General Information

Types of permits

• Visa: where the applicant is outside Spain.
• Residence permit: where the applicant is lawfully in Spain.

Duration of the permissions

• Visa: 1 year, after which must apply for a residence permit.
• Residence permit : 3 years.

Where submit applications for residence?

• Visa: In Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices. Embassies and consulates
• Residence permit: in the unity of large companies and Strategic Collectives. UGE-CE

Necessary Documents

• General documents:
  • Passport or NIE. The applicant must be 18 years.
  • Private and public medical insurance.
  • Criminal record. No criminal record in Spain and in countries where it has resided in the last 5 years.
  • Media accreditation sufficient economic for themselves and their family members during their period of residence in Spain.
• Specific documents for each category:

  Consult each category.

Who presents the request?

• In the case of investors and entrepreneurs, the interested party or a representative duly accredited.
• In the case of highly qualified professionals, training and I + D + i and intra-company transfer, the legal entity that want to hire abroad.

Do you can renew?

It may request the renewal of a residence permit, always maintaining the initial conditions, by period of:

• five years for the category investor.
• Two years for the rest of the categories.

Can accompany relatives?

Family members may request, simultaneously or successively, the visa or residence authorization

• the spouse or person with an analogous affective relationship.
• minor children or greater than depend economically of the holder and have not been for themselves a family unit.
• Ascendants.

Advantages

beneficiary of permits obtained under the law 14/2013, and their families may:

• work and reside in the entire national territory.
• does not apply the national employment situation.
• submitting the request for authorization of residence or renewal before the UGE-CE automatically extends the validity of residency status & nbsp; or stay outside of the holder.
• Deadlines quicker to resolve:
  • Visa: 10 working days
  • Authorizations & nbsp; of residence: 20 working days