Glassfull wrote:Here’s a post Brexit scenario that puzzles me.
After visiting relatives in Britain, a UK citizen (with residency in Spain) arrives through the tunnel and enters the EU via Calais. They then drive down to their property in Quesada when, after a year or two, decide to drive back to the UK, following their footsteps via Calais.
How will the Gendarme handle that, as the ‘system’ shows us as an overstayer?
Technically, a stay of that length is, legal within Spain but illegal within the EU. In essence, we’d be prisoners in Spain, with our only exit via a non EU Country.
In fact, a cruise out of Barcelona, with stops elsewhere in Europe might be interesting
You will have a TIE (Tarjeta de Identidad Extranjera) which means you hand in your EU residents card (which is just showing you on the register of EU foreigners living in Spain).
The TIE is a valid travel document in the EU which will have your photo and (not sure about this) your fingerprint.
The same as the Spanish use their DNI for.
You will use your passport to get into UK but after that the TIE will be used for any Schengen country.
Your current EU resident card is not an ID document therefore you can't travel on it.