Spain Digital Nomad visa
Understand the requirements, prepare your evidence and compare applying from Spain with a consular visa. Your legal provider confirms which Digital Nomad application plan fits your work and household.
Remote employees
Your work arrangement and employer evidence need professional review. Discuss permission to work remotely, employment history and the applicable social-security arrangements before ordering documents.
Freelancers and company owners
We look at how you actually work, who your clients are and how your income is evidenced. Company ownership alone does not establish suitability. Flag unusual arrangements during the free fit call.
Applying from Spain or a consulate
The application plan depends on where you live and your lawful immigration status. Online residence applications from Spain and consular visa applications have different steps. Your plan states who submits and where you must attend.
A plan for your family
Each additional applicant has their own evidence and appointment needs. Standard spouse, partner and child applications on the same route add to the household service fee. Complex dependency questions receive an individual quote.
What the service covers
Professional assessment of an accepted case, a document checklist, checks and corrections, agreed preparation and submission work, one formal request-for-information response, and agreed residence-card appointment and collection support.
What you do
Supply accurate information, obtain original evidence and any required legalisation, review and sign documents, pay the agreed fees, and attend any required appointments. Authorities control decisions and appointment availability.
Digital Nomad visa requirements: what needs checking
A remote job is the start of the assessment. The application needs evidence connecting your actual work, resources and arrangements for living in Spain.
- How your employee, freelance or company-owner arrangement works in practice.
- The employer or client relationship, permission for remote work and supporting company evidence.
- Your qualifications or professional experience and how they relate to the work.
- Financial evidence for the main applicant and any family applicants.
- The applicable social-security position and healthcare cover.
- Your lawful status, background evidence and the correct application procedure.
Start with the free route check, then discuss any unresolved points before paid work starts.
Which documents should you prepare?
Plan separate folders for identity and forms, the employer/client relationship, remote-work permission, professional background, finances, social-security or health evidence, and family records where relevant. The UGE applicant and family instructions below describe the official evidence; consular applications need the relevant consulate's own instructions.
How should you plan the timeline?
Keep document collection, application review, official decision-making and later appointments as separate stages. Missing evidence or a request for further information can change the plan. A sample case timeline is not a processing-time promise.
Questions before you apply
Can I apply from inside Spain?
A qualifying Digital Nomad residence application may be made while you are lawfully in Spain. Your provider must check your current status, evidence and timing. Being in Spain on its own does not establish eligibility.
Does owning a company make me eligible?
Company ownership alone does not answer how you work or whether the evidence fits the route. Explain your duties, the company structure, working relationships and how you receive income during the initial discussion.
Can my partner or children apply with me?
Family applications need a separate assessment of each person's relationship and circumstances, as well as the household's evidence. Complex dependency questions need individual review and may require a separate quote.
Is tax advice part of the visa application?
Immigration permission, social-security arrangements and tax treatment are different questions. Chapter's standard package does not include tax advice. Agree any tax assessment separately with the appropriate professional.
Official sources and useful checks
Updated . General planning information; your legal provider confirms the individual application plan.
Consular arrangements and evidence requirements can change. Check the relevant authority’s current instructions before ordering time-sensitive documents.
The check is preliminary. Income alone does not establish eligibility. Read the service scope and exclusions and confirm your document plan with your legal provider.
Keep planning your move
Digital Nomad visa for employees
Move to Spain while keeping a qualifying overseas job. Plan employer permission, salary evidence, Social Security and your Digital Nomad application.
Freelancer application evidence
Prepare contracts, invoices and remote-work evidence for Spain’s Digital Nomad route as a freelancer. Understand clients, professional history and Social Security.
Visa income calculator
Calculate household planning figures for Spain's Digital Nomad and Non-Lucrative routes. See the formula, family additions and differences between published figures.
Moving to Spain with family
Plan a family move to Spain: compare Digital Nomad and Non-Lucrative routes, organise each applicant’s evidence and calculate transparent family service fees.
Know your cost before you commit
€1,190 for the main applicant and €250 per standard additional family member, including VAT. Two equal payments. Government fees and translations are separate.