Spain digital nomad visa

[DrewG]

Very keen to follow through on this myself as I've got property in the Costa Brava which I'd like to use as a more permanent base.

My initial respone to the link posted above regards section 5:



real and continuous activity for at least 1 year. I assume that means your ltd has demonstrated that it has been trading for at least one year since its inception. I hope it doesn't mean that you have to show that you've been activnely trading over the last year because that's going to have a real impact if you have only one income stream and your inside IR35 (which I am).

How will you take advantage of the flat tax (I think 15% for 5 years?). I think it's based on income outside of the country, does that means you will not pay HMRC even though your clients are UK based?

[oliverson]

Full details are available now.

https://www.exteriores.gob.es/en/Ser...b3mada+digital)

Ridiculously excessive red tape.

[AreYouGoingToWorkToday]

Full details are available now.

https://www.exteriores.gob.es/en/Ser...b3mada+digital)

[The Gibson Troubadour]

Very keen to follow through on this myself as I've got property in the Costa Brava which I'd like to use as a more permanent base.

My initial respone to the link posted above regards section 5:

5. Certificate of Mercantile Registry (or similar body of the country) in which the date of Constitution of the company and the type of activity. You must prove a real and continuous activity for at least one year.

Foreign documents must be legalized or apostilled and, where applicable, must be submitted together with an official translation into Spanish.

real and continuous activity for at least 1 year. I assume that means your ltd has demonstrated that it has been trading for at least one year since its inception. I hope it doesn't mean that you have to show that you've been activnely trading over the last year because that's going to have a real impact if you have only one income stream and your inside IR35 (which I am).

[ladymuck]

As a Director I give explicit permission for the worker to carry out remote work hehe. I am guessing as Contractors it will be point b, evidence of a current contract. This could be difficult when a contract could be 5 months old and have only 1 month left..!

4. Company certificate, reflecting:

a) If he is an employee, the seniority of the worker in the company, as well as the explicit permission of the company to the worker to carry out of remote work.

b) If you are a self-employed worker, the age of the contractual relationship, as well as the terms and conditions in which you will exercise the professional activity to distance.

If you're going to be picky about point b then the emphasis should be on the "age of the contractual relationship" and not its duration... I have a three year framework agreement with one consultancy that's still valid. I haven't worked for them for a year and it's going to expire soon but the contractual relationship goes back to 2020.

[AreYouGoingToWorkToday]

The Spanish consulate in Miami is the first to post guidance.

https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consul...NRqeE7qIFYoXlY

As a Director I give explicit permission for the worker to carry out remote work hehe. I am guessing as Contractors it will be point b, evidence of a current contract. This could be difficult when a contract could be 5 months old and have only 1 month left..!

4. Company certificate, reflecting:

a) If he is an employee, the seniority of the worker in the company, as well as the explicit permission of the company to the worker to carry out of remote work.

b) If you are a self-employed worker, the age of the contractual relationship, as well as the terms and conditions in which you will exercise the professional activity to distance.

[Bluenose]

The Spanish consulate in Miami is the first to post guidance.

https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consul...NRqeE7qIFYoXlY

[Bluenose]

Something directly related to the Spanish Nomad Visa (Portugal too I would suspect) is that the requirement to obtain long-term EU residency status may be lowered from 5 years to 3 years. The draft vote has already passed the EU parliament and the final vote is towards the end of this month.

https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/new...sident-status/

Theoretically then, if you end up in Spain for 3 years solid you would be eligible for long-term status.

[WTFH]

You might want to keep an eye on this thread:
https://forums.contractoruk.com/acco...-resident.html

[brightondeveloper]

This is me - we were planning to move for September but have pushed back by a year because of the challenge in finding an international school that we liked and are also not considering another region entirely. Happy to chat about my experiences so far

Thank you - I'm in the process of going down the rabbit hole to weigh up the options / find a best path through it all - I may DM you soon