New Zealanders living in Spain and starting own business - Help Please
Posted: 04 June 2009 10:33 PM  
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Hi

I have recently been offered employment in Gibraltar, therefore as a New Zealand national the employee will be applying for a working visa for me.  My fiance is yet to find employment, which there in lies our queries.

Firstly, can he come under my work visa as a dependent even though we are only in a defacto relationship or would we need to be married for this to happen?

Secondly, we want to live in Spain.  By all accounts, what i’ve been able to find on the internet is that if you have a means to support yourself in spain then you can live there, you just have to fill out the right forms and see the right authorities. Would this be correct, or as we are New Zealanders do we need to do something else?

Thirdly, provided we get to live in Spain my fiance would either try and get a job there, or start his own Personal Training business.  How would he go about doing this? I read on another sight that he would become an autonomo??? can anyone advise the process?

Your help and assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Chur

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Posted: 05 June 2009 12:45 AM   [ # 1 ]  
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http://www.spainexpat.com/spain/information/jobs_and_working_in_spain/ on autonomo

think you sould get in touch with your embassy are Consulates here in spain list on govt.nz websites

keep us up to day whats happen please as this is new two us here

jurdy

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Posted: 05 June 2009 02:25 AM   [ # 2 ]  
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This is an interesting one….

As you are going to work in Gibraltar… (Which Is Basically the UK) and you want to live in Spain… Paper work is going to be a bitch…

You need to register twice Gibraltar then Spain.

however because your not contributing to Espania… only to Gibraltar.. I see a lot of Red Tape ahead….

Like Jurdy says keep us posted…

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Posted: 05 June 2009 12:47 PM   [ # 3 ]  
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Thanks for the prompt responses, an additional hiccup is that we are no longer in New Zealand (currently England on a holiday) which is going to make things even more difficult i think.

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Posted: 05 June 2009 01:38 PM   [ # 4 ]  
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no with this new thing call the internet .... sould able to send emails two and from ....  r hit london two New Zealand Embassy in London
http://www.nzembassy.com/contact.cfm?CFID=402&CFTOKEN=86934083&l=56&c=14

ha the i know i can spend 2 year down under with work visa , so in return think you do the same here aswell in UK and Ireland ....

jurdy

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Posted: 05 June 2009 03:06 PM   [ # 5 ]  
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I personally cannot see a problem…

You have 90 days to do all your paper work or make enquirys In the UK with your tourist visa..

Unless your Hiccup is that your in Jail!!!! 😊

If your in London it wont harm you to join the queue in the Spanish embassy to find out…..

It be worth your while!

Anthony

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