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Say you won the lottery [millions of dollars and you never have to work again your your life] and you paid your US taxes that year. well you wait till next year and you say "hey i want to live in Spain", you have no more income that following year.you just want to relax and live life.
Do you then need to pay a income tax?
thanks for your help so far
In that case, you would have to leave the money in a non-interest bearing account and live off the capital little by little.
Alternatively, if you do not mind filing an income declaration but do not want to pay tax, then invest in low interest rate government bonds that generate only such much interest that you could offset the income with standard deductions and exemptions, all countries' tax codes have them: in other words, if you could live off around, say, $10,000 per year, then you could preserve the capital and pay little or no income tax, still file a declaration (probably for both countries), but not meet the minimum income thresholds to effectively pay tax. Who knows, with a low declared income you might even qualify for welfare benefits. But, again, on the other hand, if you do not want to file any declaration, then no income whatsoever. However, in such case, you may run into problems qualifying for a visa.
Another idea, then, would be to enroll as a student, which would probably be the best of all worlds - usually the least stringent requirements for a visa - and just never graduate.
You are Mexican and you have money?
Just come, be happy and don't worry.
Your driving permit can be exchanged by a Spanish one, assuming you have a Mexican permit.
from google images, I meant maybe the use of this is not the same, but no idea honestly.
The basic concept of "full" residency is about the same throughout all UN member states, i.e. a full-time resident enjoys all legal rights, protections and obligations, except perhaps the right to vote and military service where applicable (some countries allow non-citizen, full-time residents the right to vote in local elections, some allow citizenship in exchange for military service).
To be sure, the rules on how residency can be obtained can vary greatly from country to country, as do the rules on how residency status can be maintained and revoked.
For example, even though the US uses the term "permanent residency", the so-called "green card" does have an expiration date (every 15 years or so, while in some countries it is probably less, every five years or so), and it is possible to lose residency due to, for example, prolonged absences from the country without proper reporting and permissions (e.g. to the IRS and USCIS), or some sort of misconduct.
Let's say that the permiso de residencia for Spain means "full" residency (all rights, protections and obligations, minus any exceptions such as voting rights and military service) and has a five-year validity: I'm sure there are rules governing extension of full residency status for another five years or, on the contrary, revocation of the privilege and deportation.
I warn you against moving here.
Lots of young and qualified are leaving the country... for a reason
A huge crisis, political corruption, massive unemployment specially in the South, open migratory policy which allows millions of immigrants from all over the third world to come to Spain... So do not worry about any residence permision, even illegal, NOBODY will expel you ... if you still have you mexican nationality, here you'll get spanish nationality in two years. The police system is very good, but the crime punishment here is ridiculous, so criminal gangs are coming from all over the world.
Inform yourself about gypsy clans too...
A country plagued with regional seperatisms, basque, I think a hundred years ago supported by british secret services (watch their flag, similar to the union flag), catalonian, with economical elites that flooded their region with muslims to get support...
And if you really want to come here...
Avoid the South, the north is better, the atlantic regions are very similar to France in everything.
Just keep in mind unemployement for people younger than 30 is around 50% and national average is around 25%.
Very, very bad move. I guess you want to move to Spain because you speak the language?
For your information, I'm French, moved to the US in 1990 and will NEVER move back to France even if I'm paid.
Well, I guess it'd depend how much I'd be paid!
Except for Germany, Holland and the Scandinavian countries and maybe the Balkan countries, Europe is going to disintegrate. Why would you leave a place like the US where people are dynamic, can rebound very easily, show amazing resilience for a place like Southern Europe...unless you don't have to work to stay alive.
Now, Spain and Italy as far as mentalities are concerned are way better than France, but still compared to the US or Canada you'll find that people simply can't think outside their culture.
Again, a very very bad idea.
Philippe
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