Atlas des passeports
Espagne

Atlas des passeports

Espagne 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.

VoyageRésidence permanente

Openness rank

#99

Entry openness

93

Sans visa

93

Briefing updated

2026-09

Fiche pays

Capitale

Madrid

Population

49.3 million

Superficie

504,782 km²

Monnaie

Euro EUR

Langue

Spanish

Fuseau

UTC+00:00–UTC+01:00

Nés à l’étranger

8.9 million · 2024

Part de migrants

18.5%

Groupes ethniques · 2021

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

Nés à l’étranger : stock de migrants de l’ONU via la Banque mondiale (surtout 2024). Les groupes ethniques suivent les catégories publiées de chaque pays. La plupart ne recensent pas la couleur de peau. Indicatif seulement.

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À qui s’adresse ce guide

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

Visiter et durée de séjour

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.

Travail et résidence

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.

Résidence permanente et nationalité

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

Entrée des passeports populaires

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 “Visa requis”. 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 “Sans visa”. typical stay on the matrix is 90 days. The port and mission are authoritative.

Guides connexes

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.