You came for Spain’s Golden Visa. It’s closed — this is what works instead.
On 3 April 2025, Ley Orgánica 1/2025 abolished residency by investment — no new applications for €500,000 in property, €1,000,000 in deposits or shares, or €2,000,000 in government bonds. Only people who received the visa before that date can renew, under transitional rules. If anyone is still selling you a “Spanish investor visa”, they’re selling something that no longer exists.
Now the good part. You never wanted a visa for its own sake — you wanted a life in Spain. The coast, the safety, schools for your kids, an EU passport on the horizon. All of that is still within reach, and often for far less money than the Golden Visa used to cost.
These are the routes that work in 2026:
- Non-Lucrative Visa. Live on passive income from about €2,400 a month (plus roughly €600 per family member) and move the whole family. You can’t work in Spain — but you can live there full-time.
- Digital Nomad Visa (Ley 28/2022). Work remotely for clients outside Spain, with income from 200% of the Spanish minimum wage. A nice bonus: the Beckham tax regime, a flat 24%.
- Highly-Qualified Professional / EU Blue Card. A job offer from €41,356 a year (from €33,085 in reduced-threshold cases).
- Entrepreneur Visa. The closest heir to the investor route — judged on how innovative your project is, not the size of your cheque. The key step is a favourable ENISA/DGT report.
- Standard work visa (RD 1155/2024), if you have a job offer.
Every one of these leads to permanent residence after 5 years in Spain, and citizenship after 10.
Tell us about your situation in a free consultation. In half an hour, we’ll find the route that fits you.