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Spanien travel, immigration and PR

Spain is a southern Schengen gateway and a frequent search for digital-nomad visas and faster Latin-American naturalisation. Golden-visa routes have tightened.

ReisenDaueraufenthalt

Openness rank

#99

Entry openness

93

Visumfrei

93

Briefing updated

2026-09

Länderprofil

Hauptstadt

Madrid

Bevölkerung

49.3 million

Fläche

504,782 km²

Währung

Euro EUR

Sprache

Spanish

Zeitzone

UTC+00:00–UTC+01:00

Im Ausland geboren

8.9 million · 2024

Migrantenanteil

18.5%

Ethnische Gruppen · 2021

  • Spanish84.8%
  • other12.3%
  • Moroccan1.7%
  • Romanian1.2%

Im Ausland Geborene: UN-Migrantenbestand über die Weltbank (meist 2024). Ethnische Gruppen folgen den veröffentlichten Kategorien des Landes. Die meisten Staaten erheben keine Hautfarbe. Nur Richtwerte.

Visa und EinwanderungswegeVisa-freie ListeUnterlagen und PassfotosVisa siteImmigration site

Für wen dieser Ratgeber ist

For holidays, remote work, non-lucrative residence, and people from Ibero-American countries checking the two-year nationality exception.

Einreise und Aufenthalt

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.

Arbeiten und Wohnen

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.

Niederlassung und Staatsangehörigkeit

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

Einreise beliebter Pässe

FAQ

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.

Can Latin-American nationals naturalise in two years?

Some Ibero-American nationalities have a two-year lawful-residence reduction, still with exams and proven residence — not a property passport.

Does a Chinese passport need a visa?

On this site’s matrix the result is “Visum erforderlich”. confirm length of stay with the destination. The port and mission are authoritative.

Does a US passport need a visa?

On this site’s matrix the result is “Visumfrei”. typical stay on the matrix is 90 days. The port and mission are authoritative.

Verwandte Ratgeber

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.