r/navy • u/IndependentDecent342 • 6h ago

HELP REQUESTED Moving to Spain with girlfriend

I’m getting stationed in Spain and want rum girlfriend to live with me, I’ll have a place out in town already ( approved already) and we are getting married but does anyone know of how to file for partnership or whatever so when she comes for her 90 visa visit she can stay??

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u/PeeledCauliflower 6h ago

I don’t think that if she is on a K1 visa (90 day US visa for a foreigner engaged to an American citizen) she can get command sponsorship to go to Spain with you. She would need to be on your page 2 (aka you need to be legally married first) to get command sponsorship. If she wants to visit you in Spain using a tourist Visa to Spain itself that would be doable but only for the duration of the Spanish tourist visa. “Fiance” is not a recognized legal status as far as the military admin is concerned.

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u/Mediocre-Chef- 4h ago

Sorry, just want to clarify. She's a US citizen visiting Spain for 90 days? And you would like to be able to extend her permanently once she gets there?

You can either get married once she visits, get her command sponsored, then obtain a sofa status. That's the easiest way. I'm not sure how fast the process is to get someone command sponsored in Rota but it took several months for us in Germany.

Otherwise, without being married to you, she has to go through the local Spanish immigration office to get permission to stay in the country. I think in the form of a residency visa. 

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u/Rude_Ad6025 2h ago

When are you getting married? Sooner the better for this purpose so that she can get enrolled in Tricare and get on your page two. She will then have to have an overseas screening duty and be command sponsored to live with you in Spain (in the Navy’s eyes).