We are moving to Spain in a months time. We are initially going for 6 months and we will see how things go and so obviously we don’t want to register as residents until absolutely necessary. We have heard conflicting stories that we have to register after 3 months as a resident of the town we will be residing in and other have said to register after 183 days, but how long does this process take and what do we exactly need to do?

My Husband is company director and myself company secretary of a business that will remain in the UK and he will be paid a basic wage from that and so we will not need to be residents for the purpose of employment and our accountant says that when it comes to tax we are only considered residents once in Spain for 183 days in one year and so does that mean that next June we must have become residents?

It is all a little confusing and we want to make sure we are doing the things that we need to do.

Thanks!