Pareja de hecho???

[Unregistered]

I have a student visa and permission to work tefl. I already have residency & have had it consistently in Palma de Mallorca since September (and previously in Alicante for study abroad).

He's also a resident and has lived in Spain for over 4 years.

We live together and post learning about pareja de hecho (pareja eatable en las Islas) & want to formalize our relationship. However after printing the forms I noticed the last declaration is that at last 1/2 the couple has Spanish nationality. Every site implies any European can join in such a union - and that I would get permission to stay and work with a card due to my familia relationship with a European.

Can I be pareja de hecho with a British citizen in Spain & get the same benefits?

[Patricia]

Hello,

Once you register as Pareja de Hecho, you can prove you have a family relationship with an EU citizen and then have the possibility to access a residence card for relatives of EU citizens. However, I see that Mallorca refuses to register couples if there is not at least one Spanish citizen. I am afraid that local rules apply here and then you won´t be able to register in Mallorca. You may try in another province, but then the residence card may also have to be applied for in that other province.

Registered partnerships are still not so regulated as marriages and therefore, for foreigners, it is more straightforward to prove a family relationship via better known civil registry cert¡certificates. We are still walking on thin ice here, I am afraid.

Regards,

[Unregistered]

Is there a way I can prove a familiar relationship with my British partner that isn't pareja de hecho or marriage?

[Patricia]

Hello,

It depends on the purpose of the matter. For Immigration purposes, those are the only means. For other purposes, such as separation after many years or the decease of a partner and right to pension benefits, there are other accepted ways to prove a family relationship ( witnesses, documents, etc ).

Regards,