Hello everyone,
I'm looking for some advice and wanting to see if I'm missing something..
My partner is a non-eu citizen and I'm a EU citizen. We are not married nor in any sort of registered partnership or anything. We live together though and have for past 3 years.
I keep on seeing mentions of pareja de hecho but it seems it might not be strictly necessary.
She would need a visa to get into Spain and this link https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/losangeles/en/ServiciosConsulares/Paginas/Consular/Visados-para-familiares-de-ciudadanos-de-la-Union.aspx
Says
> The following can obtain a visa for family members of a citizen of the Union:
**The unregistered partner, provided that stable cohabitation for a minimum period of one year can be duly attested. When there are children in common, it will be sufficient to ascertain stable cohabitation.**
Furthermore,
Makes it clear that one year cohabitation proof seems to be sufficient without registration.
So the main question is: do we need to do the pareja de hecho process? Or do we simply show a substantial amount of proof of cohabitation and our long term relationship?