Spain immigration advice: visas and residence

Moving country has two parts that usually get treated as one: deciding which authorisation fits your profile, and then building the file for that authorisation. Getting the first one wrong makes the rest irrelevant — and it is the stage where most people spend money on paperwork before knowing whether they are on the right route.

From outside Spain the choice is usually between studying, working remotely for companies outside Spain, living on your own income, or holding a Spanish job offer. Each route uses a different income basis and is filed in a different place — the comparison of Spanish residence visas puts them side by side, with the 2026 figure and the detail that most often rules people out.

People already in Spain may have routes that begin directly with Extranjería inside Spanish territory. Arraigo regularises certain situations of people already in the country, while family reunification allows certain residents to begin the process of bringing certain family members. Each route has its own income, housing and evidence requirements.

Beyond the document there is the life that follows: NIE, padrón, healthcare, cost of living and what actually changes in the first months. That is collected in the guide to moving to Spain. And if what you want is someone looking at your actual case — your income, your timeline, your documents — before you spend anything, that is what our immigration advice service is for.

In practice the work has three moments: reading the profile to settle the route, preparing the documents for that route, and following the file through to arrival. None of them substitutes for the others — which is exactly why the order matters. A flawless file for the wrong authorisation is still a file for the wrong authorisation.