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I have an Irish and UK passport. Can I visit Spain for 90 days on my Irish passport, leave and come back straight away, and enter Spain on my UK passport and stay another 90 days?

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    No, but you can stay in Spain longer than 90 days on you Irish passport, but there might be restrictions like having to register.
    – Willeke ♦
    Commented Feb 24, 2023 at 8:11
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    If you, as a EU citizen, wish to stay longer than 3 months (have rented a house for 6 months), then you simply register that residence in the local town hall. You may be required to proof that you can support yourself and have heath insurance. Move Spain as an EU Citizen: Get Your Registry Certificate
    – Mark Johnson
    Commented Feb 24, 2023 at 8:25
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    For future readers with two passports, none of which is an EU passport, the answer to the question in the title is no. The 90/180 rule applies per person, not per passport.
    – jcaron
    Commented Feb 24, 2023 at 21:51
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    "I'd like to commit immigration fraud, is this a good way to go about doing it?"
    – Valorum
    Commented Feb 25, 2023 at 9:57
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    @Valorum Actually this question is more like: I'd like not to commit immigration fraud, is this loophole legal or not? And please do not overuse bold/italic for unnecessary emphasis.
    – Federico Poloni
    Commented Feb 25, 2023 at 11:35

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Your Irish passport gives you the right to stay in Spain for longer than 90 days.

EU citizens who wish to reside in Spain for more than three months have to apply for a Certificate of Registration in the Oficina de Extranjeros (Foreigners Office) or if there is none in your region, at designated police stations.

Source: https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/spain/our-services/new-to-spain/residency-and-entry-requirements/

Note that residing in Spain introduces other considerations, such as tax, health cover and medical insurance. See https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/spain/our-services/new-to-spain/ for guidance.

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    Note that beyond a certain duration (most probably 6 months), there will also be tax implications (need to file returns and pay taxes in Spain rather than or in addition to Ireland).
    – jcaron
    Commented Feb 24, 2023 at 9:00
  • After 90 days can I move to Portugal to avoid having to register?
    – Neil
    Commented Feb 28, 2023 at 6:23
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As Traveller's answer describes, you can reside in Spain using only your Irish passport, since Ireland is part of the European Union, so long as you meet local registration requirements and abide by other laws that apply to residents of Spain. The 90 day limit does not apply when entering on your Irish passport. This would be true regardless of your possession of a second nationality.

However, regarding the title question of whether 2 passports can extend entry duration, the answer is no. Entry duration rules are not additive for dual-nationals. Someone who has two or more non-EU/Schengen passports cannot remain in Spain longer than 90 days out of any 180-day period without an appropriate visa.

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    The 90 day rule does not apply to EU citizens. After a 3 month stay (based on the Freedom of Movement Article 6 Right of residence for up to three months), re-entering as an UK citizen, with an entry stamp, the day count would be 0.
    – Mark Johnson
    Commented Feb 24, 2023 at 21:56
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    @MarkJohnson Correct. I didn't intend for my answer to suggest otherwise. Is there some part of it that needs clarification? (Note that the 2nd paragraph specifically refers to people with "two or more non-EU/Schengen passports.") Edit: I added a sentence to the first paragraph to make this more explicit.
    – reirab
    Commented Feb 24, 2023 at 21:57
  • Well, the titel itself should be '2, non-EU, passports' to make the situation clearer.
    – Mark Johnson
    Commented Feb 24, 2023 at 22:03
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    @MarkJohnson Well, in this case, the title question probably should have specifically referred to an Irish and UK passport to match the question body, but since it just says "two passports," I added this answer for other people who may find this question in a Google search due to the title, but have two non-EU nationalities. If OP changes the title to specify Irish + UK, then I'll delete this answer. Traveller's answer does a good job dealing with the scenario that OP was actually interested in, but, unfortunately, the question title doesn't match that, so I added this one to deal with it.
    – reirab
    Commented Feb 24, 2023 at 22:09
  • @MarkJohnson do you mean to imply one can get around the registration requirement by using two passports in the Ireland/UK situation?
    – Paŭlo Ebermann
    Commented Feb 25, 2023 at 3:14

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