Can anyone tell me if the family member of an EU national can legally have residence permits for more than one EU country (specifically, 2 Schengen countries)? My husband and I wish to split out time between Italy and Spain (I'm Italian) but we're having a heck of a time figuring out how to do it legally.

 

I see what you are saying, but the law also says that a permanent resident in one Schengen country can travel to another Schengen country with his residence permit for 90 days out of every 180. That means that if my husband and I want to spend the first 184 days in Italy and the rest in Spain, he needs to get a Spanish residence permit after the first 90 days. Does that mean he loses his Italian residency permit and has to start all over again when we go back to Italy?