Live & Invest
Spain's Golden Visa ended in April 2025. Your move to Spain did not.
Buying property no longer grants residency — but Spain still offers solid legal routes for investors, retirees and remote professionals. We assess your profile and take you down the one that gets approved in 2026.
Straight answers on what is still possible · English-speaking lawyers · Offices in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia & Alicante
01 / THE DIRECT ANSWER
Is the Golden Visa gone? Yes — and here is what works instead
Spain's Golden Visa was abolished on 3 April 2025; new applications — including the €500,000 property route — are inadmissible. Permits granted before that date remain valid and renewable. For new applicants in 2026, the working alternatives are the non-lucrative visa, the entrepreneur visa and the digital nomad visa, depending on your income source.
02 / YOUR OPTIONS IN 2026
Four ways forward, depending on your income source
1. Non-Lucrative Visa — the closest substitute
For those living on savings, investments, rental income or pensions, without working in Spain.
- Financial means of 400% of IPREM for the main applicant (roughly €2,400/month under the current index; more per dependant) [VERIFICAR cifra IPREM 2026 antes de publicar].
- Full private health insurance and a clean criminal record.
- You may own property, invest and manage your wealth — you may not work. Renewable, with permanent residency available after 5 years.
2. Entrepreneur Visa (Startup Law)
For investors who want their capital active in a Spanish business.
- An innovative business plan of economic interest to Spain, endorsed by ENISA.
- Fast-track processing through the UGE; family included in one application.
- Unlike the old Golden Visa, the investment must be a real venture — not a passive property purchase.
3. Digital Nomad Visa
For those who keep working remotely for non-Spanish companies or clients.
- Minimum income of €2,849/month in 2026; up to 3 years' residence when filed from Spain.
- Potential access to the 24% flat-rate inpatriate tax regime.
4. Already hold a pre-2025 Golden Visa? It survives — renew it properly.
Investor permits granted before 3 April 2025 remain valid and renewable under their original regime. We prepare renewals well ahead of the deadline: proof that the investment is maintained, documents current, family status protected. A renewal refused on formalities is the one way to lose what you already secured.
03 / HOW WE WORK
From profile to permit, with a written plan
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Profile assessment.
Wealth structure, income sources, work situation, family, and what you actually want — full-time residence, seasonal living, a path to citizenship. You get a written comparison of the routes open to you, with reasons, not a sales pitch for the most expensive one.
Route confirmed -
Route design.
A complete written timeline: documents, apostilles, translations, health insurance — and the tax side coordinated before you relocate, not after.
Plan in writing -
Filing and follow-up.
We file electronically, track deadlines and answer official requests. You receive proactive updates; you never chase us, and we never disappear after the first invoice.
Filed & tracked -
Settling in, with a horizon.
NIE, fingerprints, TIE — and from day one, the 5-year plan: renewals, permanent residency and, if you want it, Spanish citizenship.
Approved
04 / FEES
One figure per route, in writing
[PENDIENTE CLIENTE — decisión hueco 9]
A fixed fee in writing per route (non-lucrative / entrepreneur / digital nomad / investor renewal), itemising legal fees, government fees and dependants. You will know the full cost before you commit — transparency here is the deciding factor.
05 / FAQ
The Golden Visa aftermath, without the fine print
No. Spain abolished the Golden Visa on 3 April 2025, and applications filed after that date are inadmissible — including the €500,000 real-estate route. What remains: renewals of permits granted before the cut-off, and alternative residency routes such as the non-lucrative, entrepreneur and digital nomad visas.
On its own, no longer. Property purchase stopped granting residency rights when the Golden Visa ended. You can own Spanish property without residing, spending up to 90 days per 180-day period. If you want to live in Spain, your property strengthens — but does not replace — an application such as the non-lucrative visa, which assesses your overall financial means.
It depends on where your income comes from. Living on savings, investments or a pension points to the non-lucrative visa. Running an active business points to the entrepreneur visa. Working remotely for foreign clients points to the digital nomad visa. In the profile assessment we compare all three against your numbers and give you a written recommendation.
No — abolition did not revoke existing permits. Yours remains valid and renewable as long as you maintain the qualifying investment and renew on time with the right documentation. Start the renewal months ahead: a refusal on formal grounds is the only realistic way to forfeit a status you already hold, for you and your family.
No. The non-lucrative visa excludes work, including remote work; it is built for passive income — savings, rents, dividends, pensions. If you intend to keep working for foreign clients, the digital nomad visa is the correct instrument, and often the better one for tax. Choosing the wrong box here is a common, avoidable reason for refusal.
Routes under the Startup Law (entrepreneur, digital nomad) carry a 20-working-day legal decision period at the UGE once filed; the non-lucrative visa goes through your consulate and takes longer. The real timeline is set by preparation — apostilles, insurance, translations — and you receive it in writing, with dates, at the assessment stage.
Yes. Every client has a named, English-speaking lawyer and receives proactive WhatsApp updates at each milestone, with replies within [PENDIENTE CLIENTE: SLA]. We know the sector's reputation — paying a four-figure fee and then being ignored — and our process is designed specifically against it.
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