A residence permit for non-EU remote workers and freelancers who wish to live in Spain while working for companies outside the country.
Digital Nomad Visa Spain
By Barry Davys
This article is published on: 8th December 2025
The eligibility for the Digital Nomad Visa in Spain includes:
- Available to employees of foreign companies, freelancers, or business owners working for clients outside Spain.
- Proof of steady remote income (minimum around €2,200 per month). If bringing your family with you this figure will rise.
- Access to Spain’s public healthcare system and local services once registered. Once the person with the DNV is registered the rest of the family who come to Spain can register and will be covered for health care.
- Apply online from Spain (processing time: about 20 working days) or in person from the UK (around 10 working days).
- Visa valid for one year when issued abroad; residence permit valid for three years if applied from Spain, renewable for two-year periods.
- If you work on a UK payroll, Spain-UK Bilateral Social Security Treaty covers the remote work; if you are an independent contractor, register as a freelancer-autónomo in Spain and pay your social security in Spain.
Your Visa is an important step for your move to Spain. At the same time, it is very important to have an understanding of how your finances will be affected when you move to Spain. For example, can you join the Beckham Law on the Digital Nomad Visa? What will this mean for your financial position? Whilst the 24% tax rate on earnings up to €600,000 pa is the most posted part of the rule on the internet, there is another very important benefit. This second benefit can hugely reduce your tax bill when moving to Spain and for the whole five tax years you are on the scheme,
At The Spectrum IFA Group in Spain, we are familiar with these opportunities both from our professional knowledge and our own experience of all our advisers having made the same move and who now live in Spain.
Case Study, How we helped a Spanish Tax Resident Couple after they moved to Spain
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The DNV not suitable for you? See all the other available Visas for Spain for British nationals here
Whilst we are experts in our own field, we readily admit we are not experts in Visas. We, therefore, work with Visa lawyers at Klev & Vera, based in Barcelona. The firm is led by managing partner Anna Klevtsova with whom we have worked with for a number of years. Anna has a degree in International Law from the UK and a Masters degree in International Law in Spain.
The result has been clarity for clients moving to Spain on what type of visa is right for them, help with applying for the visa and availability to deal with ongoing matters such as the Spanish state pension.