Spain digital nomad visa

[SussexSeagull]

+1

Covid support should have been loan based, repayable over the long term only by those who received the support.

Lets's hope that this Visa arrangement gets approved soon.

I say this as someone who received next to no Covid support but if people hadn't been paid to stay at home there would have been no way to sustain lockdown and we would have been on the way to social collapse.

[WTFH]

As long as the client allows you to work from Spain and you've got no social ties to the UK, I'd say it's a good option.

Yes, a good option.
I'd also add in that you need to check and understand the rules & regs in Spain, e.g. UK driving licence... https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-i...iving-in-spain

[PCTNN]

Thoughts?

As long as the client allows you to work from Spain and you've got no social ties to the UK, I'd say it's a good option.

[SimonMac]

Thankfully I still have an EU passport as where we are the internet is so bad I'd struggle to be able to work remotely, although looking at Starlink to see if that's any better

[SimonMac]

Devil will be in the detail, if you are UK ltd company I'd guess you would still need to pay UK Corp Tax, Dividends might be different though but I'd guess you'd have to break all ties with the UK. If you have a sociedad limitada would a UK agent work with you?

[jamesbrown]

Portugal have one as well https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022...-this-new-visa

Yes, that's the one I was thinking of, I recall seeing it in the news.

I think there's also a lower rate of income tax and social security contributions tied to it.

[Unix]

Maybe. I will have to have a rummage

EDIT: Looks like there's a D7 visa which could work (US-centric site)
https://citizenremote.com/visas/portugal/

Portugal have one as well https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022...-this-new-visa

[Unix]

This is very interesting, especially to me as I already have a property in Spain:

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022...ay-for-5-years

The law hasn't been passed yet (early 2023 supposedly) and I'd need to see the detail but the thought of paying a flat rate of 15% tax, compared to 25% corp. tax + 8.5% dividend tax is very appealing. I'm not paying for a bunch of covid support I didn't receive.

Thoughts?

If it's passed i'll be packing my bags.

[ladymuck]

I think they do, or were in the process of introducing one earlier this year?

Maybe. I will have to have a rummage

EDIT: Looks like there's a D7 visa which could work (US-centric site)
https://citizenremote.com/visas/portugal/

[oliverson]

+1

Covid support should have been loan based, repayable over the long term only by those who received the support.

Lets's hope that this Visa arrangement gets approved soon.

https://www.thelocal.es/20221104/bre...tal-nomad-law/