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Work Visas
Special Visas
File it yourself — a lawyer checks your documents first. For straightforward cases, confirmed in your consultation.
Tax Services
Residency
Work remotely for companies or clients outside Spain and live here legally. Our English-speaking Spanish lawyers know the documents UK citizens need and handle the whole process with you, 100% online.
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Yes. The Spanish Digital Nomad Visa is open to UK citizens who work remotely for companies or clients outside Spain. You can apply through the Spanish consulate for your place of residence, or from Spain if you are here legally.
You work for a company outside Spain that has been operating for at least 1 year and lets you work from Spain.
You work for clients abroad; up to 20% of your work can be for Spanish companies.
Your partner, children and dependent parents can apply with you and work in Spain.
Tell us about your case and, if we can help, we'll send you a link to book a free call with our lawyers.
Since Brexit, UK documents need a Hague apostille from the FCDO Legalisation Office — the ACRO certificate, your degree and your company documents. We confirm the current figures and your consulate's exact checklist before you apply.
Check your eligibility — freeFrom the UK, you apply in person at the visa centre for the Spanish consulate that covers your area (London or Edinburgh), by appointment. The London consulate asks for your NIE number before you apply, and non-British residents need a valid UK residence permit.
Since Brexit, UK citizens can stay in Spain visa-free for 90 days in any 180. During that legal stay you can apply for the residence permit from Spain: the decision takes about 20 working days and the permit lasts up to 3 years.
Apply online to ACRO for a Police Certificate. Then get it apostilled by the FCDO Legalisation Office and translated into Spanish by a sworn translator.
If you have lived in another country in recent years, you may also need that country's certificate. You also sign a declaration that you have no criminal record in the last 5 years.
Under the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, many UK workers can stay in UK National Insurance while working from Spain. HMRC issues the certificate: form CA3822 if you are an employee and CA3837 if you are self-employed.
With that certificate you don't register with Spanish Social Security. If you can't get it, your employer registers in Spain or, as a freelancer, you register as self-employed (autónomo).
If you spend more than 183 days a year in Spain you will usually become a Spanish tax resident. The UK–Spain tax treaty decides where each type of income is taxed and prevents double taxation.
Many digital nomads can opt for the Beckham Law and pay a flat 24% on their employment income in Spain for up to six years. Read our Digital Nomad Visa tax guide.
In our experience, most refusals come from three problems that can be avoided with good preparation:
Not meeting the minimum income. Your income must reach the current threshold — including the extra amount for each family member — and be proven with payslips, contracts, invoices or bank statements.
Apostilles and legalisations done wrong. Your criminal record, company documents and civil certificates must carry the right apostille and a sworn Spanish translation. A missing or wrong apostille can sink a whole application.
Badly drafted employment contracts. The contract or company letter must clearly state remote work from Spain, the start date of the relationship and the salary. Vague or generic letters are one of the most common reasons for refusal.
We help UK citizens relocate to Spain smoothly — from your first eligibility check to your residence card and your taxes.
We check your eligibility and tell you exactly which documents you need.
We guide you through apostilles, sworn translations and the company letter.
We submit your application and follow it up until the decision.
We book your TIE appointment and register you with Social Security and the Tax Agency.
From the UK, the consulate usually decides in about 10 days once your file is complete. The total time depends mostly on how long it takes to get your criminal record, apostilles and translations. Once you are in Spain, you must apply for your TIE card within one month.
Full service
From €1,465
From your eligibility check to your residence card, Social Security and tax setup. Tell us about your case and we'll confirm your fixed quote.
Do it yourself
€250 + VAT
You prepare and submit the application yourself. Before you file, you upload your documents to our client platform and one of our lawyers reviews them and sends you a written report.
Can't find your question? Ask us in a call — we'll look at your specific situation.
Yes. Since Brexit, UK citizens can only stay 90 days in any 180 without a visa. To live and work remotely from Spain you need a permit such as the Digital Nomad Visa.
An ACRO Police Certificate, apostilled by the FCDO Legalisation Office and translated into Spanish by a sworn translator.
Often, yes. HMRC can issue a certificate (CA3822 for employees, CA3837 for the self-employed) that keeps you in the UK system while you work from Spain.
Yes. During your legal 90-day stay you can apply for the residence permit from Spain and receive a permit for up to 3 years.
About €2,849 a month for the main applicant, plus about €1,068 for the first family member and €356 for each additional one. Some consulates publish lower figures; we prepare your file for the higher threshold so it is not questioned.
Employees must work for companies outside Spain. Freelancers can work for Spanish companies, as long as that work is no more than 20% of their total professional activity.
Yes. Your spouse or partner, children and dependent parents can apply with you or later, and they can work in Spain.
The most common reasons we see are income below the minimum, apostilles or legalisations done incorrectly, and contracts or company letters that don't clearly state the remote work conditions.
Prefer to talk to a lawyer straight away? Book a 30-minute or 1-hour immigration consultation and we review your case, your documents and your timeline.
