Destination Spain: Understanding Your Visa Options in 2024

Unless you hold an EU passport, it’s highly likely that you will need a visa to come and live in Spain.

Spain offers a range of options, including visas linked to studying, employment, business, and investment. While the “Golden Visa” pathway of residency through purchasing a personal home is now effectively closed, there are many other ways to reach your destination, to live legally in Spain, They all have different terms and conditions associated with them, and which you should apply for depends on a number of different factors, for example:

• Do you need to work and earn a living?

• Do you need to be in Spain to do your work?

• Do you have family or ancestral ties to Spain?

• Do you business/investment intentions in Spain?

• Do you intend to settle in Spain as a permanent resident or even acquire citizenship?

Some people will potentially be eligible for more than one visa pathway, and that’s why you need clarity about your long-term intentions for residency and also tax planning.

Mistakes can be expensive, and for any approach the paperwork and administration can be complex and onerous. But with the right guidance and support, you can choose and follow an appropriate pathway to your life in Spain.

Our partners Entre Tràmites have helped many Remote Work Europe members with all aspects of Spanish life administration, and can consider your position and plans holistically, working with you to achieve your long-term goals in a tax efficient way.

Their immigration law expert Katherine Rodriguez is joining us for this free webinar, to round up all the different possibilities, and help you start designing your roadmap to Spain.