New rules to enter Spain

[Moped]

The Telegraph is reporting that Spain now require proof that UK citizens have £85 per day per person spending money for the duration of your stay, proof of a return ticket, proof of accommodation and vaccination evidence before you will be permitted to pass through customs.

So for our 90 day winter trip we will need to prove we have £15300 of spending money for the 2 of us, and pre booked site accommodation. And another booster jab will be required.

Not happy at all. What will Brittany ferries make of this?

And what about land crossings from France?

 

[trevskoda]

Well they do have to get the price of the armada back somehow.

 

[mark61]

Not just Spain, it may be most EU countries, each country setting its limit. The most important word is "may".
No where have I read you have to spend that amount though, but I'm sure the locals won't complain if you do. The booster can go and do one too.

 

[Robmac]

Is that just UK citizens or other non EU nations as well?

If the latter then that's up to them but I'm sure it would hit Spanish tourism.

 

[Robmac]

...it would seem it affects all 3rd countries so we shouldn't expect anything else really.

I doubt they will enforce it but we'll see.

 

[Fisherman]

Is that just UK citizens or other non EU nations as well?

If the latter then that's up to them but I'm sure it would hit Spanish tourism.

Rob, there are no travel restrictions within the schengen area.
Therefore someone entering via France or Portugal would not be affected.
This could only be applied if entering from outwith the schengen.
This seems stupid, but nothing would surprise me.

 

[Robmac]

Rob, there are no travel restrictions within the schengen area.
Therefore someone entering via France or Portugal would not be affected.
This could only be applied if entering from outwith the schengen.
This seems stupid, but nothing would surprise me.

Yes but surely we are only being treated the same as other countries who are not part of the EU Bill?

 

[mark61]

Must be a slow news day for a lot of the media to be reporting on this today,
We need someone to resign now.

 

[Fisherman]

Yes but surely we are only being treated the same as other countries who are not part of the EU Bill?

Yes Rob, but once you enter the schengen it does not matter where you are from. This could only be applied if you say flew direct from the U.K. and had to go through passport control, it seems bonkers quite frankly.

 

[Robmac]

Yes Rob, but once you enter the schengen it does not matter where you are from. This could only be applied if you say flew direct from the U.K. and had to go through passport control, it seems bonkers quite frankly.

Probably won't affect most Motorhomers then Bill or at least they can get round it by driving to Spain rathey than going by Ferry.

It certainly won't affect me!

 

[Jo001]

I doubt they will enforce it but we'll see.

I wrote about this on motorhomer.com the other day. When we sailed Newcastle to Amsterdam in March, we didn’t have our return crossing booked. The customs official said that he therefore had to assume we would be spending our full 90 days in the Netherlands and demanded we show him our banking app to prove that we had 2 people x 90 days x €100.

As it happened, my pension lump sums had been paid and were sitting in an account so we were able to show we had enough.

 

[Robmac]

I wrote about this on motorhomer.com the other day. When we sailed Newcastle to Amsterdam in March, we didn’t have our return crossing booked. The customs official said that he therefore had to assume we would be spending our full 90 days in the Netherlands and demanded we show him our banking app to prove that we had 2 people x 90 days x €100.

As it happened, my pension lump sums had been paid and were sitting in an account so we were able to show we had enough.

I think if countries like Spain and the Netherlands do enforce it then the Greeks and Italians will be rubbing their hands together.

Unless they do as well!

 

[Fisherman]

Must be a slow news day for a lot of the media to be reporting on this today,
We need someone to resign now.

Rumour has it that they won’t apply it if you come from Scotland or Northern Ireland

 

[mark61]

I wrote about this on motorhomer.com the other day. When we sailed Newcastle to Amsterdam in March, we didn’t have our return crossing booked. The customs official said that he therefore had to assume we would be spending our full 90 days in the Netherlands and demanded we show him our banking app to prove that we had 2 people x 90 days x €100.

As it happened, my pension lump sums had been paid and were sitting in an account so we were able to show we had enough.

Thats strange.
There is an agreement for visa free travel up to 90 days. For the time being at least.

 

[Jo001]

Thats strange.
There is an agreement for visa free travel up to 90 days. For the time being at least.

We were allowed in for 90 days, we just had to prove we would be self sufficient in terms of funds.

 

[mark61]

We were allowed in for 90 days, we just had to prove we would be self sufficient in terms of funds.

I'm gonna have to do some research, but I didn't think you needed anything near 100 euro a day for Netherlands, and thats for 3rd countries who don't have an agreement for free travel up to 90 days, and theres a lot of countries along with the UK who have that agreement.

 

[vindiboy]

That is not new news I read that on the BBC News app about a week ago, Then it required a return ticket and an address that you were going to be staying at no mention about the amount of spending money either any way just show them your limit on your credit card or your Debit card balance ??

 

[Robmac]

From the Netherlands Government website;

Sufficient funds​

Take sufficient funds with you. This means having enough money to deal with unforeseen situations, like a delayed flight. To be allowed to enter the Netherlands, you must have at least €55 per person per day for the duration of your stay. Citizens of Schengen or EU countries do not have to prove that they have this money, even if they enter the Netherlands from a non-EU country.

So it looks like it does apply but they must have upped the amount.

 

[mark61]

That is not new news I read that on the BBC News app about a week ago, Then it required a return ticket and an address that you were going to be staying at no mention about the amount of spending money either any way just show them your limit on your credit card or your Debit card balance ??

Read about this months ago, April, if not before. Fifth column fear mongering, can smell it a mile away. That doesn't mean it won't happen though

 

[mark61]

Schengen means of subsistence for each country.

3rd Countries need/don't need visa.