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In my book, page
208 I mention the baja de residencia (I referred to it as the
baja consular - same thing), which means (loosely translated
and in this context) the form on which you swear that you are giving up of
your "old" residential address to live now in Spain.
The following is
written by Sr. Carlos Formby of the British Consulate in Malaga (in 2006)
and expands on the information in the book.
1. The only
authoritative source of information on these matters, as you no doubt know,
is the Spanish DGT (Trafico web site) or the Spanish consulate in the
country you are leaving to move to Spain.
2. There is not
such thing in the UK as a "baja de residencia", so the British
Consulates do not issue them. This concept is related to Spanish citizens
returning to Spain after living abroad. Spanish citizens have the legal
obligation, unlike British citizens, to register their details in the
nearest Spanish consulate, so they are considered as living legally abroad.
When they return to Spain they need to show evidence that they have notified
the consulate of their departure, hence the "baja de residencia". The
concept is therefore meaningless to British citizens.
However, some
Spanish authorities insist on demanding this requirement, so in order to
avoid the conflict we offer the possibility of issuing an official
certificate based on the customer's sworn declaration on when they left the
UK. It is important to note that we do not certify the details on the
declaration, but only that the customer has declared the details to be true.
Also, not all the authorities request the document, so the customer must
check beforehand with the appropriate authority.
This is the
situation within our consular district. Other consulates may have different
arrangements with the local authorities.
Customers
requesting the certificate from us will be asked to provide their passports
and a consular fee of (currently) €134.00. We will also request evidence that the customer has complied with the UK
regulations on exporting vehicles, i.e. a Certificate of Permanent Export
(V561) issued by the DVLA. More details in my book
and at www.dvla.gov.uk.
June 2007
The cost of the official
certificate is now very prohibitive at €134 as it
is merely a notarised, or sworn statement letter which can be obtained at a
lawyer's office or the local town hall in the UK or in Spain, which is
better as it will be in Spanish as well, all for considerably less.
Trafico would accept this with the other relevant documents supplied with
the application.
Updated 7 June 2007. |