Non-Lucrative Visa Spain 2026: Requirements & Cost

What the Non-Lucrative Visa is, and who it fits

The Non-Lucrative Visa, known as the NLV or visado de residencia no lucrativa, is Spain’s route for people who want to live in the country without working here. It is not a retirement visa in name, but in practice it is the main door retirees use, alongside savings-based movers, remote retirees living off investment income, and anyone who can support themselves without touching the Spanish labour market. The trade-off is exactly what the name says: no local work, in exchange for a straightforward path to legal residency built entirely around proof of financial means. It is the most common route we see for British and American retirees moving to the Costa del Sol, and for Australian retirees living off pensions or savings.

It fits three groups particularly well. First, retirees drawing a pension, whether state, private, or a mix, who want to spend their retirement years on the Mediterranean without any intention of working. Second, people living off savings, rental income back home, dividends, or investment portfolios, who do not need a Spanish income and do not want the added compliance of a work-based visa. Third, financially independent spouses or partners joining a family member already settled in Spain under a different permit, where the NLV lets them reside without a separate work authorization.

It does not fit remote employees or freelancers whose main income comes from active work for a foreign company or clients. That situation now has its own route, the digital nomad visa, and applying for the NLV instead when your real income is a salary or invoicing clients is one of the more common and avoidable refusal triggers we see.

It is also worth being clear about who the NLV does not fit well. If you are early in your career and expect your income to depend on active client work or a job search once you arrive, the no-work restriction will frustrate you quickly. If your only funds are a single lump sum with no clear pattern of recurring availability, a consulate may ask hard questions about what happens once that sum is spent, since the visa is meant to demonstrate sustainable means, not a one-off transfer timed to the application. And if you are hoping to combine Spanish residency with active local self-employment from day one, the NLV is the wrong starting point; look instead at the self-employed visa or, once you are settled, arraigo routes after enough time in the country.

2026 income requirements, with the IPREM math shown

The NLV income test is built on the IPREM, the Indicador Publico de Renta de Efectos Multiples, a public income index Spain uses to set thresholds across many programs, immigration included. The main applicant must show 400% of the annual IPREM, and each additional family member must show 100% of the annual IPREM. Renewal after the first year covers a two-year period, so the figures roughly double.

Applicant	Requirement	Approx. 2026 annual figure	Approx. monthly equivalent
Main applicant	400% of annual IPREM	€28,800	€2,400/month
Each additional family member	100% of annual IPREM	€7,200	€600/month
Couple (2 adults)	400% + 100% of annual IPREM	€36,000	€3,000/month
Couple + 1 child	400% + 200% of annual IPREM	€43,200	€3,600/month
Couple + 2 children	400% + 300% of annual IPREM	€50,400	€4,200/month
First renewal (main applicant, 2 years)	Double the first-year figure	€57,600	€2,400/month average
First renewal (per family member, 2 years)	Double the first-year figure	€14,400	€600/month average

In plain terms, the math is 12 months of IPREM at the required percentage. At an annual IPREM base of roughly €7,200 (about €600/month), 400% gets you to €28,800 for the main applicant, and 100% gets you to €7,200 per dependent. A couple applying together, main applicant plus spouse, should budget for roughly €36,000 in demonstrable annual means for the first year, and around €72,000 across the first two-year renewal.

Consulates accept savings, pensions, rental income, dividends, or a combination, as long as it is recurring or verifiably available and properly documented with bank statements, pension award letters, or investment account statements covering the last 6 to 12 months. Self-certified or undocumented net worth claims are not enough.

Income that counts: pensions, rental income, dividends and savings

State and private pensions are the cleanest evidence, because they arrive on a fixed schedule and come with an award letter that states the amount in writing. Rental income works when it is backed by signed leases and matching bank credits, not by a landlord’s own summary. Dividends and investment income work when account statements show a consistent pattern across the last 6 to 12 months rather than a single good quarter. Savings can carry a file on their own, but a balance that appears shortly before filing invites questions about where it came from and how long it will last.

Income that does not count

Anything you have to keep working for is the wrong kind of money for this visa. Salary from active employment, invoices to clients, and any income that would stop if you stopped working all point the consulate towards the digital nomad visa instead, and using them here is one of the avoidable refusal triggers described above. Undocumented cash, informal family support, and self-declared net worth with no statements behind it also fail, because the test is documented availability, not wealth.

How many months of statements to show

Plan on 6 to 12 months of continuous statements for every account you are relying on, in the account holder’s name, with balances carried forward page to page so the sequence is unbroken. A single closing-balance screenshot is the most common weak spot we see in files that reach us already prepared, because it proves a moment rather than a pattern.

Currency, joint accounts and combining income as a couple

Funds held in another currency are read in euros, so a file that only just clears the threshold at today’s rate can slip under it by the time it is assessed. Leave a margin rather than landing on the number. Where a couple applies together the household is assessed as a whole against the combined target, which is why the couple row reads €36,000 rather than two separate €28,800 tests. Joint accounts are fine, provided the relationship between the holders is evidenced with the same apostilled and translated civil documents the file already needs.

Full document checklist

Every consulate adds small local variations, but the core NLV file looks like this:

• Valid passport with at least one year of remaining validity and at least one blank page
• Completed national visa application form (EX-01), signed
• Proof of financial means: bank statements, pension letters, or investment statements for the last 6 to 12 months, meeting the IPREM thresholds above
• Private health insurance policy with full coverage in Spain, no copayments, and no waiting periods
• Criminal record certificate from every country you have lived in for the last 5 years, apostilled and officially translated into Spanish
• Medical certificate confirming you do not carry any disease with serious public health implications under the International Health Regulations, on the format your consulate requires
• Passport-sized photographs meeting Spanish visa specifications
• Proof of accommodation in Spain, required by some consulates and optional at others
• Visa application fee payment receipt
• For accompanying family members: marriage certificate, birth certificates, or equivalent, apostilled and translated, plus their own proof of means and health insurance

Health insurance: what a qualifying policy looks like

Insurance is one of the two things that sinks otherwise strong files, alongside income evidence. The policy must come from an insurer authorized to operate in Spain, carry no copayments and no waiting periods, and cover you for the full duration of your stay at a level equivalent to Spain’s public healthcare system. As a benchmark, a minimum coverage level of 30,000 EUR is the figure most commonly cited for Spanish visa policies, so treat it as a floor rather than a target.

• Passes: full medical cover inside Spain, no copayment, no deductible or excess, no waiting period, valid for the entire period you are requesting, issued by an insurer authorized to operate in Spain
• Fails: travel insurance, emergency-only cover, repatriation-only policies, plans carrying an annual excess, cover that only begins after a qualifying period, and any policy that expires before the permit does

Budget the government fee at the same time. The national visa tasa runs roughly 80 to 120 EUR depending on your consulate, with around 90 EUR the figure most commonly quoted as a benchmark, and applicants from countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are commonly reported to pay a different reciprocity rate. The TIE card fee in Spain is currently 16.08 to 19.30 EUR. Our own fixed fee is separate and published in full further down this page.

How to apply for the Non-Lucrative Visa in Spain, step by step

The NLV starts abroad, at the Spanish consulate covering your legal address, and finishes in Spain with your TIE card in your hand. These are the seven steps in the order they actually happen, each with who does the work, roughly how long it takes, and the mistake that most often turns that step into a refusal.

Step 1: Confirm the NLV is your route

Before you spend a euro, check that your money arrives whether or not you work for it. Pensions, rental income, dividends, investment income and savings fit this visa. A salary or client invoices do not, and belong on the digital nomad route instead. This step is a conversation, not paperwork, and it takes an afternoon. The mistake that kills it: filing an NLV while your own bank statements and public profiles show active, ongoing work.

Step 2: Calculate your exact fund target

Work out the household figure before anything else, because every later step is sized to it. The 2026 target is €28,800 for the main applicant plus €7,200 for each additional family member, which gives €36,000 for a couple, €43,200 for a couple with one child and €50,400 with two. Use the calculator and table in the income section above. The mistake that kills it: landing exactly on the threshold with no margin, or with a balance that only arrived weeks before filing.

Step 3: Identify the consulate with jurisdiction over your address

The application is filed at the Spanish consulate with jurisdiction over your current place of legal residence, not a consulate of your choosing. Each one sets its own appointment system and asks for small local variations on the standard document list, so the checklist has to be built for that specific consulate before you gather anything. This takes a day to confirm. The mistake that kills it: booking wherever the earliest slot appears, then being turned away at the counter.

Step 4: Book the appointment

Appointment availability varies enormously by consulate, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months in busier jurisdictions. Book as soon as your document work is genuinely in motion, and work backwards from the slot you are given rather than forwards from today. The mistake that kills it: waiting until the file is complete before booking, which stacks the appointment queue on top of the preparation time instead of running the two in parallel.

Step 5: Assemble, apostille and sworn-translate the file

This is the longest stretch you control. Document preparation, including apostilles and sworn translations, typically takes 3 to 6 weeks once everything is moving: passport, the completed EX-01 form, 6 to 12 months of financial evidence, the health insurance policy, criminal record certificates from every country you have lived in for the last 5 years, the medical certificate, photographs and, where the consulate asks for it, proof of accommodation. Criminal record certificates often carry a short validity window, commonly 90 days. The mistake that kills it: ordering documents in the wrong sequence so a certificate expires while its translation is still being produced.

Step 6: Attend the appointment and submit

You attend in person, hand over the file, pay the visa fee and give any biometric data the consulate requires. From submission, the standard maximum processing time is around 3 months, though several consulates decide faster in practice. Some come back with a request for additional evidence, which is normal and answerable. The mistake that kills it: submitting documents whose validity runs out between the appointment and the decision, which reads to the consulate as an incomplete file rather than an unlucky one.

Step 7: Collect the visa, enter Spain within 90 days and file for your TIE

Once your visa is issued and stamped in your passport, you generally have 90 days to enter Spain. Entry with the visa grants an initial stay, during which you must apply for your TIE card, the physical foreigner ID card, at the Oficina de Extranjeros or comisaria covering your Spanish address, normally within 30 days of arrival. Appointment (cita previa) availability and fingerprinting-to-card turnaround add another 4 to 8 weeks in most provinces, Malaga included. The mistake that kills it: arriving without a fixed Spanish address, which stalls empadronamiento and the TIE appointment at the same time.

How long each stage really takes

Stage	Who moves it	Typical time
Document prep, apostilles and sworn translations	You, with us	3 to 6 weeks
Wait for a consulate appointment	Consulate	2 weeks to around 2 months
Consular decision after submission	Consulate	Up to around 3 months
Entry window once the visa is issued	You	Within 90 days
TIE application after arrival	You, with us	Within 30 days of arrival
Cita previa, fingerprints and card production	Extranjeria	4 to 8 weeks
Realistic total, first document to TIE in hand		4 to 8 months

All in, a realistic total timeline from the day you start gathering documents to the day you are holding a physical TIE card is 4 to 8 months. Rushing rarely helps; sequencing correctly does.

Applying from the UK, Canada, Australia or the United States

The visa itself is the same wherever you file it: the same IPREM thresholds, the same document list, the same 90-day entry window, and the same TIE appointment in Spain at the end. What changes with your country of legal residence is the consulate network you file into, which authority apostilles your criminal record certificate, and how long that chain takes. Those three things decide most timelines, which is why they are worth settling before you gather a single document.

Applying from the United Kingdom

Spain maintains consulates general in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, each with a defined jurisdiction based on your registered UK address rather than whichever office is easiest to reach, and filing at the wrong one is a common and entirely avoidable cause of delay. You do not lodge the file at the consulate itself: UK applications are submitted through the BLS International visa centres acting for each consulate, and appointments are booked only through the BLS website. All three consulates require an ACRO Police Certificate from the ACRO Criminal Records Office covering your UK criminal record. A Disclosure and Barring Service check is not accepted, and the Edinburgh consulate states that a Disclosure Scotland certificate is not accepted either. The ACRO certificate then needs an apostille from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and a sworn Spanish translation, in that order, before Spain will recognise it. Consulates require it to be no more than 6 months old at filing unless the certificate itself states a longer expiry, and Manchester asks for the certificate in full, including any "NO LIVE TRACE" pages with a letter explaining them. Birth and marriage certificates run a related chain: the certificate from the General Register Office, or the devolved equivalent in Scotland or Northern Ireland, then the FCDO apostille, then a certified Spanish translation. Those three sequential steps commonly take four to eight weeks combined, longer during FCDO peak periods. One British-only point matters for the insurance requirement described above: if you already draw a UK state pension, the S1 form is a route into Spanish public healthcare that American, Canadian and Australian applicants simply do not have, applied for through the NHSBSA online S1 portal up to 90 days before your move. The consulates accept it in place of private insurance only if you then register the S1 online with the Spanish Social Security and submit the receipt of that registration with your file. The S1 on its own is not enough at the appointment, so we handle the Spanish registration step before you book. If you are not yet drawing that pension, you need the private policy set out earlier on this page. See our Spain legal services for UK citizens page and the Moving to Spain from the UK guide for the document chain in full.

Applying from Canada

Three consulates cover Canada, and they split it unevenly. Toronto covers most of English Canada outside the National Capital Region, Montreal covers most of Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, and Ottawa covers only Ottawa, Gatineau and the immediate National Capital Region. Toronto and Montreal book appointments by email, and Toronto expects a specific subject-line format (First name;Last name;NLV VISA APPOINTMENT) or the request can go unprocessed. The Embassy in Ottawa books through its own online appointment system and then asks for the scanned file by email. None of the three uses a BLS or VFS visa centre, so you deal with the office directly. Since Canada joined the Hague Apostille Convention on 11 January 2024, Canadian documents follow two tracks rather than one. The federal RCMP-level criminal record check is apostilled by Global Affairs Canada. The apostille itself is currently around 25 business days at Global Affairs Canada plus mailing time each way, but the RCMP check that precedes it is the unpredictable step: a few days if there is no match, and up to about 120 business days if the fingerprints need manual review. Start the RCMP check first. Birth certificates, marriage certificates and notarized documents are provincial, so the authority depends on where they were issued or notarized. Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan run their own apostille offices and you must use them. For Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon there is no provincial office, so those documents go to Global Affairs Canada like the federal ones. Sending a document to the wrong authority gets it bounced back and costs weeks. Every apostilled document then needs a sworn Spanish translation from a MAEC-registered traductor jurado rather than a Canadian court-certified translator. On the insurance requirement, Canadian provincial health plans do not extend to care received abroad and there is no S1 equivalent for Canadians, so the private policy is unavoidable. See our Spain legal services for Canadians page, the Spanish Consulate in Canada guide for the jurisdiction map and booking mechanics, and the Canada-to-Spain apostille chain guide for the federal-versus-provincial split document by document.

Applying from Australia

Three Spanish posts accept national visa files from Australia, each holding jurisdiction over a defined set of states and territories based on your registered address rather than on which city is closer. The Consulate General in Sydney covers New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory. The Consulate General in Melbourne covers Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania. The Consular Section of the Embassy in Canberra covers the Australian Capital Territory and Queanbeyan. Most Spanish posts require an Australian Federal Police (AFP) National Police Check, a federal certificate rather than a state one, and specifically the name and fingerprint version rather than the cheaper name-only check. Fingerprints have to be taken at a police station and AFP quotes roughly 15 to 30 business days for that check. The finished certificate then needs an apostille from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia’s designated authority under the Hague Apostille Convention. Budget several weeks rather than days for the apostille, longer during seasonal peaks, and note that consulates commonly want the document to be no older than three months at filing, which makes the sequencing genuinely tight if you start late. Birth and marriage certificates follow the same shape: the relevant state or territory registry, then DFAT, then a certified Spanish translation. The practical rule from our Australian files is to start the AFP check the same week you decide to move, roughly four to five months before your target date. Preparation, review and translation coordination happen remotely, but the application itself must be lodged in person by appointment at the post with jurisdiction over you, and the visa must be collected in person as well. If you live far from Sydney, Melbourne or Canberra, plan and budget for those trips from the start. Medicare’s reciprocal healthcare agreements do not cover Spain, so private insurance meeting the standard described above is required. See our Spain legal services for Australians page and the Moving to Spain from Australia guide.

Applying from the United States

The United States has by far the largest consulate network of the four. Spain maintains eight consulates general in the United States, in Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco and San Juan de Puerto Rico, plus the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington DC, which covers DC, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. Each office has a defined district, and your file goes to the office with jurisdiction over your place of legal residence, not the one nearest to where you happen to be. Districts are set by state in most of the country, but California is split by county between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and San Juan covers Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, so check the county list if you live in California. Louisiana files through Houston: the Spanish office in that state is an honorary consulate, and honorary consulates do not take visa applications. A recent change of state is worth flagging before you book anything. Most consulates require an FBI background check, a federal report rather than a state one, apostilled by the US Department of State and commonly no older than three to six months at filing. Birth and marriage certificates are state-issued, so their apostille comes from the competent authority in the issuing state rather than from the federal government. In most states that is the Secretary of State, but in Alaska, Hawaii and Utah it is the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, and Washington DC and Puerto Rico each have their own authority. Check the issuing jurisdiction before you send anything. Requesting the underlying document, then its apostille, then a certified Spanish translation is three sequential steps that commonly take four to ten weeks combined, longer in some states. See our Spain legal services for Americans page and the Moving to Spain from the US guide.

You apply from	Spanish consulate network	Criminal record certificate	Who apostilles it
United Kingdom	London, Manchester, Edinburgh, filed through BLS International	ACRO Police Certificate (international), issued by the ACRO Criminal Records Office	FCDO
Canada	Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa	RCMP-level federal check	Global Affairs Canada for federal documents; civil documents by the province if it has its own apostille office (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan), otherwise also by Global Affairs Canada
Australia	Sydney, Melbourne, and the Embassy consular section in Canberra for ACT and Queanbeyan	AFP National Police Check, name and fingerprint check	DFAT
United States	Eight consulates general plus the Embassy consular section in Washington DC, each with a defined district	FBI background check	US Department of State for federal documents; for state-issued civil documents, the authority designated by that state

Whichever door you come through, the Spanish end of the process is identical: enter within 90 days of the visa being issued, apply for your TIE within 30 days of arrival, and complete it at the Extranjeria office covering your Spanish address. Our Malaga office handles that stage the same way for every nationality on this page.

Renewal rules and absence limits

The initial NLV is granted for one year. The first renewal extends it for two years, and the second renewal extends it for a further two years, bringing you to five years of continuous legal residence, the point at which you can apply for permanent (larga duracion) residency.

Each renewal requires refreshed proof of means at the thresholds shown in the table above, roughly double the annual figure because the permit now covers two years rather than one. Renewals also require evidence that you have genuinely been living in Spain.

As a general rule for temporary residence permits, absences of more than 6 months in a single 12-month period, or excessive cumulative absence across the permit period, put a renewal at risk. If your circumstances mean you will be away from Spain for extended stretches, tell us before the renewal file goes in so we can document the exception properly rather than after a refusal.

The ladder from NLV to permanent residency and citizenship

The renewal cycle runs one year, then two, then two. Five years of continuous legal residence is the point at which the route opens into permanent (larga duracion) residency, which turns a permit you keep renewing into a status you keep.

Stage	Length granted	Legal residence reached
Initial NLV	1 year	1 year
First renewal	2 years	3 years
Second renewal	2 years	5 years
Permanent residency (larga duracion)	Long-term status on a renewable card	From 5 years
Citizenship by residence	Commonly cited as 10 years, or 2 years on the Ibero-American track	From 2 or 10 years

The shortened citizenship clock is the part most NLV holders never hear about. It is commonly cited as open to nationals of Ibero-American countries, along with Andorra, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, Portugal and applicants of Sephardic origin, who are generally described as able to apply after two years of legal residence instead of the ten years cited for everyone else. Every stage of this ladder depends on renewals that hold up, which is why the absence rules above and the quality of your income evidence matter well beyond year one. Our Permanent Residency (5 yrs) and Spanish Citizenship pages set out each stage in full.

Can you work on the Non-Lucrative Visa?

The honest, current 2026 answer: no, not in the way most applicants hope. The NLV remains legally a no-work permit for activity carried out in Spain, for a Spanish employer, or as a Spanish autonomo. What has changed is remote work for a foreign company. Since a 2023 reform, NLV holders can undertake limited remote work for a non-Spanish employer or clients, as long as that income stays a minor share of total professional income overall, rather than being the main source of your livelihood. This is a narrow allowance, not a licence to work full time remotely from Spain on an NLV.

If remote work for foreign clients or an employer is genuinely how you plan to support yourself, the digital nomad visa is built for exactly that, with its own income threshold and, for many applicants, a beneficial tax option. Here is the difference side by side:

	Non-Lucrative Visa	Digital Nomad Visa
Who it is for	Retirees, savings-based movers, non-working spouses	Remote employees and freelancers working for foreign clients
Can you work?	No local work; only minor, incidental foreign remote work	Yes, remote work for non-Spanish employers or clients is the whole point
Main income test	Savings, pension, or investment income (IPREM based)	Verified remote work income (higher fixed monthly threshold)
Tax option	Standard progressive tax once resident; Beckham Law not applicable	Beckham-style flat rate may apply if eligible
Best fit	You do not need to work to live on this income	Your income depends on continuing to work remotely

See our Digital Nomad Visa Spain 2026 guide if that comparison sounds closer to your situation.

Tax consequences once you pass 183 days

Immigration status and tax residency are two separate questions, and the NLV does not shield you from the second one. Spend more than 183 days in a calendar year in Spain, and you generally become a Spanish tax resident, taxed on your worldwide income at ordinary progressive rates, not just income sourced in Spain.

A question we get constantly: does the Beckham Law’s flat 24% rate help NLV holders? No. The Beckham Law regime is built for people relocating to Spain for employment or certain qualifying professional activity, with strict registration deadlines tied to that work relationship. Since the NLV is, by definition, a non-work permit, it does not create the kind of relationship the Beckham Law requires, so NLV holders do not qualify. Once you cross the 183-day line, plan for standard resident taxation, including reporting obligations on foreign assets. For the details, see our Tax Residency (183-day rule) and Beckham Law Spain pages, and, for years you remain a non-resident owner of Spanish property, our Non-Resident Tax (Modelo 210) guide.

Common refusal reasons, and our appeal option

Most NLV refusals we review trace back to a small set of recurring issues:

• Income or savings that is inconsistent, undocumented, or does not clearly meet the IPREM thresholds
• Health insurance policies with copayments, deductibles, or waiting periods, or that only cover emergencies or repatriation
• Missing, expired, or improperly apostilled and translated criminal record or civil documents
• Consulate doubt about genuine intent not to work, often triggered by ambiguous financial narratives or LinkedIn profiles showing active consulting
• Simple procedural errors: mismatched dates between documents, or documents that expired between submission and decision

If your NLV is refused, you have two realistic routes. A recurso de reposicion is an administrative appeal filed within one month of notification, reviewed by the same authority. A contencioso-administrativo appeal goes to court, filed within two months, and is the stronger route once you have a colegiada representing you, since only a licensed abogada can litigate. In our experience, a large share of consular refusals are fixable-document problems rather than genuine ineligibility, which makes them winnable on appeal once the underlying issue is corrected. See our Visa Denied? Appeal page for the full process.

The Malaga angle

Your NLV application itself is filed abroad, at the Spanish consulate with jurisdiction over your home address, not in Malaga. Where Malaga comes in is everything after your visa is issued: entering Spain, settling in the province, and completing your TIE card at the local Oficina de Extranjeros or comisaria that covers your address here.

Malaga’s Extranjeria appointment system runs on cita previa, and slots can be genuinely scarce, which is one of the most common frustration points for new arrivals. We handle appointment booking, prepare your file for the fingerprinting appointment, and accompany you to it or to the Oficina in person when you want us there rather than navigating it alone. We also coordinate your empadronamiento (address registration) at the relevant Malaga town hall once you have somewhere to live, since it feeds into your health card and later renewal file.

If you are also weighing where to live once you arrive, our Moving to Malaga guide and Immigration Lawyer Malaga pages cover the practical side of the move alongside the legal one.

Clients who choose to work with our Malaga office rather than handle the file alone usually tell us the same thing afterwards: it was not any single step that was hard, it was keeping every document, deadline, and appointment aligned across two countries and several months without missing one. That is the part we take off your plate, from the first eligibility check at your consulate all the way through to your TIE card and your first empadronamiento appointment here in Malaga.