Spain Non-Lucrative Visa Assistance & Support

The service covers route-fit review, financial evidence mapping, insurance and accommodation document planning, criminal-record and medical-certificate checklist, the consular file, family-scope review, TIE setup tracking, and renewal-path planning. It is from €1,750. Tax, investment, and insurance advice remain with the relevant specialists.

This route is for residence without labour or professional activity. If remote work, freelancing, employment, or business activity is part of your plan, the Spain digital nomad route should be reviewed instead.

RD 1155/2024 art. 62 sets the minimum at 400% of IPREM a month for the main applicant and 100% of IPREM for each family member, for the period of the authorisation. With IPREM at €600 a month in 2026, that is €2,400 a month (€28,800 a year) plus €600 a month (€7,200 a year) per family member (SEPE, checked 18 October 2026). Because IPREM and consular practice can change, we verify the live amount and evidence format before filing.

The regulation allows economic means to be shown through periodic income or assets that support that income. We review pensions, savings, investments, rental income, dividends, and bank evidence before deciding how to present the file.

The file usually turns on financial means, private health insurance, accommodation, passport, criminal record, medical certificate, family records, apostilles, translations, and the consulate's current document rules.

Spanish regulation states the initial non-lucrative residence authorisation lasts one year. Renewals are normally planned separately and require fresh evidence, including financial means and health insurance.

Family scope can be planned, but dependant evidence, additional financial means, insurance, family records, apostille, translation, school-age obligations, and timing need review before filing.

Renewals are granted for two years, and under RD 1155/2024 they require proof of more than 183 days of actual residence in Spain per year. That threshold also makes you a Spanish tax resident, so plan the tax position before you commit to the route.

RD 1155/2024 art. 61.2 requires health insurance. The Spanish Consulate General in Washington asks for private cover from an insurer authorised in Spain that covers all the risks of the public system, with no deficiency, copayment, or coverage limit, and states that travel insurance is not accepted (checked 18 October 2026). Check your own consulate's wording before you buy a policy.

The visa application at the consulate also starts the residence application. The immigration office then has one month from the consulate's communication to decide, and silence counts as a refusal (RD 1155/2024 art. 63.4). After entry you request the TIE card in person within one month (art. 63.5). A renewal is decided within three months, and silence there counts as approval (art. 64.8).

Under RD 1155/2024 art. 61.3: a spouse, registered partner, or stable partner (generally at least one year of cohabitation, unless you share a child); unmarried minor children of you or your partner; and adult children with a disability who need support or cannot provide for themselves for health reasons. Each adds 100% of IPREM (€7,200 a year in 2026) to the means test.

Yes, after at least one year of residence. RD 1155/2024 art. 191.4 lets you move to a residence and work authorisation if you meet the employed-work requirements of art. 74, without the national employment-situation test, or the self-employment requirements of art. 84. The new authorisation lasts one year and takes effect when you register with Social Security.