Is the Spanish golden visa still open?
The property-for-residence path has been tightened or closed to new cases. Use current law — not pre-2023 blogs.
أطلس جوازات السفر
Spain is a southern Schengen gateway and a frequent search for digital-nomad visas and faster Latin-American naturalisation. Golden-visa routes have tightened.
سفرإقامة دائمة
Openness rank
#99
Entry openness
93
بدون تأشيرة
93
Briefing updated
2026-09
نبذة عن الدولة
العاصمة
Madrid
السكان
49.3 million
المساحة
504,782 km²
العملة
Euro EUR
اللغة
Spanish
التوقيت
UTC+00:00–UTC+01:00
المولودون في الخارج
8.9 million · 2024
حصة المهاجرين
18.5%
الجماعات الإثنية · 2021
المولودون في الخارج من مخزون المهاجرين الدولي للأمم المتحدة عبر البنك الدولي (غالباً 2024). الجماعات الإثنية وفق التصنيفات المنشورة لكل بلد. معظم الدول لا تحصي لون البشرة. أرقام إرشادية.
التأشيرات ومسارات الهجرةقائمة الإعفاء من التأشيرةالمستندات وصورة الجوازVisa siteImmigration site
For holidays, remote work, non-lucrative residence, and people from Ibero-American countries checking the two-year nationality exception.
Schengen 90/180. Visa-exempt passports use EES / ETIAS. Chinese passports file with the main-destination Schengen post. Tourism is not work; repeating 90-day cycles can be questioned.
The digital-nomad visa needs remote work for non-Spanish employers or clients above an income line. Non-lucrative residence looks at passive income. Jobs need a work permit. Investor (golden) residence has been sharply tightened or closed — do not file from old blog posts.
EU long-term / Spanish long-term residence is commonly five lawful years. Nationality is ten years, or two for Ibero-American, Portuguese, Andorran and similar nationals, plus DELE and a civics test. Confirm with the ministry.
Time to PR:5 years
The property-for-residence path has been tightened or closed to new cases. Use current law — not pre-2023 blogs.
Some Ibero-American nationalities have a two-year lawful-residence reduction, still with exams and proven residence — not a property passport.
On this site’s matrix the result is “تأشيرة مطلوبة”. confirm length of stay with the destination. The port and mission are authoritative.
On this site’s matrix the result is “بدون تأشيرة”. typical stay on the matrix is 90 days. The port and mission are authoritative.
Handbooks summarise public sources so you can cross-check the visa matrix and policy playbooks. They are not legal advice. Quotas, stay lengths and visa-free lists move — confirm with the destination government and its missions before you travel or file.