foremost focused on British landlords wishing to visit France more and for longer. It offers them an entry procedure that is more suited to their style of stay than the current rule of 90 days in 180 days or the long-stay visa procedure.”
The five key documents Spain may ask you for on arrival
Border guards will look at your entry and exit stamps to check you have not overstayed the 90-day visa-free limit for the Schengen area.
Foreign Office updates guide for UK travellers to Spain
British nationals living in Spain do not need their passports to be stamped. Actively show your proof of residence, such as the foreigner’s identity card (‘la tarjeta de identidad de extranjero’ or ‘TIE’), when presenting your passport at Spanish border control.
Urgent ID warning for Britons living in Spain
The Spanish Government are encouraging all Green Certificate holders to exchange their paper document for the biometric TIE as soon as possible.
British passport alert travelling to Mallorca
Britons can now only stay in Schengen countries for up to 90 days within a six-month period. Before Brexit, you could stay as long as you wanted.
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- Ryanair fined for refusing to compensate a passenger who landed in Mallorca three hours late