🇪🇸 A closer look at your next base

Spain

Spain Digital Nomad Visa (Ley de Startups)

Compare destinations ⇄Official programme ↗

Illustrative lifestyle scene, not a location survey

Financial evidence: 200% of SMI; €2,442/mo in the linked UGE FAQ; confirm your application channel
Initial stay: One-year consular visa; in-country authorisation is a separate route
Extension / longer stay: Renewal, permanent residence and citizenship have separate conditions
Schengen: Yes · short-stay rules still apply elsewhere
Processing time: Confirm with the application channel
Government fees: UGE initial authorisation €73.26; consular and other charges separate

Could this be your next base?

Explore Spain as a remote-work base. 200% of SMI; €2,442/mo in the linked UGE FAQ; confirm your application channel. Check passport, work arrangement, application channel and documents before deciding.

Tax conditions to understand

Tax residence, income source and treaty relief need individual review; the visa does not automatically exempt income.

A visa does not settle tax residency. Days present, residence ties, income source and treaties can all matter.

Make room for everyone

Your family’s financial threshold

🇪🇸 Spain

See the extra financial evidence for a partner and children. Dependant definitions and documents vary; this is a financial precheck, not a full eligibility decision.

Spouse / partner Children Monthly income (USD) Savings (USD, optional) Profession Planned stay (months)

Use this page’s stated consulate / version for my precheck; another consulate may differ. Spain UGE 2026 FAQ

Main applicant monthly income: —
Monthly family addition: —
Total monthly threshold: —

Nationality, work arrangements, insurance and documents still need checking. Unknown family rules are never replaced by a generic percentage.

What this route offers

200% of SMI; €2,442/mo in the linked UGE FAQ; confirm your application channel
One-year consular visa; in-country authorisation is a separate route
Original programme information is linked below

Things to plan for

Meeting a financial threshold does not establish full visa eligibility
Tax, health cover and work arrangements need separate review

Documents to prepare

This is a starting checklist. Confirm the full current list, translations and legalisation rules for your application channel.

Provide passport and nationality/jurisdiction documents required by the official checklist
Provide route-specific evidence of remote work and income or assets
Check the official checklist for health cover, criminal records, translations and legalisation

Start with the official source

UGE / Ministry of Inclusion

Check requirements & application steps ↗

Sources & what still needs checking

Research checked: 2026-11-05

The date records when sources were consulted, not when a policy took effect or an official endorsement. Recheck with the authority before applying.

Financial threshold: Conditions to confirm
Stay duration: Conditions to confirm
Family rules: This field checked
Tax treatment: Not yet verified
Government fees: Conditions to confirm
Processing time: Not yet verified
Documents: Conditions to confirm
Nationality restrictions: Conditions to confirm
Insurance: This field checked

Data gaps

Current government fees
Current processing timeline
Complete nationality eligibility list
Complete country-specific document checklist
Dated living-cost samples
Internet quality samples
Individual tax assessment
Application channel confirmation

UGE teleworker FAQFinancial threshold · Family rules · Stay duration · Insurance
Washington consular checklistFinancial threshold