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España

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España 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.

ViajeResidencia permanente

Openness rank

#99

Entry openness

93

Sin visado

93

Briefing updated

2026-09

Ficha del país

Capital

Madrid

Población

49.3 million

Superficie

504,782 km²

Moneda

Euro EUR

Idioma

Spanish

Huso horario

UTC+00:00–UTC+01:00

Nacidos en el extranjero

8.9 million · 2024

Cuota de migrantes

18.5%

Grupos étnicos · 2021

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

Nacidos en el extranjero: stock de migrantes de la ONU vía Banco Mundial (sobre todo 2024). Los grupos étnicos siguen las categorías publicadas de cada país. La mayoría no censa por color de piel. Solo orientativo.

Visados y vías migratoriasLista de exención de visadoDocumentos y foto de pasaporteVisa siteImmigration site

A quién va dirigida esta guía

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

Cómo visitar y cuánto tiempo

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.

Trabajo y residencia

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.

Residencia permanente y nacionalidad

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

Cómo entran pasaportes populares

Preguntas frecuentes

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 “Visado requerido”. 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 “Sin visado”. typical stay on the matrix is 90 days. The port and mission are authoritative.

Guías relacionadas

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.