Moving to Tenerife

Step by step from landing to tax residency

This series guides you through the entire process: arriving, settling in, staying. 25 articles: the steps that have their own offices and places on Tenerife, and the topics that work the same way on every Canary Island. Start with the overview: Tenerife: living, work and paperwork at a glance

Moving to Tenerife
Illustrative photo: Costa Adeje. Photo: Marc Ryckaert ( MJJR ), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
01 Tenerife: your first 48 hours as an expat READ NOW
02 Getting your NIE number on Tenerife COMING SOON
03 Empadronamiento on Tenerife: register your residence COMING SOON
04 Open a Bank Account in the Canary Islands READ NOW 05 Health Insurance READ NOW
06 Renting a home on Tenerife COMING SOON
07 Understanding Your Lease: Spanish Rental Law READ NOW 08 Become Autónomo — Self-Employed in the Canary Islands READ NOW 09 Taxes: IGIC, IRPF and Canarian Special Rules READ NOW 10 Healthcare System: SCS Card, Doctors, A&E READ NOW 11 Driving: Licence, Re-registration, Insurance READ NOW 12 Buying or Renting a Car: What Makes Sense When READ NOW
13 Internet and coworking on Tenerife COMING SOON
14 Schools on Tenerife: education for expat families COMING SOON
15 Bringing your pet: entry, vet, dog beaches READ NOW 16 Learning Spanish: Courses, Apps, Language Schools READ NOW 17 Building a social life: communities, meetups, sport READ NOW 18 Shopping and Daily Life: Supermarkets, Markets, Delivery READ NOW 19 Post, Parcels, Amazon: What Works, What Doesn't READ NOW 20 Your Rights as an EU Citizen in the Canaries READ NOW 21 Non-EU Citizens: Visas and Residence Permits READ NOW 22 Tax Residency: Changing Your Fiscal Domicile READ NOW 23 Buying Property: What Expats Need to Know READ NOW 24 Pensions: Tax and Double Taxation READ NOW 25 Leaving: What Happens When You Go READ NOW

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01Moving to Gran Canaria 02Moving to Lanzarote 03Moving to Fuerteventura 04Moving to La Palma 05Moving to La Gomera 06Moving to El Hierro 07Moving to La Graciosa 08Moving to the Canary Islands: every island at a glance