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The digital nomad visa

Residency in Spain the nomad visa

A status for those who work remotely for foreign companies. The decision is taken in 20 days, the card is issued for three years at once and extended for two. The family comes with the applicant and an income of €2,850 a month is evidenced.

Go through your situation
  • The conditions are checked against law 28/2022 and the Spanish Foreign Ministry
  • Working since 2004
  • We run the visa, the TIE card and the renewal
A Spanish residence card under the digital nomad visa
from €2,850 a monthIncome for the applicant
Three years at onceThe term of the residence card
The family in the applicationA spouse and children with you

01 / About the program

How the digital nomad visa works

Spain introduced this status by law 28/2022 to attract remote professionals. The applicant works for companies outside the country and lives in Spain — lawfully, with access to medicine and schools for the children.

01

The employer must be foreign

An employee may work only for companies located outside Spain. Freelancers are allowed a limited share of Spanish clients.

02

The income is measured from the minimum wage

The requirement is 200% of the SMI. With the 2026 minimum wage of €1,221, paid 14 times a year, that is €2,850 a month, or €34,188 a year.

03

The family adds to the threshold

For a second family member the requirement rises by 75% of the SMI and for each further one by 25%. It is worked out in advance, before filing.

04

This is a working status, not a passive one

Unlike the residencia no lucrativa, employment is compulsory here: an employment contract or client contracts and a record of working with them are evidenced.

What the status givesKingdom of Spain

What the Spain digital nomad visa gives

Legal life in Spain while working for a foreign company: a three-year card from the start, your family with you, visa-free Schengen.

A woman working on a laptop at a street cafe

Work

Work for a foreign company, live in Spain

  • Employer outside Spain
  • At least 3 months with them
  • Company at least 1 year old

Income per applicant

€0

a month: 200% of the 2026 Spanish minimum wage, 14 payments a year.

Calculate for your family
Parents with two children walking down a sunny street

Family

Your spouse and children move with you

Family income per month

Single applicant
€2,850
With a spouse
€3,920
With a spouse and a child
€4,280

Each additional member+€360

A couple with backpacks and passports at an airport

Schengen

0 days out of 180 across the whole zone without visas

Term and path

Residence cardissued at once
3 years
Renewalon the same conditions
+2 years

EU permanent residence after 5 years

03 / Why people apply

Why people arrange the status

It is the answer for those who already work remotely and want to live in Spain lawfully rather than on tourist visas.

The work stays the same

You carry on working for your employer or clients outside Spain — there is no need to change your employment.

A lower threshold than the passive statuses

€2,850 a month against €28,800 a year of savings under the no lucrativa: for a working professional that is more attainable.

Education for the children

State schools and universities at resident rates, and international schools in the large cities.

Tax planning

The special regime for posted workers can change the final burden substantially. It is worked out before the move.

Life by the sea

Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga — developed infrastructure for remote work and a mild climate all year round.

A path to a long-term status

After five years long-term residency, and after ten the right to apply for citizenship under the general qualifying period.

A preliminary assessment

Calculate the budget for your family

Set out who is applying with you. With the calculation you get the full Spanish picture: the income required, the budget for the move, the timeline and a plan of action.

Who is applying for the residence permit?

Get the calculation

about a minuteno calls and no obligationsconfidential

  • The full calculation for your family composition
  • The timeline for each stage of the process
  • A plan of action: where to start
A Spanish residence card and a set of nomad visa documents

04 / Travel

Where you can travel on the residence card

The TIE card gives the right to live in Spain and travel around Schengen; the work meanwhile stays outside the country.

Mode 01

Spain without limits

Residence, entry and exit for the whole term of the card. The status is designed for real residence in the country.

Mode 02

Schengen, 90 days in 180

Travel around the Schengen countries without a visa — up to 90 days in every 180.

Mode 03

Work for a foreign employer

An employee works only for companies outside Spain. A freelancer may have a limited share of Spanish clients.

Mode 04

The rest of the world on your own passport

You travel to third countries on your passport of citizenship: that is what sets the visa regime.

Sources: law 28/2022 on supporting the start-up ecosystem, the procedure of the Ministry of Inclusion and the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399).

05 / The composition of the application

Who can obtain the status

Each family member raises the income requirement. Open a row to see the conditions.

  • Work for a company outside Spain
  • An income from 200% of the SMI
  • At least three months of working with the employer or the clients
  • Medical insurance and no convictions
  • In a registered marriage or partnership
  • Adds 75% of the SMI to the income requirement
  • Entitled to work in Spain under the general rules once the status is obtained
  • The children of the applicant or the spouse
  • Each adds 25% of the SMI
  • They are enrolled in state schools
  • They evidence financial dependency on the applicant
  • Each adds 25% of the SMI
  • Medical insurance is compulsory
Income requirementNot a cost

How much you need to earn

This is not a cost. You only prove the income with a contract and bank statements, and the money stays with you. The threshold is based on the 2026 Spanish minimum wage: €1,221 x 14 payments a year.

Single applicant

€2,850a month

€34,188 a year

200% of the minimum wage

Applicant and spouse

€3,920a month

€47,009 a year

+75% for the second family member

Couple with a child

€4,280a month

€51,282 a year

+25% for each additional member

Couple with two children

€4,640a month

€55,556 a year

+25% for each additional member

  • Work for a company outside Spain or clients abroad
  • At least 3 months with the employer or clients, the company at least 1 year old
  • Proof: contract, bank statements, employer letter
  • Each additional family member: +€360 a month

How much the application costs

The cost of turnkey BRIDGES support for your family. State fees and document costs are shown separately in your personal quote.

Family members

AdultsMain applicant €5,000, spouse or partner in the same package +€1,500
1
Children+€1,000 per child, filed together with the parents
0

What the support includes

  • Checking programme conditions and type of employment
  • Document list and a dated roadmap
  • Checking certificates, apostilles and sworn translations
  • Forms and filing with UGE-CE from inside Spain
  • Address registration right after filing
  • Fingerprints and TIE residence cards for the whole family
from 20
working days to the UGE decision
3 years
residence card from the start, renewal for 2
5 years
to EU permanent residence

We file from inside Spain, without a consulate. The whole family gets TIE cards in one process.

07 / Comparison

Spain against the neighbouring nomad visas

The European nomad visas differ in the income threshold and in how strictly work inside the country is limited.

SpainPortugal D8GreeceItalyCroatia
Income requirement€2,850 a monthfrom €3,680 a monthfrom €3,500 a monthunder the decree’s requirementsby the country’s formula
How it is calculated200% of the SMI4 minimum salariesa fixed suma fixed suma fixed sum
Work in the countryOnly for foreign employersOnly for foreign employersOnly for foreign employersOnly for foreign employersOnly for foreign employers
The path to permanent residence5 years5 years5 years5 yearsdoes not lead
The tax regimeA special regime for posted workersthe general rulesa concession for new residentsthe general rulesan exemption under the rules

The thresholds are given as at the date this page was updated; the conditions for each country are set out on its own page.

Process7 stages

How we handle the application

From the first consultation to the residence card in your hands. At every stage you can see what we do and what you do.

7stages from screening to residence card, all handled by us
5simple steps on your side: tell us, sign, collect certificates, fly in, attend fingerprinting
We doYou doState involved

  1. Before filing

    Work and income check

    We review your work, employer or clients and calculate the income threshold for the whole family.

    We do
    • Employer and client check
    • Family income calculation
    • Check of at least 3 months of service
    • Lawyer consultation
    You do

    Tell us about your work and family

  2. Contract and plan

    If the status fits, we sign a contract and draw up a dated plan: when to collect certificates and when to fly.

    We do
    • Contract
    • Plan and calendar
    • Family quote
    You do

    Sign the contract

  3. Documents and translations

    We prepare the full file: certificates, the employer letter, insurance. A sworn translator translates everything into Spanish.

    We do
    • A list for each person
    • Criminal record certificate with apostille
    • Employer documents
    • Sworn translations
    • Health insurance
    You do

    Obtain certificates using our templates

  4. Filing in Spain

    Filing with UGE

    You enter Spain on a Schengen visa, and we file the application with UGE while the visa is valid.

    We do
    • MI-T and MI-F forms
    • Filing with UGE
    • Status tracking
    You do

    Fly to Spain and sign the forms

  5. Decision

    We stay in contact with UGE, answer requests and send any extra documents. A decision takes from 20 working days.

    State involved: UGE · Ministry of Inclusion

    We do
    • Contact with UGE
    • Answers to requests
    • Additional documents
    You do

    Nothing: we handle this stage entirely

  6. Address registration and TIE card

    After approval we register your address, book the fingerprint appointment and stay with you until the residence card is issued.

    We do
    • Address registration (empadronamiento)
    • Fingerprint appointment
    • Support at the police station
    • Collecting the TIE card
    You do

    Attend the fingerprint appointment in person

  7. After the card

    Taxes and renewal

    We register you with the tax office, check the special tax regime and handle the renewal of your status.

    We do
    • Tax registration
    • Special tax regime check
    • Renewal for 2 years
    • Path to permanent residence after 5 years
    You do

    Nothing: we handle this stage entirely

Full roadmap and contract

Every stage with dates and payments. Your manager will send the roadmap, contract and quote for your family.

A woman walking down a pedestrian street in a Spanish city centre

Spanish residence

Foreign job, Spanish life

A status under Law 28/2022 for remote professionals. Your family moves with you, and children attend local schools.

Apply for the visa Calculate the cost
0yearsresidence card from the start, then a 2-year renewal
0daysworking days to a decision after filing with UGE
0yearsto EU permanent residence

11 / Our role

Why people arrange the nomad visa with us

Refusals here come down not to the amount but to the employer’s documents: they have to be assembled in the form the authority accepts.

01

We check the employer in advance

The company must have existed for at least a year and have worked with you for at least three months. That is settled before filing.

02

We work out the threshold for the whole family

The additions of 75% and 25% of the SMI are often forgotten. We calculate the total in advance and show how to cover it.

03

We prepare the documents for the authority

Certificates, the apostille, sworn translations and proof of qualifications in the accepted format.

04

We run the tax question

We check whether the special regime for posted workers applies before the move, not after the first return.

12 / Team

Who runs the Spanish residency process

The application is run by a permanent team: an immigration lawyer, a documents specialist and a family coordinator.

Sergey EvdokimovSergey EvdokimovManaging PartnerThe strategy for the programme and complex casesMartin DvorzhakMartin DvorzhakDocument Processing SpecialistRunning the application legally and the documentsDmitry NagyDmitry NagyInternational Tax ConsultantTaxes on the move and the special regimeSofia MendesSofia MendesInvestment Migration ExpertCoordinating the family and contact at every stage

14 / Reviews

Reviews from BRIDGES clients

Real reviews from the reviews page — with photographs and links to the case behind them.

OksanaProducer of online courses
Spain · Digital Nomad

My income comes from five sources and I was sure it was hopeless. The lawyers assembled it into a clear picture for the consulate. Visa on the first filing, and I live in Valencia.

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NikitaProduct designer
Greece · Digital Nomad

I work for an American startup from Santorini - it sounds like a postcard, but it is simply my life since the nomad visa. The file for the visa was assembled in two weeks.

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IldarDeveloper
Greece · Digital Nomad

I was choosing between Spain and Greece - BRIDGES compared the taxes and the timelines of both side by side. I chose Athens and have not regretted it once: the sea, a power socket, deadlines.

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15 / Materials

Useful materials on Spain

Materials on the nomad visa: calculating the income, the employer’s documents and the order of filing.

The main materialPresentation

The Spanish digital nomad visa

The presentation gathers the essentials: the requirements as to income and employment, the documents, the order of filing and the tax regime.

Inside:

  • how much income is required for your family composition
  • which documents are needed from the employer
  • how the status differs from the no lucrativa
  • which family members come into the application
  • where to file: the consulate or Spain
  • how the special tax regime works
  • how work with BRIDGES is organised

PDF · free · current as of August 2026

A short check: where the employer is registered, whether the income is enough and whether you have the required record of working together.

The list for the applicant and each family member, the employer’s documents included.

We calculate the income required, the budget for the move, the fees and the support.

All the materials are updated regularly by our team and are used when supporting BRIDGES clients.

TimelineLaw 28/2022

What has changed in the programme

  1. 1 January 2026

    The minimum wage for 2026 is €1,221. The nomad visa requirement rose with it: €2,850 a month for the applicant.

  2. 11 August 2026

    An employee on this status may work only for companies outside Spain; freelancers are allowed a limited share of Spanish clients.

Worth having

Prepare for the Spain Digital Nomad Visa

The short document we give clients before the start: the income, the employer’s documents, the stages and the timelines.

Inside the document

  • The income required by family composition
  • What is needed from the employer or the clients
  • The current conditions for 2026

We will send it after a short form - no call or obligation.

17 / Questions

Answers to common questions

200% of the interprofessional minimum wage. With the 2026 SMI of €1,221, paid 14 times a year, that is €2,850 a month, or €34,188 a year. For a second family member 75% of the SMI is added, and 25% for each further one.

An employee — only for companies located outside Spain. A freelancer may work with Spanish clients, but their share is limited; the bulk of the income must come from abroad.

At least three months of working with the employer or the clients before filing, and the company itself must have existed for at least a year. Those are the key formal conditions.

At the consulate for your place of residence, or in Spain itself if you are there lawfully. The second route is often faster.

Yes. A spouse, children and dependent parents come into the application. Each raises the income requirement: 75% of the SMI for a second family member and 25% for each further one.

Where the conditions are met the special regime for posted workers is available, with a flat rate on income from Spanish sources. Whether it applies to your case is worked out individually, before the move.

The no lucrativa forbids work and requires savings of €28,800 a year to be evidenced. The nomad visa, by contrast, is built on work: a regular income from a foreign employer is evidenced.

Yes. Five years of lawful residence open up European Union long-term residency, and ten years the right to apply for citizenship under the general qualifying period.

Applications under the start-ups law are considered on an accelerated basis: usually from a few weeks to a couple of months, allowing for the preparation of the documents.

There are no restrictions on citizenship. The practical difficulty is evidencing the employment and the transfers from a foreign employer; we go through that part before filing.

INITIAL ASSESSMENT

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We will design a solution for your case, choose the country and the right status, and take the whole process through to the result.

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Anna Kovalevskaya, lead lawyer at BRIDGES GLOBAL
Anna KovalevskayaLead lawyer, citizenship and residency, 12 years of practice