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The Europe Ministers for Spain and the UK met recently at their annual event and shared a commitment to developing an even stronger relationship between the two countries after Brexit. More details read more

The British Embassy regularly hold events across Spain to update British citizens on Brexit. One such event is being held in La Manga on 23rd October. If anybody is intending to attend or would like read more

For up to date Brexit news it is now possible to follow the news and activities of the British Embassy on Facebook and Twitter. Click here for more information.

There are also some Brexit Embassy information read more

The Alicante consulate has issued Brexit advice to British ex pats who wish to become residents. It seems some people are being refused residency application so here is their advice :

“If you are read more

Following the announcement by Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez on 27 February, and the approval by the Consejo de Ministros, of the Royal Decree covering Spain’s Brexit contingency measures.

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We have received this message from the British Consulate regarding voting rights in Spain :

“As part of my new role at the British consulate in Alicante over the next few months, I will be trying read more

The British Embassy and Consulates regularly hold events across Spain to update British citizens on the UK’s departure from the European Union.

EU exit update: new information on citizens outreach read more

By January 17th we might know what the British Parliament have voted on with regard to Brexit and this meeting might be useful.

The British Embassy and Consulates regularly hold events across Spain to read more

British people living in Spain will be able to find out more information about living in Spain after Brexit due to a unique forthcoming event. Representatives from the Consul, Town Hall and local support read more

The UK Consulate in Alicante has organised a series of meetings throughout the Costa on the thorny subject of Brexit. If you want to know the latest then there’s a meeting in Orihuela Costa, at the Town Hall, on November 15, at 10.30am. And if you can’t make it to that meeting there are others in the surrounding area. See the table here.

The British Embassy in Madrid has published an open letter on Brexit to British Citizens in Spain. It reads as follows :

“As many of you are no doubt aware, this Autumn will be an important period read more

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, David Lidington wrote this article on Brexit for the Spanish newspaper ABC, which was published on May 18, 2018. Marked in red is the paragraph which is the read more

The UK Government has published essential Brexit information on the rights and status of UK nationals living and travelling in the EU. Thanks to a member of our Urbanisation we have the link to the read more

Alicante province will be hosting a series of events with British Consul Sarah-Jane Morris to talk about Brexit and how this affects British citizens living in Spain.

Mrs Morris will be visiting the read more

We have received the following  information about the current state of play concerning Brexit from a property owner on our urbanisation and which we think could be of interest to British home owners.

46,000 Brits in the Netherlands are suing Amsterdam and the Dutch government to get an answer to the question whether they can maintain their EU Citizenship and rights.  The provisional hearing in the Netherlands was today (Tuesday) and it is expected to have an immediate referral to the ECJ.  Should they win, then this will go for all 1.2 million Brits in mainland Europe (and should also help EU27 national in UK too).  The case will have to be heard by ECJ before Brexit is finalised.   There are several other court cases around Europe relating to various aspects of protecting rights.  Also another attempt to get the voting rights of Brits who have been abroad for longer than 15 years being reinstated.   To clarify over web sites, the Gov.uk site has official forms and information (although not always everything eg CSI info was only added a few months ago despite being required for many years – but there is now a legal challenge to that going on anyway as well!), but the Number10 web site is party political and not necessarily accurate.  Although the UK government has stated the rights of EU27 in UK and Brits in EU27 have been sorted that is not strictly true, nothing has been signed and sealed and there are many issues not yet clarified or even yet considered.  The advice being given out is that everyone should seek to be ‘legal’ in their present situation as they possibly can be (easier to do for Brits in Spain than in the UK for EU27 nationals strangely!) so if anyone has any doubts that they are following the rules they should seek legal advice.   Concerning Brits in Spain not using the NHS – the recent rule change concerns pensioners only, so not for those below state pension age. This means that under certain circumstances pensioners can but they must make it clear that they are Spanish residents when doing so and not lie by pretending to be a UK resident. 

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From: Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street and The Rt Hon Theresa May MP

From the very beginning of the UK’s negotiations to leave the European Union I have been consistently clear that read more

This is a statement issued from the British Consulate General in Madrid and it makes very good reading for British ex-pats.I would refer you all to the following sentence; “For you, the Government has announced that the UK will continue to export and uprate the UK State Pension and provide associated healthcare cover within the EU, issues which I know from my conversations over the last year were important to many of you.”

This has been a great worry to all of us since the Brexit vote. The full text of the statement is in full below.

Statement from the British Consulate General in Madrid

Given the success of the Spanish read more