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documents and steps<\/span><\/h1><p class=\"nmes-hero__line1\">For non-EU remote workers, freelancers and founders who want to live in Spain and keep their clients abroad.<\/p><p class=\"nmes-hero__line2\"><b>Up to 3 years<\/b> if you apply in Spain &middot; <b>3 months<\/b> of work history &middot; <b>1 year<\/b> of company activity<\/p><p class=\"nmes-hero__worry\"><em>&ldquo;Can I just fly in and apply?&rdquo;<\/em> Yes, if you&rsquo;re lawfully in Spain on the day you file. 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In 2026 the hard part is proving you were there.<\/p><div class=\"nmes-btn-row\"><a class=\"nmes-btn nmes-btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/app.novomove.com\/start\/spain\">Build your Spain plan, free<\/a><a class=\"nmes-btn nmes-btn--ghost-dark\" href=\"#es-routes\">Spain or consulate?<\/a><\/div><div class=\"nmes-hero__after\"><p class=\"nmes-hero__legal\">By Philip Bitnik &middot; checked against official Spanish sources on 29 October 2026<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"nmes-hero__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"no-lazyload skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-nmes-img=\"hero\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/es-hero.jpg\" width=\"896\" height=\"1120\" alt=\"Woman working on a laptop on a flower-filled balcony overlooking the old town of Valencia, Spain\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"nmes-hero__statsrow\"><div class=\"nmes-hero__stats\"><div class=\"nmes-stat\"><p class=\"nmes-stat__v\">\u20ac2,442<\/p><p 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href=\"#es-glance\">At a glance<\/a><a href=\"#es-what\">What it is<\/a><a href=\"#es-routes\">Spain or consulate<\/a><a href=\"#es-steps\">Steps<\/a><a href=\"#es-income\">Income<\/a><a href=\"#es-work\">What work counts<\/a><a href=\"#es-documents\">Documents<\/a><a href=\"#es-address\">Proof of address<\/a><a href=\"#es-schengen\">Schengen visa first<\/a><a href=\"#es-presence\">Proof of presence<\/a><a href=\"#es-timing\">How long it takes<\/a><a href=\"#es-family\">Family<\/a><a href=\"#es-after\">After approval<\/a><a href=\"#es-tax\">Tax and Beckham<\/a><a href=\"#es-renewal\">Renewal<\/a><a href=\"#es-longterm\">Residence and citizenship<\/a><a href=\"#es-changes\">What changed<\/a><a href=\"#es-refusals\">Refusals<\/a><a href=\"#es-myths\">Myths<\/a><a href=\"#es-compass\">Your plan in Compass<\/a><a href=\"#es-faq\">FAQ<\/a><a href=\"#es-sources\">How we checked<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/nav><\/aside><div class=\"nmes-main\"><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec\" id=\"es-glance\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><p>The Spain digital nomad visa comes down to one question: <strong>can you be legally in Spain on the day you file?<\/strong> If you can, you apply from inside Spain. You can then get a residence permit of up to 3 years in one go. If you can't, you apply at the Spanish consulate for the country where you legally live, and <strong>you get a visa of up to 1 year<\/strong> first.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, you prove income from remote work for companies outside Spain. The figure is gross, which means before tax: <strong>\u20ac2,442 a month for one person at a consulate, or plan for \u20ac2,849 if you file in Spain<\/strong>. You need to have worked with the company for 3 months, and the company needs a year of activity behind it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\"Can I really apply from inside Spain?\"<\/strong> Yes, if you're legally there that day, either as a visa-free visitor or on a Schengen visa (a short-stay visa for Europe's border-free area). Most applicants go this way. The hard part in 2026 is proving you were there.<\/p>\n<p>Where this guide reports 2026 practice, we date it and label it as practice, because practice moves faster than the law. If you'd like all this as a checklist with your own dates on it, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.novomove.com\/start\/spain\">build your Spain plan in Compass, free<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec nmesalt\" id=\"es-what\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">What is the Spain digital nomad visa, and who is it for?<\/h2><p>The Spain digital nomad visa (DNV) is Spain's residence route for <strong>non-EU people who work remotely for companies outside Spain<\/strong>. It has been in force since 23 December 2022. The law calls these workers \"teletrabajadores de car\u00e1cter internacional\", international teleworkers. The rules sit in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2013-10074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ley 14\/2013<\/a>, extended by Ley 28\/2022.<\/p>\n<p>Spain granted 9,386 of these permits in 2023, 19,500 in 2024 and 28,324 in 2025, counting main applicants and family members. In 2025, 14,912 went to main applicants and 13,412 to family, according to Spain's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/web\/opi\/estadisticas\/productos_servicios\/infografias\/flujo_ley14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permanent Observatory of Immigration<\/a> (OPI).<\/p><style>\n#nmes-shell figure.nmes-grants{max-width:720px;margin:28px auto 40px;padding:20px 22px 18px;background:#fff;border:1px solid #E3E8EF;border-radius:14px;box-shadow:0 6px 24px rgba(1,33,71,.06);color:#012147;font-family:inherit}\n.nmes-grants__t{display:block;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;margin:0 0 4px}\n.nmes-grants__s{display:block;font-size:14px;color:#44546A;margin:0 0 16px}\n.nmes-grants__row{display:grid;grid-template-columns:52px 1fr 76px;align-items:center;gap:12px;margin:0 0 12px}\n.nmes-grants__y{font-size:16px;font-weight:700}\n.nmes-grants__track{height:30px;background:#EEF3F8;border-radius:8px;overflow:hidden}\n.nmes-grants__bar{height:100%;background:#2F62B3;border-radius:8px}\n.nmes-grants__row.is-last .nmes-grants__bar{background:#012147}\n.nmes-grants__v{font-size:18px;font-weight:700;text-align:right;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums}\n.nmes-grants__split{margin:18px 0 0;padding:16px 0 0;border-top:1px solid #E3E8EF}\n.nmes-grants__split b{display:block;font-size:15px;margin:0 0 10px}\n.nmes-grants__sbar{display:flex;height:30px;border-radius:8px;overflow:hidden}\n.nmes-grants__sbar span{display:block;height:100%}\n.nmes-grants__legend{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px 20px;margin:10px 0 0;font-size:15px;color:#2E3D52}\n.nmes-grants__legend span{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px}\n.nmes-grants__legend i{width:14px;height:14px;border-radius:3px;flex:none}\n.nmes-grants figcaption{font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#44546A;margin-top:14px}\n@media(max-width:480px){#nmes-shell figure.nmes-grants{padding:16px 14px}.nmes-grants__row{grid-template-columns:44px 1fr 64px;gap:8px}.nmes-grants__v{font-size:16px}}\n<\/style>\n<figure class=\"nmes-grants\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Spain digital nomad authorisations granted, main applicants and family together: 9,386 in 2023, 19,500 in 2024 and 28,324 in 2025. In 2025, 14,912 went to main applicants and 13,412 to family members.\">\n<span class=\"nmes-grants__t\">Spain digital nomad authorisations granted per year<\/span>\n<span class=\"nmes-grants__s\">Main applicants and family members together<\/span>\n<div class=\"nmes-grants__row\"><span class=\"nmes-grants__y\">2023<\/span><div class=\"nmes-grants__track\"><div class=\"nmes-grants__bar\" style=\"width:33.1%\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nmes-grants__v\">9,386<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"nmes-grants__row\"><span class=\"nmes-grants__y\">2024<\/span><div class=\"nmes-grants__track\"><div class=\"nmes-grants__bar\" style=\"width:68.8%\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nmes-grants__v\">19,500<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"nmes-grants__row is-last\"><span class=\"nmes-grants__y\">2025<\/span><div class=\"nmes-grants__track\"><div class=\"nmes-grants__bar\" style=\"width:100%\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"nmes-grants__v\">28,324<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"nmes-grants__split\"><b>Who got them in 2025<\/b>\n<div class=\"nmes-grants__sbar\"><span style=\"width:52.6%;background:#012147\"><\/span><span style=\"width:47.4%;background:#FFC504\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"nmes-grants__legend\"><span><i style=\"background:#012147\"><\/i>Main applicants: 14,912 (53%)<\/span><span><i style=\"background:#FFC504\"><\/i>Family members: 13,412 (47%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<figcaption>Source: Spain's Permanent Observatory of Immigration (OPI), authorisations granted under Ley 14\/2013, published 7 July 2026.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p>The conditions:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"nmesul\">\n<li>You're 18 or over and not an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen. (Those citizens can already live in Spain freely and don't need it.)<\/li>\n<li>You work remotely, using computers, phones and similar tools, for a company or clients based outside Spain.<\/li>\n<li>You have a degree or a similar qualification, or at least three years of work experience. Either one is enough: \"o bien con una experiencia profesional m\u00ednima de tres a\u00f1os\" (art. 74 bis.2).<\/li>\n<li>The company has been running for real for at least a year: \"actividad real y continuada durante al menos un a\u00f1o\". You've worked with it for at least the 3 months before you apply, and it allows you to work from Spain.<\/li>\n<li>You have a clean criminal record, health cover and enough income.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Four kinds of worker usually fit:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"nmesol\">\n<li>An employee of a company outside Spain.<\/li>\n<li>A freelancer with foreign clients. Spanish clients are allowed, up to 20% of your work.<\/li>\n<li>The owner of a company outside Spain, with four extra documents. This is the hardest case to get approved.<\/li>\n<li>A sole trader (someone registered as self-employed) in your home country, with foreign clients.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Some people are shut out. If your foreign employer has a branch in Spain, you fall under a different permit, the one for staff moved within a company. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/documents\/410169\/0\/report_report_2301%2BInstrucci%C3%B3n%2Bconjunta%2BTeletrabajadores%2Bde%2Bcar%C3%A1cter%2Binternacional_rev13_FIRMADAS.pdf\/d6c8533a-c98e-6157-da03-a598f0e1c017?t=1681813834808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Joint Instruction<\/a>, the government's guidance note on this visa, rules out the DNV for you. If you hold Spain's non-working residence permit, the \"non-lucrative\" visa, you can't base a DNV application on remote work done on it. That permit \"no autoriza a trabajar\", doesn't allow you to work, says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/documents\/d\/unidadgrandesempresas\/nomadas-digitales-faqs-espanol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAQ<\/a> of Spain's immigration office for these permits, the \"UGE\". From here on we call it the immigration office. The visa runs on work income. In 2026, advisers reported refusals where crypto or passive income was presented as work income.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec\" id=\"es-routes\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">Should you apply for the Spain digital nomad visa from inside Spain or at a consulate?<\/h2><p>Apply for the Spain digital nomad visa from inside Spain if you can be legally there on filing day: <strong>you can get up to 3 years at once<\/strong>, and the law gives the office 20 working days to decide. If you can't, <strong>apply at the consulate for where you legally live<\/strong>. You get a visa of up to 1 year, decided in 10 working days. Later, in the 60 days before it expires, you apply in Spain for the longer permit.<\/p>\n<p>In-Spain applications go online to the immigration office, in full the Unidad de Grandes Empresas y Colectivos Estrat\u00e9gicos. It's a national office under Spain's Ministry of Inclusion that handles this permit. The legal test is your status on filing day: you must be in Spain legally. A US, Canadian or Australian passport holder who enters without a visa meets it, as long as they're within the short-stay limit. Someone who needs a visa can enter on a Schengen visa. On the consulate route, your consulate is the one for the country where you legally live, whatever your nationality.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-tn\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>In Spain (immigration office route)<\/th>\n<th>Consulate route<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">Where you must be on filing day<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain (immigration office route)\">In Spain, legally present<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route\">Where you legally live<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">What you get<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain (immigration office route)\">Residence permit of up to 3 years<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route\">Visa of up to 1 year<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">Legal decision period<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain (immigration office route)\">20 working days<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route\">10 working days<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">ID card<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain (immigration office route)\">Residence card, the \"TIE\", needed after approval<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route\">No residence card while the visa is valid<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">Next step<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain (immigration office route)\">Renew for 2 years at a time<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route\">Apply in Spain in the 60 days before the visa expires<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">Main 2026 risk (practice)<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain (immigration office route)\">Proving you were in Spain on filing day<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route\">Appointments and requests for more documents<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2013-10074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official text of the law in the BOE<\/a>, Spain's official gazette, settles what each route gives you. The consular visa is enough on its own to live and work remotely in Spain. You don't need to apply for the residence card. The visa \"constituir\u00e1 t\u00edtulo suficiente para residir y trabajar a distancia en Espa\u00f1a\", and that holds \"sin necesidad de tramitar la tarjeta de identidad de extranjero\" (art. 75.4). If an in-Spain application isn't answered in time, it counts as granted: \"se entender\u00e1 estimada por silencio administrativo\".<\/p>\n<p>A footnote on the residence card. Spain's general immigration rules (RD 1155\/2024) say something different for long visas, and the special law for this visa is taken to win. If your consulate's visa notice tells you to get a residence card anyway, follow the notice.<\/p>\n<p>Most applicants file in Spain. One Spanish adviser we spoke to in October 2026 put it at about four in five, because it gives up to 3 years straight away. Advisers describe the consulate route as slower in practice, with more requests for documents and hard-to-get appointments.<\/p>\n<p>One rule needs planning around. While your in-Spain application is pending, you can stay in Spain. But it gives you no right to leave and come back in. Don't plan trips while your file is pending.<\/p>\n<p>Compass asks where you live now and which passport you hold. Then it lays out the route your answers point to, with its deadlines. <a href=\"https:\/\/app.novomove.com\/start\/spain\">Build your Spain plan in Compass, free<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec nmesalt\" id=\"es-steps\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">What are the steps to apply for the Spain digital nomad visa?<\/h2><p><strong>If you apply from inside Spain, there are 7 steps: get your papers ready at home, fly to Spain, apply online, wait for the answer, sign up for Social Security and register your address, give your fingerprints, and collect your residence card.<\/strong> The paperwork at the start is the slowest part, so begin there.<\/p>\n<style>\n#nmes-shell .nmes-steps{max-width:720px;margin:32px auto 40px;padding:0;font-family:inherit;color:#012147}\n.nmes-steps__head{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:6px 16px;margin-bottom:18px}\n.nmes-steps__head h3{margin:0;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;color:#012147}\n.nmes-steps__head p{margin:0;font-size:15px;color:#44546A}\n.nmes-steps ol{list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0;position:relative}\n.nmes-steps ol:before{content:\"\";position:absolute;left:23px;top:24px;bottom:24px;width:3px;background:#E3E8EF;border-radius:2px}\n.nmes-steps li{position:relative;display:grid;grid-template-columns:48px 1fr;gap:16px;margin:0 0 14px;padding:0}\n.nmes-steps li:last-child{margin-bottom:0}\n.nmes-steps__n{position:relative;z-index:1;width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:50%;background:#012147;color:#fff;font-size:20px;font-weight:700;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;box-shadow:0 0 0 5px #fff}\n.nmes-steps li.is-spain .nmes-steps__n{background:#FFC504;color:#012147}\n.nmes-steps li.is-done .nmes-steps__n{background:#1F8A5B;color:#fff}\n.nmes-steps__card{background:#fff;border:1px solid #E3E8EF;border-radius:14px;padding:16px 18px;box-shadow:0 4px 16px rgba(1,33,71,.05)}\n.nmes-steps__card b{display:block;font-size:18px;line-height:1.35;margin:0 0 4px;color:#012147}\n.nmes-steps__card p{margin:0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:#2E3D52}\n.nmes-steps__tags{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:6px;margin-top:10px}\n.nmes-steps__tag{display:inline-block;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;padding:6px 10px;border-radius:20px;background:#EEF3F8;color:#012147}\n.nmes-steps__tag.here{background:#FFC504;color:#012147}\n.nmes-steps__tag.home{background:#E3E8EF}\n.nmes-steps__key{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px 18px;list-style:none;margin:16px 0 0;padding:0;font-size:15px;color:#2E3D52}\n.nmes-steps__key span{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px}\n.nmes-steps__key i{width:14px;height:14px;border-radius:50%;flex:none}\n.nmes-alt{max-width:720px;margin:0 auto 40px;padding:18px 20px;background:#F6F8FB;border:1px solid #E3E8EF;border-radius:14px}\n.nmes-alt b.t{display:block;font-size:18px;margin-bottom:12px;color:#012147}\n.nmes-alt__row{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(4,1fr);gap:10px;counter-reset:alt}\n.nmes-alt__s{background:#fff;border:1px solid #E3E8EF;border-radius:12px;padding:12px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;color:#2E3D52;position:relative}\n.nmes-alt__s strong{display:block;font-size:15px;color:#012147;margin-bottom:2px}\n.nmes-alt p.f{margin:12px 0 0;font-size:15px;color:#44546A}\n@media(max-width:760px){.nmes-alt__row{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr}}\n@media(max-width:480px){.nmes-steps li{grid-template-columns:40px 1fr;gap:12px}.nmes-steps__n{width:40px;height:40px;font-size:17px}.nmes-steps ol:before{left:19px}.nmes-alt__row{grid-template-columns:1fr}}\n<\/style>\n<figure class=\"nmes-steps\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"The 7 steps to a Spain digital nomad residence card when you apply from inside Spain\">\n<div class=\"nmes-steps__head\"><h3>Applying from inside Spain: 7 steps to your card<\/h3><p>Times are what people reported in 2026.<\/p><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li><span class=\"nmes-steps__n\">1<\/span><div class=\"nmes-steps__card\"><b>Get your papers ready<\/b><p>Criminal record certificates, your degree or work history, your contract and 3 months of payslips or invoices. Official papers need an apostille and a Spanish translation.<\/p><div class=\"nmes-steps__tags\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag home\">At home<\/span><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag\">6 to 10 weeks<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"is-spain\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__n\">2<\/span><div class=\"nmes-steps__card\"><b>Fly to Spain<\/b><p>Fly direct if you can, and keep your boarding pass and tickets. They prove you were in Spain when you applied.<\/p><div class=\"nmes-steps__tags\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag here\">Trip 1 starts<\/span><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag\">Up to 90 days as a visitor<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"is-spain\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__n\">3<\/span><div class=\"nmes-steps__card\"><b>Apply online<\/b><p>The application goes online while you're in Spain. You don't need a flat yet: a hotel or holiday rental address is fine.<\/p><div class=\"nmes-steps__tags\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag here\">You must be in Spain<\/span><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag\">1 day<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"is-spain\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__n\">4<\/span><div class=\"nmes-steps__card\"><b>Wait for the answer<\/b><p>The law says 20 working days. In 2026 most answers took 3 to 8 weeks. Stay in Spain: if you leave, your application doesn't let you back in.<\/p><div class=\"nmes-steps__tags\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag here\">Stay in Spain<\/span><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag\">3 to 8 weeks<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"is-done\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__n\">5<\/span><div class=\"nmes-steps__card\"><b>Approved: sign up for Social Security and register your address<\/b><p>Sign up for Spanish Social Security before you start working. Then register your address at the town hall (the padr\u00f3n), using a rental contract or the owner's written OK.<\/p><div class=\"nmes-steps__tags\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag\">Straight after approval<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"is-spain\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__n\">6<\/span><div class=\"nmes-steps__card\"><b>Give your fingerprints at the police<\/b><p>Book within a month of approval. Most police offices want your town-hall registration. In Madrid, Barcelona and M\u00e1laga people report doing it without one.<\/p><div class=\"nmes-steps__tags\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag here\">You must be in Spain<\/span><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag\">About a week to book<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"is-spain\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__n\">7<\/span><div class=\"nmes-steps__card\"><b>Collect your residence card<\/b><p>Pick it up in person at the same police office. It's valid for up to 3 years, then you renew for 2 years at a time.<\/p><div class=\"nmes-steps__tags\"><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag here\">You must be in Spain<\/span><span class=\"nmes-steps__tag\">3 to 6 weeks after fingerprints<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"nmes-steps__key\"><span><i style=\"background:#FFC504\"><\/i>You need to be in Spain<\/span><span><i style=\"background:#012147\"><\/i>From home<\/span><span><i style=\"background:#1F8A5B\"><\/i>Approved<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"nmes-alt\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"The consulate route in 4 steps\">\n<b class=\"t\">Applying at a consulate instead? 4 steps, then the same card steps<\/b>\n<div class=\"nmes-alt__row\">\n<div class=\"nmes-alt__s\"><strong>1. Apply at home<\/strong>At the Spanish consulate for where you live.<\/div>\n<div class=\"nmes-alt__s\"><strong>2. Get the visa<\/strong>The law says 10 working days. It's valid for up to 1 year.<\/div>\n<div class=\"nmes-alt__s\"><strong>3. Move to Spain<\/strong>Live and work on the visa. You don't need a residence card yet.<\/div>\n<div class=\"nmes-alt__s\"><strong>4. Apply online<\/strong>In the last 60 days of the visa, for up to 3 years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"f\">After that, steps 5 to 7 above: Social Security, fingerprints and your card.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Each step has deadlines that depend on your route and family. <a href=\"https:\/\/app.novomove.com\/start\/spain\">Compass lays them out as a dated plan, free<\/a>, with the rule, what applicants report in practice and our advice for every step.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"nmesh3\">How many times do you need to be in Spain until you get your card?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>If you apply from inside Spain, plan on being in Spain at three moments: the day you file, your fingerprint appointment after approval, and the day you collect your card<\/strong>, which you have to do in person. You can cover all three in one stay of roughly 2 to 4 months, or in 2 or 3 trips.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-tn\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Moment<\/th>\n<th>In-Spain route<\/th>\n<th>Consulate route<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Moment\">Applying<\/td><td data-label=\"In-Spain route\">In Spain on filing day<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route\">At your consulate abroad<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Moment\">Waiting for the decision<\/td><td data-label=\"In-Spain route\">Best to stay in Spain: if you leave while the file is pending, it doesn't let you back in<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route\">At home, then collect the visa<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Moment\">After approval<\/td><td data-label=\"In-Spain route\">Fingerprints for the residence card within 1 month; in 2026 booking took about a week, longer in Barcelona<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route\">Enter Spain on the visa; no residence card while it's valid<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Moment\">Card<\/td><td data-label=\"In-Spain route\">Collect it in person, about 3\u20136 weeks after fingerprints in 2026<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route\">In the last 60 days of the visa, apply in Spain for the permit, then fingerprints and collection<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Moment\">Typical total<\/td><td data-label=\"In-Spain route\">One stay of about 2\u20134 months, or 2\u20133 trips<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route\">Your card steps fall during your first year living in Spain<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>If you leave Spain while your application is pending, you need a fresh legal entry to come back for fingerprints, such as visa-free days you haven't used or a new Schengen visa. Between fingerprints and collecting the card, a return permit, the \"autorizaci\u00f3n de regreso\", lets you travel and come back. Each family member gives their own fingerprints and collects their own card. Family decisions often come weeks after the main applicant's, so families sometimes need an extra trip.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec\" id=\"es-income\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">How much income do you need for the Spain digital nomad visa?<\/h2><p>The Spain digital nomad visa needs <strong>gross income of 200% of Spain's minimum wage<\/strong>, the \"SMI\", for the main applicant. Gross means before tax. That's \u20ac2,442 a month on the 2026 figures at a consulate, and plan for \u20ac2,849 a month (\u20ac34,188 a year) if you file in Spain. The first family member adds 75% of the minimum wage, and each further member 25%.<\/p>\n<p>The rule comes from the 2023 Joint Instruction and is repeated on the immigration office's checklist: \"mensualmente el 200% del salario m\u00ednimo interprofesional (SMI)\", twice the minimum wage every month. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2026-3815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Decree 126\/2026<\/a> sets it at \u20ac1,221 a month for 2026, paid 14 times a year, so \u20ac17,094 a year. In 2025 it was \u20ac1,184, so every figure rose on 1 January 2026, and it'll move again with the next minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\"\u20ac2,442 or \u20ac2,849: which is it?\"<\/strong> Both come from the same rule. The difference is how you turn the minimum wage into a monthly figure. The simple way takes \u20ac1,221 \u00d7 200% = \u20ac2,442. Consular pages such as Washington's print \u20ac2,442, +\u20ac916 and +\u20ac306. The other way spreads the 14 payments over 12 months: \u20ac17,094 \u00f7 12 \u00d7 200% = \u20ac2,849. Advisers apply that figure to in-Spain files. It isn't published anywhere official.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-tn\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Household<\/th>\n<th>Consulate route, per month (\u20ac1,221 \u00d7 %)<\/th>\n<th>In Spain, plan for, per month (\u20ac17,094 \u00f7 12 \u00d7 %)<\/th>\n<th>In Spain, plan for, per year<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Household\">Main applicant (200%)<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route, per month (\u20ac1,221 \u00d7 %)\">\u20ac2,442.00<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per month (\u20ac17,094 \u00f7 12 \u00d7 %)\">\u20ac2,849.00<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per year\">\u20ac34,188.00<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Household\">Add for the first family member (75%)<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route, per month (\u20ac1,221 \u00d7 %)\">+\u20ac915.75<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per month (\u20ac17,094 \u00f7 12 \u00d7 %)\">+\u20ac1,068.38<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per year\">+\u20ac12,820.50<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Household\">Add for each further member (25%)<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route, per month (\u20ac1,221 \u00d7 %)\">+\u20ac305.25<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per month (\u20ac17,094 \u00f7 12 \u00d7 %)\">+\u20ac356.13<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per year\">+\u20ac4,273.50<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Household\">Couple<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route, per month (\u20ac1,221 \u00d7 %)\">\u20ac3,357.75<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per month (\u20ac17,094 \u00f7 12 \u00d7 %)\">\u20ac3,917.38<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per year\">\u20ac47,008.50<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Household\">Couple + 1 child<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route, per month (\u20ac1,221 \u00d7 %)\">\u20ac3,663.00<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per month (\u20ac17,094 \u00f7 12 \u00d7 %)\">\u20ac4,273.50<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per year\">\u20ac51,282.00<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Household\">Couple + 2 children<\/td><td data-label=\"Consulate route, per month (\u20ac1,221 \u00d7 %)\">\u20ac3,968.25<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per month (\u20ac17,094 \u00f7 12 \u00d7 %)\">\u20ac4,629.63<\/td><td data-label=\"In Spain, plan for, per year\">\u20ac55,555.50<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p><em>2026 figures from the minimum wage (RD 126\/2026) and the 200% \/ 75% \/ 25% rule (2023 Joint Instruction; immigration office checklist). Household totals are our arithmetic, worked out on the unrounded figures and then rounded to the cent. Checked 29 October 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My advice, and the figure Compass uses: if you file in Spain, plan for \u20ac2,849. If the office reads the rule the lower way, you've lost nothing. If it reads it the higher way and you planned on \u20ac2,442, you've lost months.<\/p>\n<p>The figures are gross: \"brutas antes de retenciones por cualquier causa\", before tax and any other deductions, says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/documents\/d\/unidadgrandesempresas\/informacion-documentacion-titulares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigration office's checklist for main applicants<\/a>. The money must show up the same way twice: on your payslips or invoices, and as matching payments into your bank account. A mismatch was one of the refusal triggers advisers reported in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Savings can help, within limits. The same checklist lets savings cover a shortfall in income for the whole length of the permit, shown with up-to-date bank certificates. Savings never replace work income. And over a permit of up to 3 years, a small monthly gap becomes a large sum.<\/p>\n<p>Assume a partner's income doesn't count. In practice the main applicant covers the whole household figure, though we haven't seen this written as a rule either way. If you're paid in another currency, show the amounts in that currency and in euros. If the office names an exchange rate, use it.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec nmesalt\" id=\"es-work\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">What counts as qualifying remote work for the DNV?<\/h2><p>The DNV counts remote work for companies outside Spain, as an employee or a freelancer, where <strong>the relationship has lasted at least 3 months and the company has been active for at least 1 year<\/strong>. Freelancers may also have Spanish clients, <strong>up to 20% of their professional activity<\/strong>.<\/p><figure class=\"nmes-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-nmes-img=\"work\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/es-work.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" alt=\"Hands typing on a laptop at a wooden table by open shutters overlooking a sunny old-town street in Spain\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>Illustrative image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"nmesh3\">Employees<\/h3>\n<p>You can work only for companies outside Spain. The immigration office expects a letter from your employer allowing you to work from Spain, with your duties and your gross salary in euros. Add your contract, recent payslips and the matching bank entries. Describe the duties as remote work: duties that read as on-site work were a refusal trigger in 2026. If your employer has a branch in Spain, the DNV is closed to you.<\/p>\n<p>Check how long your contract runs. Advisers report that in 2026, if a contract ends sooner than 3 years, the permit can be granted only up to that end date. An open-ended contract, or a signed extension before you file, avoids that. The same applies to freelance service contracts.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"nmesh3\">Freelancers<\/h3>\n<p>Spanish clients are fine as long as that work is no more than 20% of your total professional activity: \"no sea superior al 20 % del total de su actividad profesional\" (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2013-10074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art. 74 bis.1<\/a>). The law doesn't say how to measure it. Our own working measure is your share of invoiced income, and we aim for 15% or less to leave a buffer. You prove the work with client contracts, invoices and the matching payments. The companies you work with need the same year of activity and 3 months of history with you.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"nmesh3\">Company owners<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\"Can I use my own company?\"<\/strong> Sometimes, but <strong>it's the hardest Spain digital nomad visa file to get approved<\/strong>. If you're the sole owner, or you have effective control, \"control efectivo\", meaning you run the company in practice, the immigration office's checklist asks for four extra documents. Each one tests whether your company is a real business or a shell for your own work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-tn\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Owner document<\/th>\n<th>What the immigration office is checking<\/th>\n<th>Where one-person companies struggle<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Owner document\">1. Proof that you own or control the company (\"acreditaci\u00f3n de la propiedad o control efectivo de la empresa\"), such as a company register extract or shareholder list<\/td><td data-label=\"What the immigration office is checking\">That the company is yours, and how much of it<\/td><td data-label=\"Where one-person companies struggle\">Rarely a problem<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Owner document\">2. The company's most recent corporate tax return<\/td><td data-label=\"What the immigration office is checking\">That the company trades, earns and pays tax in its own right<\/td><td data-label=\"Where one-person companies struggle\">A new company may not have filed one yet, and many single-member US LLCs don't file a separate corporate return at all<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Owner document\">3. Proof the company has invested in the means to do its work, such as equipment, premises or software it paid for<\/td><td data-label=\"What the immigration office is checking\">That the company has its own means to do the work<\/td><td data-label=\"Where one-person companies struggle\">A laptop bought on a personal card shows very little<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Owner document\">4. The company's employee Social Security history in its home country<\/td><td data-label=\"What the immigration office is checking\">Whether the company employs anyone<\/td><td data-label=\"Where one-person companies struggle\">A company with no staff shows an empty history<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>Two rules work in an owner's favour. If you own 100% and the company has more than a year of real, continuous activity, the immigration office treats the 3-month work relationship as met. And you don't need a letter allowing remote work, because you'd be signing it yourself. If you can't produce the company documents, the checklist's fallback is your own personal tax return for the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Is it realistic? For a real operating company, yes. That means one that files its own accounts and tax return, has staff on payroll, owns its equipment or premises, earns from clients rather than from you, and pays you a regular salary into your personal account. For a one-person company that exists to invoice your own clients, <strong>approval is a long shot in 2026<\/strong>. From February 2026, advisers reported refusals where the income came from a company the applicant solely owned. The Spanish adviser we spoke to steers owners away from filing on that basis.<\/p>\n<p>What do owners do instead? The usual route is to apply as a freelancer. That means a contract between you, as an individual, and a client company you don't own, which has existed for at least a year, with at least 3 months of invoices paid into your personal account. Your company can keep running; it simply isn't the basis of the application. That's dated practice to reduce risk, and the law doesn't require it. If almost all your income sits in your own company and you can't build that track record, check whether the DNV is the right route before you spend money on documents.<\/p>\n<p>The rules set no percentage threshold, so the claim that owning 25% or less is \"safe\" has nothing official behind it.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"nmesh3\">Home-country sole traders<\/h3>\n<p>A sole-trader registration in your home country with foreign clients is a different, simpler case. You invoice as yourself, so the owner documents don't apply in the same way. In one 2026 example, a sole trader with clients abroad filed in Spain on 24 April and was approved on 29 June.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec\" id=\"es-documents\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">What documents do you need for the Spain digital nomad visa?<\/h2><p>The Spain digital nomad visa file needs your full passport, the application form, work and company evidence for your profile, a degree or proof of 3 years' experience, <strong>criminal record certificates from every country you've lived in during the last 2 years plus a signed 5-year declaration<\/strong>, and health cover unless you'll join Spanish Social Security. Foreign public documents need an apostille and a sworn Spanish translation. An apostille is the international stamp that confirms a document is genuine. A sworn translation is one done by a translator officially approved in Spain.<\/p><figure class=\"nmes-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-nmes-img=\"documents\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/es-documents.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" alt=\"Woman sorting plain paper documents into folders at a kitchen table in a sunny Spanish flat\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>Illustrative image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The immigration office has separate checklists for the main applicant and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/documents\/d\/unidadgrandesempresas\/informacion-documentacion-pagina-web-familiares-v2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family members<\/a>. At a consulate, the consulate's own list applies, and where it asks for more, its list wins.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-tn\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Document<\/th>\n<th>Who needs it<\/th>\n<th>Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">Passport, every page<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Everyone<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">Copy blank pages too<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">Application form<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Everyone<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">MI-T for the main applicant, MI-F for each family member<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">Fee payment<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Everyone, one per person<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">Immigration office fee form Modelo 790, code 038; consulates charge their own visa fee<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">Degree, or proof of 3 years' experience<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Main applicant<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">An official work-history record works for experience<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">Criminal record certificates<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Main applicant; the immigration office's family checklist covers family members<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">Every country lived in during the last 2 years, plus a signed 5-year declaration<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">Health cover<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Anyone not joining Spanish Social Security<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">No travel insurance, co-payments or waiting periods<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">Contract, employer letter, payslips, bank statements<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Employees<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">Letter allows remote work from Spain, with duties and gross salary in euros<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">Client contracts, invoices, bank statements<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Freelancers and sole traders<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">Payments must match the invoices<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">Company registry proof (1 year+ of activity)<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Everyone working with a company<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">For each company you rely on<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">The four owner documents<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Sole owners and those with effective control<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">Listed in the work section<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">Home Social Security certificate<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Only where a treaty applies<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">Must say in writing it covers telework in Spain<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Document\">Proof of relationship and dependency<\/td><td data-label=\"Who needs it\">Family members<\/td><td data-label=\"Notes\">See the family section<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"nmesh3\">Criminal records<\/h3>\n<p>This is often the slowest document. You need a clean record in Spain and in the countries where you've lived during the last two years: \"en los pa\u00edses donde haya residido durante los dos \u00faltimos a\u00f1os\" (art. 62.3.c). You also sign a declaration covering 5 years. So: certificates for 2 years, a declaration for 5. A consulate can ask for more.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"nmesh3\">Health cover<\/h3>\n<p>The law asks for \"un seguro p\u00fablico o un seguro privado de enfermedad\", public or private health insurance, and the immigration office fills in the detail. If you'll register with Spanish Social Security after approval, you don't need a separate policy. If you won't, you need cover from an insurer licensed in Spain, with no co-payments and no waiting periods. Travel insurance isn't accepted: \"no se aceptan seguros de viaje\". Family members not covered through Social Security need their own policy.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"nmesh3\">Social Security<\/h3>\n<p>Spain has a self-employed registration, \"RETA\", short for R\u00e9gimen Especial de Trabajadores Aut\u00f3nomos, inside its Social Security system. Someone registered in it is an \"aut\u00f3nomo\", which means self-employed. Employees usually join the general employee scheme instead. The immigration office's FAQ lets employees bring a certificate from their home country's system instead, where an international agreement applies and the certificate \"expresamente indique que da cobertura al teletrabajador en Espa\u00f1a\", says clearly that it covers telework in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>For freelancers, the immigration office's own documents conflict. The FAQ says freelancers must register as self-employed, while the main-applicant checklist describes the home-certificate exception for teleworkers generally. Our reading: most freelancers register as self-employed, and a home certificate works only where a treaty applies and it says so in writing.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"nmesh3\">Apostilles and sworn translations<\/h3>\n<p>Foreign public documents, such as criminal records, degrees and birth or marriage certificates, need an apostille. If your country isn't in the apostille system, they need legalisation by a Spanish consulate instead. Then they need a full sworn translation into Spanish. Private documents such as contracts and invoices generally don't need an apostille.<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, apostilles with a QR code the office couldn't verify caused problems, so check yours scans. Documents in a language with no sworn translator in Spain can need a longer chain of translations, so start those first.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec nmesalt\" id=\"es-address\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">Do you need a lease or proof of address for the Spain digital nomad visa?<\/h2><p><strong>You don't need a lease to apply for the Spain digital nomad visa from inside Spain.<\/strong> A hotel or holiday rental address is fine for the application. You only need a real address after you're approved, when you do your town-hall registration, the \"padr\u00f3n\", before giving your fingerprints. Some consulates also ask for an address when you apply for the visa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-tn\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Stage<\/th>\n<th>Is proof of address needed?<\/th>\n<th>What usually works<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Stage\">Applying online from Spain<\/td><td data-label=\"Is proof of address needed?\">Not on the standard document list<\/td><td data-label=\"What usually works\">Wherever you're legally staying<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Stage\">Consulate visa application<\/td><td data-label=\"Is proof of address needed?\">Some consulates ask for it<\/td><td data-label=\"What usually works\">Check your consulate's own list<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Stage\">Town-hall registration<\/td><td data-label=\"Is proof of address needed?\">Yes, the town hall checks where you live<\/td><td data-label=\"What usually works\">A rental contract, or the owner's written consent; rules vary by town hall<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Stage\">Fingerprints for your residence card<\/td><td data-label=\"Is proof of address needed?\">Not required by law, but most police offices ask for your town-hall registration<\/td><td data-label=\"What usually works\">Your town-hall registration certificate<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div><style>#nmes-shell figure.nmes-map,.nmespage figure.nmes-map{max-width:720px;margin:36px auto 44px;padding:0;border:0}.nmes-map__wrap{border:1px solid #E3E8EF;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden;background:#EEF3F8;box-shadow:0 6px 24px rgba(1,33,71,.06)}.nmes-map svg{display:block;width:100%;height:auto}.nmes-map .n{fill:#CFD7E2;stroke:#fff;stroke-width:.7;vector-effect:non-scaling-stroke}.nmes-map .s{fill:#012147;stroke:#fff;stroke-width:.7;vector-effect:non-scaling-stroke}.nmes-map .pin{fill:#FFC504;stroke:#fff;stroke-width:2;vector-effect:non-scaling-stroke}.nmes-map .lbl{font:700 7.5px\/1 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class=\"sea\" x=\"205\" y=\"650\">Mediterranean Sea<\/text><text class=\"sea\" x=\"96\" y=\"512\" text-anchor=\"end\"> <\/text><circle class=\"pin\" cx=\"164\" cy=\"580\" r=\"3.6\"\/><text class=\"lbl\" x=\"158.5\" y=\"582.6\" text-anchor=\"end\">Madrid<\/text><circle class=\"pin\" cx=\"247\" cy=\"582\" r=\"3.6\"\/><text class=\"lbl\" x=\"241.5\" y=\"584.6\" text-anchor=\"end\">Barcelona<\/text><circle class=\"pin\" cx=\"137\" cy=\"654\" r=\"3.6\"\/><text class=\"lbl\" x=\"142.5\" y=\"656.6\">M\u00e1laga<\/text><\/svg><\/div><ul class=\"nmes-map__key\"><li><i><\/i>Fingerprints without a padr\u00f3n reported to work (2026 practice)<\/li><li><i class=\"sq\"><\/i>Spain<\/li><\/ul><figcaption>Based on what advisers reported in 2026, not on any official rule. Check with the police office before you book.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Which city should you stay in?<\/strong> If you won't have a rental contract soon after approval, stay in Madrid, Barcelona or M\u00e1laga. People report that the police there take fingerprints without the town-hall registration. In Madrid and Barcelona, a short-term rental has been accepted for the registration itself. Elsewhere, expect to need a longer rental contract. <strong>Sort out a stable address before your approval arrives<\/strong>, so the registration doesn't hold up your card.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec\" id=\"es-schengen\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">What if your passport needs a Schengen visa to enter Spain?<\/h2><p>If your passport needs a visa to enter Spain, you can still use the in-Spain DNV route. Get a Schengen visa, which any Schengen country can issue, enter Spain, and file while your stay is legal. Count your days: a short stay is capped at 90 days in any 180, and by what your visa allows.<\/p>\n<p>Needing a visa to enter doesn't mean the consulate is your only path. The legal test is the same for everyone: being legally in Spain on filing day.<\/p>\n<p>If you hold a residence permit from another Schengen country, you don't need a visa at all. It lets you enter Spain and stay up to 90 days in any 180, and that counts as being legally present for filing. An expired visa or permit doesn't.<\/p>\n<p>A dated example. A couple whose main applicant was a freelancer with foreign clients got a Schengen visa, entered Spain and filed on 30 June 2026, after about six and a half weeks of preparing documents. The main applicant was approved on 12 August and the spouse on 10 September.<\/p>\n<p>Two cautions. Entering through another Schengen country brings in the proof-of-presence problem below. And your visa's end date is a hard limit, so plan backwards from it. Use our <a href=\"https:\/\/novomove.com\/schengen-calculator\/\">Schengen calculator<\/a> to count your 90\/180 days before you book. If the timing can't work, the consulate where you legally live is the safer route.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec nmesalt\" id=\"es-presence\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">How do you prove you were in Spain on the day you filed your DNV?<\/h2><p>For an in-Spain DNV filing, <strong>keep proof that you entered Spain and were there on filing day<\/strong>. Since about March 2026, applicants and advisers report refusals where the only proof was a police entry declaration made after arriving through another Schengen country. Practice is moving, so recheck before you fly.<\/p>\n<p>The EU's Entry\/Exit System (EES) went live on 10 April 2026, and passports are no longer stamped at the EU's external border. That removed the simplest proof people had. Entry-stamp practice changed again around late October 2026, and the immigration office hasn't published any instruction on what evidence it now expects.<\/p>\n<p>If you arrive from another Schengen country there's usually no border check. So you may need to make a declaration of entry, a \"declaraci\u00f3n de entrada\", at a police station, within 3 days where the rule applies. In 2026 practice, that declaration alone hasn't always been enough, and some refusals came without a request for more documents first.<\/p>\n<p>The office has also asked people to prove they left their home country. The sole-trader case filed on 24 April 2026 got exactly that request on 25 May. The applicant had flown from an airport that no longer stamps biometric passports. The answer explained this and included the travel records.<\/p>\n<p>What advisers recommend in 2026:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"nmesul\">\n<li>Fly direct to Spain where you can.<\/li>\n<li>Keep boarding passes, e-tickets and any entry record for the whole trip from your home country.<\/li>\n<li>Make the entry declaration within 3 days if you arrive from another Schengen country and the rule applies to you.<\/li>\n<li>Consider a notary's record of your presence, an \"acta de presencia\". That's a record in which a Spanish notary certifies that you appeared before them on a given date. Many advisers add one shortly before filing.<\/li>\n<li>Don't leave the Schengen area between arriving and filing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There's no official checklist for any of this. It's what advisers use while the rules are unclear.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec\" id=\"es-timing\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">How long does the Spain digital nomad visa take in 2026?<\/h2><p>By law, the Spain digital nomad visa is decided in 10 working days at a consulate and 20 working days in Spain. In 2026, applicants and advisers report most in-Spain main applicants decided in about 3\u20138 weeks, <strong>about a third taking longer than 20 working days<\/strong>. Filing to card in hand took roughly 1.5\u20133.5 months.<\/p>\n<p>Working days exclude weekends and public holidays (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2015-10565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ley 39\/2015<\/a>), so 20 working days is about four weeks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-tn\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Stage<\/th>\n<th>Legal period<\/th>\n<th>Reported in 2026 (practice)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Stage\">Consular decision<\/td><td data-label=\"Legal period\">10 working days<\/td><td data-label=\"Reported in 2026 (practice)\">Described as slower, with more requests for documents<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Stage\">In-Spain decision, main applicant<\/td><td data-label=\"Legal period\">20 working days<\/td><td data-label=\"Reported in 2026 (practice)\">Usually about 3\u20138 weeks; about a third past 20 working days<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Stage\">Family members' decisions<\/td><td data-label=\"Legal period\">Joint filings are meant to be decided together<\/td><td data-label=\"Reported in 2026 (practice)\">Often 4\u20138 weeks after the main applicant<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Stage\">Requests for more documents<\/td><td data-label=\"Legal period\">Pause the clock<\/td><td data-label=\"Reported in 2026 (practice)\">More frequent in 2026<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Stage\">Filing to residence card in hand<\/td><td data-label=\"Legal period\">No single legal period<\/td><td data-label=\"Reported in 2026 (practice)\">About 1.5\u20133.5 months<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p><em>Legal periods from Ley 14\/2013 arts. 75\u201376. Practice figures are 2026 reports from applicants and advisers, unofficial.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two dated in-Spain examples:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"nmesul\">\n<li>Filed 30 June 2026. Main applicant approved 12 August, about 31 working days later. Spouse approved 10 September.<\/li>\n<li>Filed 24 April 2026. Request for more documents 25 May. Approved 29 June. Residence card in hand 3 August, about 14 weeks from filing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both were approved, and both took longer than 20 working days from filing.<\/p>\n<p>If a request for more documents, a \"requerimiento\", arrives, the notice sets your deadline, usually 10 working days. Requests are sent electronically. If you miss the deadline, your file can be closed, so check your notifications every day after you file.<\/p>\n<p>Timing matters too. In 2026, family decisions slowed over the summer. Advisers suggest not filing in the weeks before Christmas, when decisions slow again and family members can end up waiting in short-term rentals.<\/p>\n<p>If the immigration office doesn't decide within 20 working days, your application counts as approved by law. This is automatic approval if they don't answer in time, \"silencio positivo\" (positive silence). The catch: to get your residence card you need a certificate confirming it, and in 2026 those certificates were slow too. So don't plan your move around day 21.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec nmesalt\" id=\"es-family\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">Can your family come with you on the Spain digital nomad visa?<\/h2><p>Yes. The Spain digital nomad visa covers your spouse or partner, dependent children and dependent parents, <strong>who can apply with you or later<\/strong>. The first adds 75% of the minimum wage to your income figure (\u20ac915.75 a month at a consulate, plan for \u20ac1,068.38 in Spain) and each further one 25% (\u20ac305.25, or plan for \u20ac356.13).<\/p><figure class=\"nmes-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-nmes-img=\"family\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/es-family.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" alt=\"Parents walking hand in hand with two young children along a sunny pedestrian street in a Spanish old town\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>Illustrative image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The law lets family apply \"conjunta y simult\u00e1nea o sucesivamente\", together with you or later (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2013-10074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BOE<\/a>). That covers your spouse or a partner in an equivalent relationship (the immigration office's guidance includes stable partners as well as registered ones), children who depend on you and haven't set up their own household, and parents who depend on you.<\/p>\n<p>Each person has a separate file linked to yours, with their own MI-F form, fee and proof of relationship and dependency. Their permits allow them to work. For a family of four, the table gives \u20ac3,968.25 a month at a consulate and \u20ac4,629.63 a month (\u20ac55,555.50 a year) to plan for in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Expect decisions to arrive at different times. Joint filings are meant to be decided together, but in 2026 family decisions often came 4\u20138 weeks after the main applicant's. If your family follows later, advisers report that in practice they join after the main applicant has registered as self-employed.<\/p>\n<p>A child who turns 18 before joining you, or before a renewal, can still come as family while they depend on you, for example as a full-time student with no work history. Advisers report that the file then needs evidence of that dependency.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec\" id=\"es-after\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">What do you have to do after your DNV is approved?<\/h2><p>After a Spain DNV approval, <strong>register with Spanish Social Security before you start working, because there's no grace period<\/strong>. Then apply for your residence card within 1 month of the grant, with fingerprints, and report any important change to the immigration office within 30 days.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"nmesol\">\n<li>Register with Social Security \"una vez obtenida la autorizaci\u00f3n de residencia y antes de comenzar la actividad en Espa\u00f1a\": once you have the permit and before you start working in Spain (immigration office checklist). In 2026, advisers reported cancellation notices sent to people who didn't.<\/li>\n<li>Employees who want the Beckham tax scheme: the Beckham application form, \"Modelo 149\", is due within 6 months of your Social Security start date.<\/li>\n<li>Apply for your residence card, in full the tarjeta de identidad de extranjero, within 1 month of the grant, giving fingerprints at a police office. In 2026, appointments were reported scarce in Barcelona, and cards took about 30\u201345 days. If you were approved by positive silence, you need its certificate first. On the consular visa, you don't need a residence card while the visa is valid.<\/li>\n<li>Do your town-hall registration, also called the \"empadronamiento\", which is the register of who lives in the town. The law doesn't require it for the residence card, but many police offices ask for it.<\/li>\n<li>To travel between fingerprints and collecting your card, get a return permit.<\/li>\n<li>Report changes to the immigration office within 30 days: a new employer or client, a switch between employee and freelancer, a change in income.<\/li>\n<li>Use your foreigner's ID number, the \"NIE\" or n\u00famero de identidad de extranjero, for banking and contracts. Nothing in the law requires a Spanish bank account to apply.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec nmesalt\" id=\"es-tax\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">How are digital nomads taxed in Spain, and does the Beckham law apply to the DNV?<\/h2><p>Holding the Spain digital nomad visa doesn't decide where you pay tax. You're a Spanish tax resident if you spend more than 183 days a year in Spain, if your main economic interests are in Spain, or if your spouse and minor children live there. Under the Beckham law, <strong>employees on the DNV qualify expressly<\/strong> and pay 24% on employment-type income up to \u20ac600,000; <strong>freelancers don't qualify simply by holding the visa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Tax treaties have rules to settle which country you belong to when both claim you as a tax resident. US citizens keep filing US returns wherever they live.<\/p>\n<p>The Beckham law is a special tax scheme for people who move to Spain. It sits in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2006-20764&amp;p=20261003&amp;tn=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article 93 of the income tax law (Ley 35\/2006)<\/a>. Since Ley 28\/2022 it names this visa: remote employees meet the move-to-Spain condition \"con el visado para teletrabajo de car\u00e1cter internacional\", with the international telework visa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-tn\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Employee on the DNV<\/th>\n<th>Freelancer on the DNV<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">Qualifies through the visa?<\/td><td data-label=\"Employee on the DNV\">Yes, expressly<\/td><td data-label=\"Freelancer on the DNV\">No; needs a separate route (entrepreneur, highly qualified professional at a startup, R&amp;D)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">Spanish tax residence allowed in the previous 5 years?<\/td><td data-label=\"Employee on the DNV\">None<\/td><td data-label=\"Freelancer on the DNV\">None, if a separate route applies<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">How long it lasts<\/td><td data-label=\"Employee on the DNV\">The year you become resident + 5 more<\/td><td data-label=\"Freelancer on the DNV\">Same, if a separate route applies<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">Rate on employment-type income<\/td><td data-label=\"Employee on the DNV\">24% up to \u20ac600,000, 47% above<\/td><td data-label=\"Freelancer on the DNV\">Not available through the visa<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">Savings income (interest, dividends, gains)<\/td><td data-label=\"Employee on the DNV\">Its own scale<\/td><td data-label=\"Freelancer on the DNV\">Not available through the visa<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">Family<\/td><td data-label=\"Employee on the DNV\">Spouse and children under 25 can be included<\/td><td data-label=\"Freelancer on the DNV\">Same, if a separate route applies<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"\">Opting in<\/td><td data-label=\"Employee on the DNV\">Modelo 149 within 6 months of the Social Security start<\/td><td data-label=\"Freelancer on the DNV\">Same, if a separate route applies<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p><em>Source: Ley 35\/2006, art. 93; <a href=\"https:\/\/sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es\/Sede\/ayuda\/manuales-videos-folletos\/manuales-practicos\/irpf-2025\/c02-irpf-cuestiones-generales\/sujecion-irpf-aspectos-personales\/regimen-fiscal-especial-aplicable-trabajadores-desplazados\/regimen-aplicable-trabajadores-desplazados\/ambito-aplicacion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guidance from the Spanish tax agency (AEAT) on who qualifies<\/a>. Checked 29 October 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\"Is Beckham for me?\"<\/strong> Three things decide it. The 24% applies to general income such as salary, up to \u20ac600,000 (\"hasta 600.000 euros: 24\"). Interest, dividends and gains have their own scale. The deadline is short: <a href=\"https:\/\/sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es\/Sede\/todas-gestiones\/impuestos-tasas\/impuesto-sobre-renta-personas-fisicas\/modelo-149-irpf-comunicacion-opcion-exclusion_\/instrucciones-cumplimentar-comunicacion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modelo 149<\/a>, the opt-in form, is due within 6 months of your Social Security start date (or the date on a valid home-country certificate), and it doesn't wait for your residence card. And it doesn't pay off for everyone. Advisers told us in October 2026 that for employees it tends to pay off from about \u20ac60,000 a year. That's an adviser's opinion, and your own figures decide it.<\/p>\n<p>Have a Spanish tax adviser run your numbers before you file Modelo 149 or decide against it.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec\" id=\"es-renewal\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">How does Spain digital nomad visa renewal work?<\/h2><p>The Spain DNV <strong>renews for 2 years at a time<\/strong>. File in the 60 days before your permit expires. Filing up to 90 days after expiry keeps it valid but can bring a fine. There's no official DNV renewal checklist. Since July 2026, advisers report the immigration office asking for your last two Spanish tax returns and your Social Security history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\"Will I get stuck at renewal?\"<\/strong> Less likely if you plan from day one. The only renewal document from the immigration office we could find is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/documents\/1823432\/1826095\/renovaciones_feb_2018.pdf\/7e4b1631-3f10-171a-eb21-5119133d01a5?t=1664875009918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general renewal guide from February 2018<\/a>, older than this visa. So what goes in a renewal file comes from practice. In July 2026, about six firms reported those requests, traced to remarks by a coordinator at the immigration office on 22 July 2026. Gaps in your self-employed social security contributions or tax filings at renewal are on the 2026 trigger list.<\/p>\n<p>The fix is boring and it works. File Spanish tax returns on time from your first year, keep your contributions up to date, keep your income at or above your household figure, and report changes within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish income tax returns are filed each spring, roughly April to the end of June, for the year before. So your first return comes the spring after your first year as a Spanish tax resident. The two returns asked for at renewal are usually your first two full years.<\/p>\n<p>If you came on the consular visa, your first Spanish step is the residence permit of up to 3 years, filed in the 60 days before the visa expires. Renewals after that run in the same 2-year periods.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"nmesh3\">What if your income drops before renewal?<\/h3>\n<p>The Spain DNV renews only if you still meet the conditions it was granted on. The main one is income: at least 200% of the minimum wage for your household, from qualifying remote work. If your income has fallen below that, a straight renewal is at risk. In 2026 it was the renewal question applicants asked advisers most.<\/p>\n<p>The legal test is gross income, as it was when you first applied. In 2026, though, advisers report reviewers reading renewal files against your Spanish tax returns, including the net figure. For freelancers, net means income after business expenses. Each year is measured against that year's figure:<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-t2\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Tax year<\/th>\n<th>Single applicant, gross income a year (the higher, in-Spain basis)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Tax year\">2024<\/td><td data-label=\"Single applicant, gross income a year (the higher, in-Spain basis)\">\u20ac31,752<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Tax year\">2025<\/td><td data-label=\"Single applicant, gross income a year (the higher, in-Spain basis)\">\u20ac33,152<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Tax year\">2026<\/td><td data-label=\"Single applicant, gross income a year (the higher, in-Spain basis)\">\u20ac34,188<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>So <strong>plan for your income to clear the figure both before and after expenses<\/strong>. If it only clears before expenses, add a short letter explaining your deductible costs. Advisers also report that someone who didn't live in Spain and filed no Spanish tax returns can't renew: the permit is for people who live and pay tax here.<\/p>\n<p>If your income has dropped, these are the options advisers describe in 2026. Each one depends on your case, so check it before you rely on it:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"nmesol\">\n<li>Cover the gap with savings. Advisers apply the first-application rule at renewal too: up-to-date bank certificates showing savings you can access that cover the shortfall for the renewal period. Practice here is less settled, and savings support work income without replacing it.<\/li>\n<li>Swap the main applicant. If your partner has qualifying remote work at or above your household figure, they can become the main applicant and you join as family.<\/li>\n<li>Move to another permit. Advisers mention switching to Spain's general self-employment residence permit, \"cuenta propia\". It needs a business plan and is decided by the regional office, and outcomes vary by office.<\/li>\n<li>Rebuild before you file. Win new foreign clients or a new contract early enough to show steady income in the months before renewal, and declare all of it in Spain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Two things to avoid. <strong>Don't file late or padded tax returns<\/strong> to manufacture a better year. And don't sit on the drop: income falling below the threshold is a change you must report to the immigration office within 30 days, and an unreported change surfaces at renewal anyway.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec nmesalt\" id=\"es-longterm\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">When can you get permanent residence or Spanish citizenship on the DNV?<\/h2><p>On the Spain digital nomad visa, long-term (permanent) residence comes <strong>after 5 years of continuous legal residence<\/strong>. Citizenship comes after 10 years in general, or 2 years for nationals of Ibero-American countries (the legal term for Latin America's Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries), Andorra, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea and Portugal. The 1-year consular visa is <strong>expected to count toward the 5 years, but that isn't officially confirmed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Long-term residence is in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2024-24099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RD 1155\/2024<\/a>, in force since 20 May 2025. It's for people who \"hayan residido legalmente y de forma continuada \u2026 durante los cinco a\u00f1os previos\", who've lived in Spain legally and continuously for the previous five years. You may be away for up to 6 months at a time and 10 months in total, or 18 months in total for work.<\/p>\n<p>The consular visa is a title to live in Spain in its own right, which is why its year is expected to count. We've found no official DNV-specific confirmation. On the in-Spain route the question doesn't arise.<\/p>\n<p>Citizenship is in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-1889-4763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Civil Code<\/a>: 10 years of legal residence in general; 2 years for nationals by origin of Ibero-American countries, Andorra, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea and Portugal, and for Sephardic Jews (\"dos a\u00f1os cuando se trate de nacionales de origen de pa\u00edses iberoamericanos \u2026 o Portugal\"); and 1 year in special cases, such as a child born in Spain or a year of marriage to a Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>For Brazilians, Mexicans, Colombians and other Latin Americans, citizenship can come before long-term residence. Most other applicants must give up their old nationality. The groups above don't have to under Spanish law, and French citizens are covered by a separate treaty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-tn\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Path<\/th>\n<th>Start<\/th>\n<th>Next milestone<\/th>\n<th>Long-term residence<\/th>\n<th>Citizenship<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Path\">In Spain<\/td><td data-label=\"Start\">Permit up to 3 years<\/td><td data-label=\"Next milestone\">2-year renewal around year 3<\/td><td data-label=\"Long-term residence\">From 5 years' continuous legal residence<\/td><td data-label=\"Citizenship\">From 2 years (Ibero-American and listed nationalities) or 10 years<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"Path\">Consulate<\/td><td data-label=\"Start\">Visa up to 1 year<\/td><td data-label=\"Next milestone\">Permit up to 3 years, applied for in the visa's last 60 days<\/td><td data-label=\"Long-term residence\">From 5 years if the visa year counts (expected, not officially confirmed)<\/td><td data-label=\"Citizenship\">Same years of legal residence<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p><em>Earliest points to check your position, assuming continuous legal residence within the absence limits. The years are minimums, each application has its own conditions, and no date is promised.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec\" id=\"es-changes\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">What changed for the Spain digital nomad visa in 2025 and 2026?<\/h2><p>The DNV articles in Spanish law haven't changed since 23 December 2022. But the 2026 minimum wage rise to \u20ac1,221 lifted every income figure, and 2026 practice tightened on proof of presence, company owners and renewals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-tn\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>When<\/th>\n<th>Change<\/th>\n<th>Status<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"When\">3 April 2025<\/td><td data-label=\"Change\">Golden visa abolished (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2025-76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ley Org\u00e1nica 1\/2025<\/a>)<\/td><td data-label=\"Status\">Official<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"When\">20 May 2025<\/td><td data-label=\"Change\">RD 1155\/2024 in force; it governs long-term residence and the residence card, with no change to the DNV articles<\/td><td data-label=\"Status\">Official<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"When\">1 January 2026<\/td><td data-label=\"Change\">Minimum wage from \u20ac1,184 to \u20ac1,221 a month; income figures rise<\/td><td data-label=\"Status\">Official<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"When\">February 2026<\/td><td data-label=\"Change\">Refusals reported for sole-owner company income; the immigration office's checklist spells out the owner documents<\/td><td data-label=\"Status\">Practice, plus official checklist<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"When\">From about March 2026<\/td><td data-label=\"Change\">Refusals reported where in-Spain filers entered through another Schengen country with only an entry declaration<\/td><td data-label=\"Status\">Practice, unverified officially<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"When\">10 April 2026<\/td><td data-label=\"Change\">EU Entry\/Exit System live; no more passport stamps at the external border<\/td><td data-label=\"Status\">Official (EU)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"When\">July 2026<\/td><td data-label=\"Change\">Renewals: last two Spanish tax returns and Social Security history requested<\/td><td data-label=\"Status\">Practice<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"When\">October 2026<\/td><td data-label=\"Change\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one.gob.es\/en\/procedures\/residence-application-digital-nomads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plataforma ONE<\/a> carries official pages for both DNV procedures<\/td><td data-label=\"Status\">Official<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"When\">Late October 2026<\/td><td data-label=\"Change\">Entry-stamp practice reported to have changed again<\/td><td data-label=\"Status\">Practice; recheck before you travel<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"When\">Late November 2026<\/td><td data-label=\"Change\">Snap general election in Spain<\/td><td data-label=\"Status\">Watch: we'll update this page if the rules change<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec nmesalt\" id=\"es-refusals\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">Why do DNV applications get refused, and what can you do?<\/h2><p>In 2026, the Spain digital nomad visa refusal triggers advisers report include weak proof of presence, income that doesn't match bank statements, and owner files missing company evidence. If the immigration office refuses you, you appeal to the authority above it, a \"recurso de alzada\". If a consulate refuses you, use the remedy on the notice: usually asking the consulate to reconsider, a \"reposici\u00f3n\", within 1 month, or going to the High Court of Justice of Madrid within 2 months.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the 2026 list: duties that read as on-site work, crypto or passive money presented as work income, insurance that doesn't meet the rules, apostille QR codes that can't be verified, and gaps in self-employed contributions or tax at renewal. Almost all of them can be fixed before you file.<\/p>\n<p>A request for more documents means the office wants more before it decides. Answer every point within the deadline printed on it. Requests add weeks, and the April 2026 case above was approved after one.<\/p>\n<p>If you're refused, your route decides the remedy. A recurso de alzada is an appeal to the higher authority inside the government. A recurso de reposici\u00f3n asks the consulate to reconsider. The court appeal goes to the High Court of Justice of Madrid, the \"TSJ\". Deadlines are short, so take the notice to a qualified immigration professional the same day. For an in-Spain refusal, advisers report that some applicants fix the file and apply again instead of appealing, as long as they're still legally in Spain or can return legally. Which is better depends on the reason for the refusal.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec\" id=\"es-myths\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">Which Spain digital nomad visa myths should you ignore?<\/h2><p>The Spain DNV errors we saw most often on other English-language guides in October 2026 were: a single income figure for everyone, a residence card on the consular visa, 5-year criminal record certificates, and a flat 24% Beckham rate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nmesscroll\"><table class=\"nmes-table nmes-t2\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>What you may read<\/th>\n<th>What the official sources say<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td data-label=\"What you may read\">One income figure applies to everyone<\/td><td data-label=\"What the official sources say\">The rule is 200% of the minimum wage; consulates print \u20ac2,442 for 2026, and advisers apply \u20ac2,849 to in-Spain files<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"What you may read\">You need a residence card, a TIE, on the consular visa<\/td><td data-label=\"What the official sources say\">The visa works without a residence card while it's valid: \"sin necesidad de tramitar la tarjeta de identidad de extranjero\"<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"What you may read\">The visa year definitely counts toward permanent residence, or definitely doesn't<\/td><td data-label=\"What the official sources say\">Expected to count, not officially confirmed<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"What you may read\">Criminal record certificates must cover 5 years<\/td><td data-label=\"What the official sources say\">Certificates cover the last 2 years; the 5 years is a signed declaration<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"What you may read\">Savings must equal 36 times the monthly shortfall<\/td><td data-label=\"What the official sources say\">Savings may cover a shortfall for the whole permit validity (immigration office); no official multiplier exists<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"What you may read\">Beckham means a flat 24% on all income<\/td><td data-label=\"What the official sources say\">24% on employment-type income up to \u20ac600,000, 47% above; savings income has its own scale<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"What you may read\">Every DNV holder gets Beckham<\/td><td data-label=\"What the official sources say\">Employees qualify expressly; freelancers need a separate route<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"What you may read\">Owning 25% or less of your company is safe<\/td><td data-label=\"What the official sources say\">The immigration office sets no percentage; control triggers the owner documents<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"What you may read\">Every document needs an apostille<\/td><td data-label=\"What the official sources say\">Foreign public documents do; private documents generally don't<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"What you may read\">You'll have an answer in 20 working days<\/td><td data-label=\"What the official sources say\">That's the legal period; in 2026 about a third of main applicants waited longer<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td data-label=\"What you may read\">Your passport will be stamped as proof of entry<\/td><td data-label=\"What the official sources say\">Since 10 April 2026, the EES has replaced stamps at the external border<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec nmesalt\" id=\"es-compass\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">How can you build your own Spain digital nomad visa plan?<\/h2><p>Compass Spain, our free planning tool, turns this DNV guide into your own dated plan: your route, your household's income figure (\u20ac2,442 at a consulate, \u20ac2,849 to plan for in Spain), your documents and your deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>It asks where you live, which passport you hold, how you work and who's moving with you. Then it builds a step-by-step plan for your route, with document checklists and dates such as the 60-day window, the 1-month residence card deadline and the 6-month Modelo 149 clock. Each step has three parts, like this guide: the rule, what applicants report in practice, and our advice.<\/p>\n<p>Compass gives you a plan and a checklist. The decision on your application stays with the Spanish office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.novomove.com\/start\/spain\">Build your Spain plan in Compass, free<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec\" id=\"es-faq\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">What else do people ask about the Spain digital nomad visa?<\/h2><p>Common Spain digital nomad visa questions, each answered on its own with the 2026 figures.<\/p><div class=\"nmesfaq\"><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>Can I apply for the Spain digital nomad visa while visiting as a tourist?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>Yes, if you're legally in Spain on filing day, for example visa-free or on a valid Schengen visa. You file with the immigration office for a permit of up to 3 years. Keep strong proof of your entry, and don't plan trips while the file is pending: a pending filing isn't a re-entry document.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>How much income does a family of four need for the Spain digital nomad visa?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>For a couple with two children, \u20ac3,968.25 a month gross (before tax) on the 2026 consular figures, or plan for \u20ac4,629.63 a month (\u20ac55,555.50 a year) if you file in Spain.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>Do I need private health insurance for the Spain digital nomad visa?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>Only if you won't join Spanish Social Security. If you'll register after approval, the immigration office asks for no separate policy. Otherwise you need cover from an insurer licensed in Spain, with no co-payments or waiting periods. Travel insurance isn't accepted.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>Can I work for Spanish clients on the Spain digital nomad visa?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>Freelancers can, up to 20% of their total professional activity (art. 74 bis.1). Employees may work only for companies outside Spain. The law doesn't say how to measure the 20%; we plan on invoiced income and aim for 15% or less.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>Does income from my own company count for the Spain digital nomad visa?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>It can, but it's the hardest file to get approved. A sole owner or someone with effective control adds four documents: proof of ownership or control, the company's last corporate tax return, proof the company invested in its own equipment or premises, and the company's employee Social Security history. A one-person company rarely clears all four, and since February 2026 advisers report refusals for sole-owner income. Many owners apply as freelancers instead, with a contract from a company they don't own.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>What is positive silence on the Spain digital nomad visa?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>If an in-Spain DNV application isn't decided within 20 working days, it counts as approved by law. That's positive silence. It's a legal grant, but you need a certificate confirming it before you can apply for your residence card, and in 2026 those certificates were slow.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>Do I need a TIE card with the consular Spain digital nomad visa?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>No. Article 75.4 says the consular DNV visa lets you live in Spain without a residence card while it's valid. You'll need one once you get the residence permit in Spain.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>Is the Beckham law automatic with the Spain digital nomad visa?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>No. Employees on the DNV qualify expressly, but they must opt in with Modelo 149 within 6 months of their Social Security start date, and they must have had no Spanish tax residence in the previous 5 years. Freelancers don't qualify simply by holding the visa.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>How many trips to Spain do I need for the Spain digital nomad visa?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>If you apply from inside Spain, you need to be there on filing day, at your fingerprint appointment after approval, and when you collect your card in person. That's one stay of about 2 to 4 months or 2 to 3 trips. A pending application doesn't let you re-enter Spain, so each return needs its own legal entry.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>Can I renew the Spain digital nomad visa if my income has dropped?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>Only if you still meet the income condition, at least 200% of the minimum wage for your household, or cover the gap with savings. In 2026 advisers report reviewers checking your Spanish tax returns, including net income. Other options are making your partner the main applicant, switching to Spain's self-employment permit, or rebuilding your income before you file.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>Can my family members work in Spain on the Spain digital nomad visa?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>Yes. Family members get their own linked permits, and those permits allow them to work. Each person files separately, with their own form and fee, together with you or later.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"nmesfaqd\"><summary>Can Latin Americans get Spanish citizenship after 2 years on the Spain digital nomad visa?<span class=\"nmesfaqp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"nmesfaqbody\"><p>Nationals by origin of Ibero-American countries can apply after 2 years of legal residence, and Spanish law doesn't make them give up their nationality. The application has its own conditions.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\"><section class=\"nmessec nmesalt\" id=\"es-sources\"><div class=\"nmeswrap\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">Where do these Spain digital nomad visa facts come from, and how did we check them?<\/h2><p>Every legal fact on this Spain digital nomad visa page was checked against official Spanish sources on 29 October 2026: the BOE (Spain's official gazette), the immigration office's checklists and FAQ, the tax agency (AEAT) and the Civil Code.<\/p>\n<p>Our team wrote this page from those sources and from 2026 practice reports by applicants and advisers; no lawyer has reviewed it. Practice points are labelled and dated. Where the sources conflict or say nothing (freelancer Social Security, how to measure the 20%, the in-Spain income basis, the consular visa year) we've said so. Check your own file with a qualified adviser before you send it.<\/p>\n<p>The consular figures (\u20ac2,442, +\u20ac916, +\u20ac306) come from indexed excerpts of consular pages that blocked a full fetch; they match the arithmetic on the official minimum wage. The grant statistics come from the OPI's own dashboard of permits granted under Ley 14\/2013, published on 7 July 2026, which we read on 29 October 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Spain holds a snap general election in late November 2026. We'll recheck this page afterwards and update it if the rules change.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"nmesul\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2013-10074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ley 14\/2013, consolidated text<\/a> (arts. 61, 62, 74 bis\u201376; additional provision 7)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2015-10565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ley 39\/2015, art. 30<\/a> (working days)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2026-3815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Decree 126\/2026<\/a> (2026 minimum wage) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2025-2576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Decree 87\/2025<\/a> (2025 minimum wage)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/documents\/410169\/0\/report_report_2301%2BInstrucci%C3%B3n%2Bconjunta%2BTeletrabajadores%2Bde%2Bcar%C3%A1cter%2Binternacional_rev13_FIRMADAS.pdf\/d6c8533a-c98e-6157-da03-a598f0e1c017?t=1681813834808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Joint Instruction on international teleworkers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/es\/web\/unidadgrandesempresas\/teletrabajadores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Immigration office teleworkers page<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/documents\/d\/unidadgrandesempresas\/informacion-documentacion-titulares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">main applicant checklist<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/documents\/d\/unidadgrandesempresas\/informacion-documentacion-pagina-web-familiares-v2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family checklist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/documents\/d\/unidadgrandesempresas\/nomadas-digitales-faqs-espanol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusion.gob.es\/documents\/1823432\/1826095\/renovaciones_feb_2018.pdf\/7e4b1631-3f10-171a-eb21-5119133d01a5?t=1664875009918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Immigration office general renewal guide, February 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/one.gob.es\/en\/procedures\/residence-application-digital-nomads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plataforma ONE: residence application for digital nomads<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/one.gob.es\/en\/procedures\/application-digital-nomad-visa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital nomad visa application<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exteriores.gob.es\/Consulados\/washington\/en\/ServiciosConsulares\/Paginas\/Consular\/Telework-visa.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish Consulate in Washington, telework visa page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2006-20764&amp;p=20261003&amp;tn=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ley 35\/2006, art. 93<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es\/Sede\/ayuda\/manuales-videos-folletos\/manuales-practicos\/irpf-2025\/c02-irpf-cuestiones-generales\/sujecion-irpf-aspectos-personales\/regimen-fiscal-especial-aplicable-trabajadores-desplazados\/regimen-aplicable-trabajadores-desplazados\/ambito-aplicacion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tax agency (AEAT) guidance on who the Beckham scheme covers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es\/Sede\/todas-gestiones\/impuestos-tasas\/impuesto-sobre-renta-personas-fisicas\/modelo-149-irpf-comunicacion-opcion-exclusion_\/instrucciones-cumplimentar-comunicacion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modelo 149 instructions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2024-24099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RD 1155\/2024<\/a> (art. 183, long-term residence)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-1889-4763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C\u00f3digo Civil<\/a> (arts. 22\u201324, nationality)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2025-76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ley Org\u00e1nica 1\/2025<\/a> (golden visa abolition)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"nmespage\" id=\"nmes-start-wrap\"><section class=\"nmes-cta\" id=\"es-start\"><h2 class=\"nmesh2\">Where should you start?<\/h2><p>Answer a few questions about where you live, your passport, your work and your family. Compass shows the route your answers point to and turns it into a dated, step-by-step Spain plan with your document checklist. It&rsquo;s free.<\/p><div class=\"nmesctas\"><a class=\"nmesbtn\" href=\"https:\/\/app.novomove.com\/start\/spain\">Build your Spain plan in Compass<\/a><a class=\"nmesbtn nmesbtn-ghost\" href=\"#es-routes\">Spain or consulate?<\/a><\/div><p class=\"nmessmall\">This guide is general information written from official Spanish sources and dated 2026 practice reports. 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