Relocate to Gran Canaria

Step by step from landing to tax residency

This series guides you through the entire process: arriving, settling in, staying. 25 articles covering everything you need to know — from buying a SIM card on day one to establishing tax residency.

01 You Just Landed — Now What? The First 48 Hours READ NOW 02 Getting Your NIE Number: Step by Step READ NOW 03 Empadronamiento — Register Your Residence READ NOW 04 Open a Bank Account in the Canary Islands READ NOW 05 Health Insurance READ NOW 06 Finding an Apartment: Renting in the South READ NOW 07 Understanding Your Lease: Spanish Rental Law READ NOW 08 Become Autónomo — Self-Employed in Gran Canaria 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: Where You Actually Work READ NOW 14 Schools and children: education for expat families READ NOW 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

Moving to the other islands

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01Moving to Tenerife 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