Spain · Digital nomad
International Teleworking Visa / Digital Nomad Visa (Law 28/2022)
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Last verified July 2026
Open. The income floor is 200% of the SMI, which is EUR 1,221/month over 14 payments, or EUR 17,094/year, for 2026. That puts the threshold at roughly EUR 2,849/month.
The DNV is the one Spanish route that pairs with Beckham. Law 28/2022 created both, deliberately. For a Latin American founder, it is quietly the best deal in Europe: three years of residence, Beckham tax treatment, and naturalisation after just two years of residence, with no requirement to renounce, since Spain permits dual nationality with Ibero-American countries by treaty.
Qualifying routes
€34.2k
Remote employee or freelancer for non-Spanish companies
The threshold is EUR 2,849/month, which is 200% of SMI. Freelancers may bill Spanish clients for up to 20% of their total activity.
The facts
- Minimum
- €34.2k
- Total landed cost
- EUR 2–6k in government and legal fees for a family. The visa itself is inexpensive.
- Route type
- Income requirement
- Timeline
- 1–6 months (UGE-CE processing is fast by Spanish standards. The in-country route via the Unidad de Grandes Empresas carries a 20-working-day statutory response, with positive silence if that deadline passes.)
- Physical presence
- This is substantive. It is a residence permit, and it makes you a Spanish tax resident if you stay 183+ days.
- Family
- Spouse or unmarried partner, which adds 75% of SMI, roughly EUR 1,069/monthDependent children, which add 25% of SMI each, roughly EUR 357/monthDependent ascendants
- Permanent residency
- 5 years
- Citizenship
- 10 years of legal residence for most nationalities. It drops to 2 years for nationals of Ibero-American countries, Andorra, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, Portugal, and Sephardic Jews.
- Language test
- DELE A2 plus the CCSE test
- Dual citizenship
- Not permitted. You would have to renounce.
- Requirements
- non-EU/EEA/Swiss nationalremote work for companies located outside Spainincome at or above 200% of SMIdegree from a reputable institution OR 3+ years of professional experience in the fieldemployment relationship of at least 3 months and employer trading for at least 1 yearclean criminal record for the last 5 yearsprivate health insurance with full coverage in Spain, or Spanish social security registrationno irregular stay in Spain at time of application
What can go wrong
- The income threshold is pegged to the SMI and ratchets up every year. A renewal can fail on a threshold that did not even exist at the time of first grant.
- Beckham treatment is not automatic with the DNV. It is a separate election, with its own 6-month deadline and its own conditions.
- Spanish tax residence brings Modelo 720 foreign asset reporting, unless sheltered by Beckham, along with wealth tax and the Solidarity Tax on Large Fortunes. The visa is cheap. The tax consequence is not.
- Freelancers are capped at 20% of activity from Spanish clients. Exceeding it can invalidate the permit.
- Naturalisation for non-Ibero-American nationals requires renouncing the original citizenship. Spain does enforce this at the oath, though imperfectly in practice.
- The employing company must generally have been trading for at least one year, and the applicant must have at least 3 months with that employer.