Co-founder, immigration and relocation
Master of Business and Communication, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis
Maxime Roseau is a French entrepreneur and co-founder of EasyFranceNow and EasySpainNow. His work covers immigration and residency procedures for U.S. citizens moving to Europe: long-stay visa applications, the residence card that follows arrival, appointment systems, permit renewals and changes of status, and the operational side of relocation that decides whether a move settles smoothly or wobbles in the first months.
He studied at Université Nice Sophia Antipolis and comes from a communication background centered on structuring practical information, administrative coordination and client-facing operational support. Over the years his work became specialized in guiding international residents through European immigration systems and the administrative dependencies that follow them: the sequence in which documents have to be issued, what a consulate reads beyond the official checklist, and what to do when a file is delayed or refused.
For Spain, he applies the same method he built on the French side: every step is taken from the competent authority's own pages, checked against how the offices actually apply it, and dated. He writes the visa and residence guides on this site and works through the TIE, the appointment systems and the interlocking steps that follow a visa.
His work is procedural, not legal advice. When a situation calls for an immigration lawyer or a gestor, he says so and helps you get to that appointment prepared.
Writes on: Spanish visas and residence permits, TIE and residence renewals, Consulate procedures, Appointment systems
Who qualifies for Spain's teleworker visa after a move from the UK, the 2026 income bar, what employees, freelancers and company owners must show, and the Social Security point most files turn on.
The UK paperwork behind a Spanish visa file: which police certificate, which apostille, which medical wording and which translator, counted back from the day you file.
London, Manchester or Edinburgh: which Spanish consulate covers your UK address, where a long-stay visa file is lodged, and which consulate pages apply to Britons moving now.
The long-stay routes open to a Briton arriving now, side by side: money test, work rights, validity and the London consulate fee in pounds, plus the golden visa that closed in 2025.
How the rolling 90 of 180 day count works for Britons in Spain, what the Entry/Exit System records, where ETIAS stands, and what an overstay can cost under UK and Spanish rules.
The rolling 90 days in any 180, a worked count over three trips, what the EES records instead of stamps, ETIAS and its missing start date, the U.S.-Spain extension and the fines for overstaying.
What a U.S. consulate's refusal letter must state, the optional 1-month reconsideration appeal, the 2-month court deadline in Madrid, silence, and when a corrected new file is the better route.
The main long-stay routes open to a U.S. citizen, side by side: the 2026 money test, whether you may work, where you file, how long the first permit lasts and when long-term residence opens.
Who files, the ways around Spain's labor-market test, the employer's solvency proof, the 3-month decision and the string of short deadlines that follows approval.
The two versions of the permit, the salary and degree tests updated in June 2026, the 20-day UGE decision, and where the consulate's page and the ministry's sheet disagree.
What ENISA scores in a business plan, the 2026 money test, the two-stage filing at the UGE and the Washington consulate, and where entrepreneur files stall.
The 2026 money test, who may work and for how many hours, what the Washington consulate checks, and the two routes open to you after graduation.
The absence limits behind the five-year count, national versus EU long-term status, the income test only one of them has, and the card that follows approval.
The one-year wait, the income and housing tests, who counts as family, and the routes that skip the wait: filing together, a student or telework permit, or a Spanish spouse.
The 2026 income bar, why remote work for a U.S. employer or U.S. clients is ruled out, and the residence condition every renewal checks.
The 2026 income bar, what a U.S. employer or U.S. clients must prove, the Social Security registration the permit requires, and the visa versus the permit requested in Spain.
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