r/ExpatLifeinSpain

Me (argentine, 27F) and my husband (german, 35M) are thinking of moving to aviles for his job (ship industry). I work in art and culture. And we are planning to start having kids soon. We live in the netherlands now, and want to move somewhere with more nature, better weather (i know asturias is rainy, but still better than NL) and warm and open communities (especially since we plan starting a family and won't have our own family and friends at the beginning). What do you think? What advice could you share? I am excited for peace and nature, but since i'm young and very cultural, i'm scared it will be boring for me? (Not trying to offend anyone). Are there young, alternative communities in aviles or region? We want to make friends, raise babies with calm and nature, but also continue growing professionally and remain connected with global cosmopolis (if this makes sense?) Thank you and gracias!

Between the school, the community, and random service providers, my WhatsApp is 90% Spanish. Looking for something seamless.

Hello -- future expat here -- planning a move to Spain from the US with my family in October.

Background:

• We are both already bilingual (fully fluent in Spanish and English)
• I became a Spanish citizen through Ley de Nietos late last year
• Currently have a 20-month old (he will be 2 by the time we move)

Since our son was born we have been speaking to him in Spanish since we didn't have plans to leave the US until I got my citizenship. We are now trying to speak more English to him (but it's hard since our default with him is Spanish), and he goes to daycare twice a week so he gets English there, but most of the communication with family and friends is in Spanish. He's starting to talk a lot and he definitely leans more toward Spanish, with random English words here and there.

I want him to be fluent like us in English, of course I don't expect him to have an American accent, or use the same jargon we do. We don't do too much TV time yet, but we do read to him in English. If possible we will put him in an English bilingual school, and will do our best to speak English at home, watch films and TV in English, spend time back home in the US when possible.

For those of you who moved to Spain with babies or toddlers, how did your children’s English develop over time? Do they still speak fluently/naturally, or did Spanish eventually become dominant despite your efforts?

I (30M) am a Mexican national living in France. I came to study a master's degree and am looking for a job atm but I'm not so sure of wanting to stay here. I was wondering if anyone in my situation (non-EU national in EU wanting to move to Spain) has any advice on what the way to go about this would be.

I have 9 months left on my French residency permit but I am exploring ways of moving to Spain from France but I don't know how to 1. ask for a residency permit and 2. justify my stay. I would like to stay long enough to maybe lay some roots there and eventually gain a long term residency.

Before anyone tells me to google it, I wanted to know if anyone here has been in the same situation and what you did.

How does one go about moving to Spain from inside the EU as a non-EU national and being able to stay there and find a job? I'm not looking to go there illegally, I want to do it the right way. I just want some guidance and advice.