Spain Golden Visa

Spain offers residency visa to foreign nationals who invest 500,000 euros in spanish market. The spanish (“Act 25/2015”) enables Non-EU/EEA nationals to receive a residence permit based on investment in the country such as real estate, business etc.

Visa Benefits

• Visa free travel in 28 European countries. US, Canada and Japan can be access after get citizenship.
• High demand profitable real estate investment
• EU residency for family and children. Also, your grand-children, as they will themselves be the children of Spanish citizens, will directly become Spanish by birth.
• No minimum residency requirements
• No language test. No business experience required.

Main Requirement

• Applicant must have a clean criminal record.
• Applicant have medical insurance as well as proof of income to be able to stay in Spain for an indefinite period of time.
• Applicant does not have any other Schengen-area refused visas.
• Applicant make a real estate investment, the property can be residential or commercial and can be rented afterward.
• The investment amount has to be 500,000 €, however, this does not have to be the value of a single property in Spain, the properties can be combines to amount to this investment value.
• It requires that the investment takes place before the individual submits his visa application.
• The property with a minimum value of 500,000 euros must have been purchased at least 90 days prior to making the submission for the golden visa. 
• Other common requirements.

You will receive temporary residence permit valid for 2 years and then renewable after then. No requirement to live in Spain except you have to visit only once a year.

Permanent residence after 5 years of living. The processing time is about 3 months.

Spanish citizenship possible after 10 years living in Spain. You also have to pass the Spanish language test (only for citizenship).