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You'll be deemed as working in Spain, remote or not, since you'll be tax resident in Spain.pl970 wrote:Wellt he Spanish visa will just be a residence visa that does not allow you to work in Spain (i.e taking Spanish jobs away from Spaniards) but to reside there as long as you have sufficient funds per month to cover your costs. So my dream scenario is to live in Spain and work remotely whilst there for my UK company. This all stems from my dread of returning to Australia (funny that, many would kill to live in Australia, but I guess one man's trash is another man's treasure)...
I work in EU a lot on contract and I always have to pay tax where I'm doing the work, and it's mostly remote work I do. I have seen many contractors do the opposite and paid the price, especially with the German Finanzamt.pl970 wrote:I've been trying to get in contact with the Spanish consulate here in London, and they sent me the wrong information (sent me info regarding spousal visas....). It just seems weird that there are a lot of blogs / websites where American expats have obtained the non-lucrative visa whilst continuing to work remotely for their US company. Could it be that they are paying tax in Spain but not classified as 'workers' in Spain (i.e. not stealing a Spaniard's job but still paying tax, win win!)?
Chances are with it being Spain you'll get away with it probably but we cant be seen to advocate that sort of thing on the board!These visas allow the holder to remain in Spain for more than 90 days without undertaking any type of work or professional
activity.