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Spain digital nomad visa: how long the Visado y autorización de residencia para teletrabajo de carácter internacional takes, what it costs, and whether it leads to permanent residence
This route is commonly searched as “nómada digital” or “digital nomad visa”. Official pages opened for this record use “teletrabajo de carácter internacional” and do not use “nómada digital”.
Work Permit
Remote work for a company outside Spain — not permanent residence
Residence for a third-country national to work remotely, using only electronic means, for companies outside Spain. From abroad, the consular visado para teletrabajo de carácter internacional (code TEL) is itself permission to reside and work remotely for at most one year (Ley 14/2013, art. 74 quater). A residence authorization cannot be filed from abroad. In Spain, someone already here legally, or whose visa has 60 days or less left, applies to UGE-CE; the Dirección General de Migraciones grants an authorization of at most three years, renewable for two-year periods while the conditions continue (arts. 74 quinquies and 76). An employment relationship may be only with the foreign company. A professional relationship may include Spanish clients up to 20 percent of the activity (art. 74 bis). The foreign relationship must already have lasted three months, and the foreign company must have been genuinely active for at least one year (art. 74 ter). Qualification is a degree from a recognised university, vocational programme, or business school, or three years of comparable experience (art. 74 bis). These pages do not state a long-term-residence outcome.
Source: Boletín Oficial del Estado · verified 2026-09-24
Does Visado y autorización de residencia para teletrabajo de carácter internacional lead to permanent residence?
- Residency
Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
Source: Boletín Oficial del Estado · verified 2026-09-24
Do you need a job offer for Visado y autorización de residencia para teletrabajo de carácter internacional?
- Job offer
Not required
Source: Boletín Oficial del Estado · verified 2026-09-24
What education does Visado y autorización de residencia para teletrabajo de carácter internacional require?
- Education
Art. 74 bis.2 (opened): “graduados o postgraduados de universidades de reconocido prestigio, formación profesional y escuelas de negocios de reconocido prestigio o bien con una experiencia profesional mínima de tres años.” Instruction séptima of the joint instruction of 30 March 2023 repeats the same alternative. No single education floor is stored, and no numeric experience minimum is stored, because either limb qualifies.
Source: Boletín Oficial del Estado · verified 2026-09-24
How much money do you have to show for Visado y autorización de residencia para teletrabajo de carácter internacional?
- Funds
EUR 2,442
Instrucción tercera of the joint instruction of 30 March 2023: the holder must show a monthly amount equal to 200% of the salario mínimo interprofesional. Real Decreto 126/2026, art. 1, fixes that SMI at 1,221 EUR per month, in force 1 January through 31 December 2026. 200% of Real Decreto 126/2026's SMI of 1,221 EUR/month = 2,442 EUR. The UGE checklist states the amounts are gross, before tax or social-security withholding. Family scale, not stored as a second figure: a unit of two people (the holder plus one family member) must show at least 75% of the SMI, and each further member adds 25% of the SMI.
Source: Dirección General de Españoles en el Exterior y de Asuntos Consulares and Dirección General de Migraciones · verified 2026-09-24
How much does Visado y autorización de residencia para teletrabajo de carácter internacional cost to apply for?
- Application fee
No amount stored
Source: Unidad de Grandes Empresas y Colectivos Estratégicos, Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones · verified 2026-09-24
Needs review — the stored record is incomplete
How long does Visado y autorización de residencia para teletrabajo de carácter internacional take to process?
- Processing time
No commitment to a processing time
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Source: Boletín Oficial del Estado · verified 2026-09-24
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What does Boletín Oficial del Estado actually require?
Quoted from the pages named beside each rule, not paraphrased.
- Age
Ser mayor de 18 años.
Source: Boletín Oficial del Estado · verified 2026-09-24
Not published on the pages we read
We checked for each of these and the page carried no figure. The absence is recorded with the reason, so this page states nothing the authority does not.
Processing time
Ley 14/2013, art. 76 (opened 2026-09-24): “El plazo máximo de resolución será de veinte días desde la presentación electrónica de la solicitud en el órgano competente para su tramitación. Si no se resuelve en dicho plazo, la autorización se entenderá estimada por silencio administrativo.” That is a legal deadline for the UGE residence authorization, not an expected wait. Art. 74 quater states no decision period for the consular visa. No month range is stored.
Source: Boletín Oficial del Estado · verified 2026-09-24
Application fee
No euro amount is stored. Ley 14/2013, art. 62.3.g, the joint instruction (octava, item 2), and the UGE checklist require proof of payment of modelo 790 código 038 and do not print an amount. The sede page (https://sede.inclusion.gob.es/w/presentacion-solicitudes-autorizacion-residencia, read 2026-09-24 only after skipping certificate verification) names punto 7, initial or renewal, for the holder and dependent family members, and prints no euro amount. The undated UGE FAQ, question 20, prints “La tasa, 73,26 € para las solicitudes iniciales tanto del titular como de los familiares”. That figure is not adopted: the FAQ has no date, the other official pages opened do not repeat it, and the live payment form was not opened. The consular visa fee is a separate charge and was not printed on any page opened.
Source: Unidad de Grandes Empresas y Colectivos Estratégicos, Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones · verified 2026-09-24
Needs review — the stored record is incomplete
The process
How it works
- 1From abroad, the consular visa is itself permission to reside and work remotely, for at most one year.
- 2In Spain, UGE-CE takes the residence authorization, for at most three years, renewable for two-year periods.
What changed when we last checked this record
Opened 2026-09-24. Ley 14/2013, arts. 62, 74 bis–quinquies and 76, and additional provision 20. The consular visa (art. 74 quater) lasts at most one year and is itself permission to reside and work remotely. The UGE-CE residence authorization (art. 74 quinquies) lasts at most three years and can be renewed for two-year periods. Art. 76’s twenty-day positive silence is a legal deadline for the authorization, not an expected wait. These articles do not state a long-term-residence outcome. Official pages opened for this record use “teletrabajo de carácter internacional” and do not use “nómada digital”.
Source: Boletín Oficial del Estado · verified 2026-09-24
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