Digital Nomad Visa · for remote employees and freelancers

One missing document can stall a Digital Nomad Visa for months.
We find the gaps before the UGE does.

The Digital Nomad Visa lets you live in Spain while you work for an employer or clients abroad. We check that you qualify, audit and translate every document, file with the UGE or hand you a ready consulate booklet, and stay with you after approval.

Free account, no card. UGE fees are included on the UGE route; consular fees are paid to the consulate.

€1,399per adult
€500 per child
4–8 weekstypical
timeline
€599only due
on approval

Which plan fits you?

How do you get paid?

We'd recommend

DNV Work-Ready

You invoice clients, so you will register as autónomo after approval. Work-Ready adds that registration through our tax partner, with a free call first.

€1,399 + €150 + IVA registration, paid on approval
See what's included

Not sure? Your case manager confirms the right plan during your eligibility review.

Choose your plan

Same visa. Pick how far you want us to take it.

Every plan includes the full visa service at the same price. Work-Ready adds your autónomo registration, filed by our tax partner Tax Help Spain.

For remote employees

Digital Nomad Visa

€1,399 per adult · €500 per child
  • Eligibility review & personalised checklist
  • Document audit & sworn translations up to €150
  • UGE filing with fee included, or a consulate booklet
  • Named case manager, dashboard, app & Carlos AI
  • Guidance for TIE, padrón, bank, digital certificate & health card
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BEST FOR FREELANCERS Visa + autónomo registration

DNV Work-Ready

€1,399 + €150 + IVA

Registration by Tax Help Spain (€181.50 incl. IVA), paid only once your visa is approved.

  • Everything in Digital Nomad Visa
  • Free assessment call with Tax Help Spain while your visa is under review
  • Hacienda registration (Modelo 036) filed for you
  • Social Security (RETA) registration with Tarifa Plana requested
  • First-year tax calendar in your dashboard
  • Visa refused? You owe nothing more to either of us
Start Work-Ready
Optional, from Tax Help Spain

Extras for Work-Ready

From €60 + IVA

Add them on your free call with Tax Help Spain.

  • Digital certificate: €60 + IVA (€72.60). Needed to file your registration; skip it if you already have one.
  • Monthly tax service: €80 + IVA (€96.80) a month. Your quarterly VAT and income tax filings, done for you.
  • Clean tax records when it's time to renew your visa
Ask about extras

Registrations and bookkeeping are provided and billed by Tax Help Spain, an independent tax advisory firm. Bureaucracy.es coordinates the handover and tracks it in your dashboard.

Everything in your fee

Most visa services stop at approval. We don't.

The UGE reads contracts, bank statements and Social Security cover side by side. When they don't tell the same story, it asks for more, and the clock stops. Here's what we do at every stage.

Stage 1

Before filing

  • Eligibility review and route advice: UGE in Spain or a consulate abroad
  • Your income calculated against the threshold, including family
  • A personalised checklist and a full document audit
  • Sworn translations included, up to €150 per adult
Stage 2

Getting approved

  • UGE route: we file for you, with the UGE fee included
  • Consulate route: a ready-to-present booklet
  • Answers to any request for more documents
  • Appeals included if you're refused unfairly
  • A named case manager, your dashboard, the app and Carlos AI
Stage 3 · After approval

Settling in

  • TIE residency card: appointment, form and fee guidance
  • Empadronamiento and bank account guidance
  • Digital certificate and public health card guidance
  • Freelancers: we guide you through the autónomo steps
  • Renewal window tracked from day one

Honest note: biometrics and TIE fingerprints are in person. We tell you exactly what to bring, so you only go once.

Main requirements

What you'll need to show, and when to look elsewhere.

We check all of these in your free eligibility review.

Main requirements

  • Remote work for an employer or clients outside Spain, for at least three months before you apply
  • Income of at least €2,849 a month (200% of Spain's minimum wage), plus €1,069 for the first family member and €355 for each one after
  • A university degree, or at least three years' relevant professional experience
  • A clean criminal record and visa-compliant private health insurance

Probably not for you if…

We'll say so before you pay.

  • Most of your income comes from Spanish clients
  • You plan to take a job with a Spanish company (look at Highly Skilled Worker)
  • You live off savings or investments (look at Non-Lucrative)
  • You're counting on the Beckham Law as a freelancer: it generally doesn't apply

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Employee or freelancer?

Same visa, same fee. Different paperwork.

How you get paid changes what the UGE asks for and what you do after approval. Here's the difference.

Salary from an employer abroad

You're a remote employee

  • You stay on your employer's payroll; the company is based outside Spain and has been operating for at least a year
  • Spanish Social Security has to be covered, through a certificate of coverage where your country has an agreement with Spain or through your employer. It's one of the first things we check
  • You don't register as autónomo
  • The Beckham Law is mainly for employees, so it may apply to you
I invoice clients

You're a freelancer

  • Your clients are mainly outside Spain: no more than 20% of your work can be for Spanish clients
  • You show a working relationship of at least three months, and proof you're registered as self-employed at home
  • After approval you register as autónomo before you invoice from Spain. We guide you through the steps, and a tax advisor can file it
  • Freelancers generally can't use the Beckham Law

Not sure which you are? Your case manager confirms it in your free eligibility review. For a first answer on tax, try our free Beckham Law checker.

What the fee covers

In your €1,399, and not in it.

We'd rather you see the exclusions now than on an invoice later.

Included

  • Official sworn translations, up to €150 per adult
  • UGE visa fees included
  • A dedicated case manager who knows your case
  • Full document review and a checklist built for you
  • Application submission and follow-up
  • Your own dashboard, with Carlos our AI assistant
  • Appeals at no extra cost — full support against unfounded refusals or administrative silence.
  • Eligibility review and route advice (UGE or consulate)
  • Ready-to-present booklet on the consulate route
  • Responses to any request for more documents
  • Monitoring of rule changes during your case
  • Post-approval guidance: TIE, padrón, bank account, digital certificate, health card

Not included

  • Consular fees (consulate route), paid to the consulate
  • Translations beyond €150 per adult
  • Apostilles and background checks
  • Health insurance
  • TIE card fee (€16.08, form 790-012)
  • Tax Help Spain's registration fee (€150 + IVA) and digital certificate (€60 + IVA)
  • Any optional partner service
  • Booking your government appointments: you book your own slot, and we tell you how
  • Courier delivery of a physical document booklet

Need any of these? Add them from your dashboard through our partners, at client rates.

For applications submitted through the UGE in Spain, the applicable UGE fees are included in your service fee. Consular fees are not included and are paid directly by you to the relevant Spanish consulate.

Work-Ready, step by step

You pay as things happen. The biggest part waits for your approval.

  1. Step 1 · Start You sign up Case manager assigned, checklist ready. €300
  2. Step 2 · Preparation File built & audited Documents checked, translations ordered. €500
  3. Step 3 · Submitted Free Tax Help call They check your activity and confirm the €150 + IVA registration fee while you wait. €0
  4. Step 4 · Approved Registration filed Modelo 036 and Social Security, Tarifa Plana requested. €599+ €150 + IVA
  5. Step 5 · Settled TIE, padrón, bank Guided by your case manager. Then send your first invoice. Included

Remote employees follow steps 1, 2, 4 and 5 without the tax partner: €300, €500, then €599 on approval.

Prices are per person: €1,399 per adult, €500 per child, and each family member is billed separately. Approved or you don't pay us: if your visa isn't approved, you don't make the last payment. Earlier payments and government or consular fees aren't refunded. Conditions apply.

The honest version

What we can't promise, and what we do instead.

We can't speed up the UGE.About 20 business days is typical once the file is in, but the UGE decides. Your file won't be the reason it's slow.
You'll still have to show up.Biometrics and TIE fingerprints are in person. We tell you what to bring, so you go once.
Freelancers usually can't use the Beckham Law.The 24% flat rate is mainly for employees of foreign companies. We tell you which applies to you before you move.
Spanish clients have a ceiling.As a freelancer, no more than 20% of your work can be for clients in Spain. If most of it is, this isn't your visa, and we'll say so.
“Even when the UGE came back asking for additional information, our case manager had our backs every step of the way.”
Nick & Salena Johnson-Russel Digital Nomad Visa, approved
Read client stories

Digital Nomad Visa questions

Employee or freelancer: which am I?

If you receive a salary through payroll from one employer abroad, you're an employee. If you invoice one or more clients, you're self-employed, and you register as autónomo in Spain after approval, before you start invoicing from here. We guide you through those steps. Your case manager confirms which applies in your eligibility review.

Can I apply from inside Spain as a tourist?

Yes, and it's the most common route we see. Applying from inside Spain during a legal stay sends the case to the UGE, which can grant a residence permit of up to three years from the start. Applying at a consulate abroad gives a one-year visa first.

Can I work for companies in Spain?

With limits. As a freelancer you can work for Spanish clients as long as that's no more than 20% of your total professional activity. Remote employees work for their employer abroad.

Can I use the Beckham Law?

Generally not as a freelancer. The special regime is mainly aimed at employees: a remote employee of a foreign company may qualify for a flat 24% rate on earnings up to €600,000 a year, instead of Spain's progressive rates of up to 47%. Freelancers generally can't use it. We flag which tax situation applies to you during your eligibility review; confirm the details with a tax advisor.

How much income do I need?

At least €2,849 a month for you, which is 200% of Spain's minimum wage. Add €1,069 a month for the first family member and €355 for each one after. We calculate your exact figure before you pay.

When do I pay?

In parts: €300 when you sign up, €500 before case processing, then €599 only once your visa is approved. Children are €500 each. If your visa isn't approved, you don't make the last payment.

Are there hidden costs?

No. Our fee is flat and covers case management and sworn translations up to €150 per adult. On the UGE route the UGE fee is included too. On the consulate route, consular fees are paid by you to the consulate. Apostilles, background checks, health insurance and the TIE card fee are yours to pay, and we list them before you pay anything.

What happens on the free Tax Help Spain call?

Once your visa is submitted, we introduce you to Tax Help Spain. They review your activity, explain your Spanish tax and Social Security obligations, and confirm the registration fee: €150 + IVA (€181.50), plus €60 + IVA for a digital certificate if you do not have one yet. You decide afterwards, and nothing is paid until your visa is approved.

What is the Tarifa Plana?

A reduced Social Security rate for new autónomos: €80 a month for the first 12 months (€88.64 in 2026 with the MEI surcharge), if you have not been registered as autónomo in Spain recently. It has to be requested when you register, which is why Work-Ready requests it as part of your registration.

Can I start with the visa and add Work-Ready later?

Yes, as long as you do it before your visa is approved. Your case manager can switch plans from your dashboard; the visa fee stays the same.

What if my visa is refused?

Approved or you don't pay us: if your visa isn't approved, you do not pay the final €599 and you do not pay Tax Help Spain anything. Earlier payments and government or consular fees aren't refunded. Appeals against unfounded refusals are included, and we tell you whether a new application or a different visa makes sense. Conditions apply.

Find out in minutes if you qualify.

Free account, no card. A case manager confirms your route before you pay anything. Approved or you don't pay us.

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