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Where are you moving from?
Latin America 20
Caribbean and other American territories 15
United States and Canada 2
Europe 19
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Schengen visas and entry
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Open the category- Applying for my first Schengen visa
- I have a layover in Madrid or Barcelona: do I need a visa if I collect luggage or change terminals?
- I have a valid visa but was refused entry at a Spanish airport
- I live in Spain and want to invite my parents or siblings for a few weeks, without applying for their residence
- I live legally in a country other than my nationality and want to apply there for a Spanish visa
- I travel to Spain often and want a multiple-entry visa
- I want to take a course of under three months in Spain: do I need a student or Schengen visa?
- I want to travel to Spain with my child, but only one parent is travelling
- I want to visit my partner in Spain without moving yet: do I need a tourist or family visa?
- I'm a family member of an EU citizen and will accompany them to Spain: which visa should I apply for?
- I'm in Spain as a tourist and an illness or emergency prevents me from leaving before my stay ends
- I'm self-employed or a freelancer with no payslips: how do I apply for a tourist visa to Spain?
- I'm unemployed and my partner or a relative will pay for my trip to Spain: how do I prove it?
- I'm visiting Spain and other Schengen countries: which consulate should I apply to and where should I enter?
- My Schengen visa is valid for a year: how many days can I actually stay in Spain?
- Schengen visa refused over doubts about my return
Student visas and study permits
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Open the category- I applied for a study stay for the first time and my tourist days are running out while I wait for the decision
- I arrived as a tourist and want to study in Spain
- I came as a student's family member and now want to work: do I need my own permit?
- I don't have enough money for a student visa: can a relative cover my costs?
- I failed some subjects: can I extend my study stay?
- I finished a master's and want to start another: is my stay extended or do I need a new permit?
- I have a student visa of under six months and no TIE: how do I continue with another course?
- I want a study stay permit to take a language course
- I want to change language school, university or programme after getting my permit
- I want to check whether the school and course I'm paying for qualify for a student visa
- I want to come to Spain to study with my spouse and children
- I want to study online or in a blended format: does it qualify for a study stay?
- I want to study vocational training (FP) in Spain: which permit do I need and what options will I have afterwards?
- I want to work while studying in Spain
- I've been admitted to a university's own master's programme (título propio): does it qualify for a student permit?
- I've been admitted to university but classes start before I get my visa
- My admission depends on recognition of my previous studies: can I apply for the visa meanwhile?
- My school won't renew my enrolment: what happens to my permit?
- My student visa was refused because they doubt my academic purpose, although I have an admission letter
Changing residence permits
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Open the category- After university I'm offered an internship, not a regular job: which permit do I need?
- I am finishing my studies and have a job offer
- I dropped out of my studies but found an employer: can I change my permit?
- I finished a master's degree but have no job yet: how can I stay legally?
- I found a job while holding a job-search residence permit: how do I start working legally?
- I have a stay for a Spanish course and a job offer: can I switch directly to residence and work?
- I have an employee residence permit and want to run my own business
- I have non-lucrative residence and a Spanish company has offered me a job
- I have non-lucrative residence and want to become self-employed
- I have non-lucrative residence and want to work remotely for a foreign company
- I hold a digital nomad permit and want to stop working and live on savings: can I switch to non-lucrative residence?
- I hold a highly qualified professional permit but my new position doesn't meet those conditions
- I hold a job-search residence permit and want to start my own business
- I want to become self-employed after studying
- I want to switch from self-employment residence to employee residence
- I want to work as an employee and also invoice as self-employed
- I'm a language assistant and have been offered a job outside the programme: how do I change permit?
- I'm leaving my remote job for a full-time MBA: how do I switch from digital nomad to student?
- I'm switching from a student to a work residence permit: what happens to my spouse's and children's permits?
- I've already filed the switch from student to worker: from when can I work full time?
- I've finished my studies and have foreign clients: is self-employment or digital nomad residence better?
- I've finished my studies but haven't received my degree and my permit is about to expire
- My job-search residence is about to end and I still have no contract: what other routes can I look at?
- My permit depends on a digital nomad but I now have my own remote job: how do I get an independent permit?
- My renewal is in progress and I now qualify for another permit: can I switch routes without losing my legal status?
- While studying I found remote work abroad and want a digital nomad residence
Digital nomads and families
40
Open the category- A Spanish company has offered me a job: how do I change my digital nomad residence?
- I applied for digital nomad residence from Spain but my tourist days end before the decision
- I came as a digital nomad's family member and want to work in Spain
- I don't have a university degree but I do have professional experience: can I be a digital nomad?
- I freelance for foreign clients and want Spanish residence
- I have a consular digital nomad visa and want to keep living in Spain
- I have an A1 or foreign coverage certificate: does it specifically cover remote work from Spain?
- I have digital nomad residence and want to bring my spouse later
- I have digital nomad residence but spend most of the year outside Spain
- I have my own company in another country: can I move to Spain as a digital nomad?
- I have several projects and variable income: how do I prove it for digital nomad residence?
- I live outside Spain: should I apply for the digital nomad visa at the consulate or for residence on arrival?
- I lost my job on a digital nomad permit
- I want to bring my dependent parents with my digital nomad residence
- I want to bring my minor child who lives in another country as a digital nomad's family member
- I want to include my adult child who depends on me financially as a digital nomad's family member
- I want to include my partner in my digital nomad residence but we're not married or registered
- I want to work with Spanish clients without losing my digital nomad residence
- I was an employed digital nomad and now want to work as a freelancer
- I was granted digital nomad residence but didn't arrange social security cover in time
- I work for foreign clients but must travel to see them in person: does my activity fit digital nomad residence?
- I work remotely for a foreign company and want to move to Spain
- I work through Upwork, Deel or another platform: who do I prove the relationship with for digital nomad residence?
- I'm changing foreign employer: what do I need to do with my digital nomad residence?
- I'm divorcing the digital nomad on whom my residence depends
- I'm in Spain as a tourist and want to apply for digital nomad residence
- I've just started a remote job: when can I apply for digital nomad residence?
- It's time to renew my digital nomad residence: what do I need to prove again?
- My company allows remote work but hasn't expressly authorised me to work from Spain
- My company wants to hire me through an employer of record: would I still qualify as a digital nomad?
- My digital nomad permit was approved but my partner's or child's was refused
- My digital nomad permit was approved: does that automatically entitle me to the inbound expat tax regime?
- My employer is foreign but also has an office or subsidiary in Spain: does my contract qualify for digital nomad residence?
- My foreign company won't register with Spanish Social Security: what are my options?
- My income as a digital nomad has dropped: how does it affect my residence and its renewal?
- My salary is above the minimum before tax but not after: what income counts for digital nomad residence?
- My spouse came as a tourist: can they apply from Spain as a digital nomad's family member?
- The deadline for a decision on my digital nomad application has passed: how do I check whether I can rely on administrative silence?
- The main holder has lost their digital nomad residence: how do we keep the family's permits?
- We've had a baby in Spain while living here as digital nomads
Employment and self-employment
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Open the category- A Spanish company wants to hire me without a work permit
- I found a job in Spain while here as a tourist
- I have experience but no degree related to the job: can I get highly qualified residence?
- I hold a highly qualified professional permit and want to change company
- I lost the job my highly qualified professional residence is tied to
- I owe money to the Tax Agency or Social Security: does it affect my residence renewal?
- I stopped my self-employed activity for several months: can I renew my residence?
- I want to move to Spain as self-employed
- I want to open a small business in Spain and get residence through that activity
- I'm on birth leave or long-term sick leave: can I renew my work residence?
- I'm preparing a self-employment residence application and don't know how to prove my business plan is viable
- I've been offered a qualified position: can I apply for highly qualified professional residence?
- I've set up a company in Spain: does that let me live here?
- My business has low income or losses: how do I renew my self-employment residence?
- My contract ended and I don't have another job yet: how do I renew my work residence?
- My foreign company is transferring me to its office in Spain: which permit do I need?
- My work permit is limited to one occupation or region and I want to change jobs
Non-lucrative residence
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Open the category- I have less savings when renewing non-lucrative residence
- I receive a pension in another country and want to move to Spain
- I receive rental income from a property: does it count for non-lucrative residence?
- I spent a lot of time outside Spain with non-lucrative residence: how does it affect renewal?
- I want to apply for non-lucrative residence for my whole family
- I want to live in Spain on my savings
- My health insurance isn't accepted for non-lucrative residence: what should I change?
Regularisation and arraigo
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Open the category- An employer is ready to hire me but I have no work permit
- I applied for the 2026 extraordinary regularisation but haven't received a decision yet
- I couldn't finish the training my arraigo was granted for
- I didn't apply for the 2026 extraordinary regularisation: what options do I have now?
- I entered without a visa, my permitted days are running out and I can't leave in time
- I got residence through settlement and want to renew it without losing the right to work
- I got residence through the 2026 extraordinary regularisation and want to know how to renew or change it
- I have an NIE but don't know if it lets me live and work in Spain
- I have no job but my spouse has residence and can support me: how can I regularise?
- I have training-based settlement and want to know if I can work while studying
- I live in Spain without a residence permit
- I lost my job after getting residence through settlement: how do I keep my permit?
- I overstayed my tourist visa in Spain
- I received a police notice for being in Spain without valid documents
- I regularised with an employment contract but now want to work as self-employed
- I started training to regularise but want to change course or school
- I used to have temporary residence but lost it: how can I regularise again?
- I want to get my papers through training but don't know which courses qualify
- I want to regularise but my employer won't give me a contract
- I want to regularise but my passport has no Spanish entry stamp
- I work as a cleaner, nanny or carer without a contract and want to get my papers
- I work for several employers: can I regularise with several contracts?
- I'm in Spain as a tourist and want residence without leaving the country
- I'm only offered a part-time contract: can it help me regularise?
- I've been asked for a social integration report: how do I get it and prepare?
- I've left Spain several times: how does it affect the time needed to regularise?
- I've lived in Spain for a while but registered on the padrón only recently: how do I prove my stay?
- My settlement residence is ending and I worked less than expected
- My settlement was granted but my employer hasn't registered me with Social Security yet
- The employer withdrew after my settlement application was filed and before the decision
Refusals and appeals
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Open the category- I missed an electronic notice from the immigration office and the reply deadline passed
- I once overstayed in the Schengen area: will I be able to enter again?
- I received a document request and the deadline is near
- I suspect I have an entry ban or an SIS alert: how do I check?
- I was refused residence because of criminal or police records: how do I check the reason?
- I was refused residence for insufficient income although I do have money
- I've received an expulsion order or entry ban: what can I appeal?
- My file was closed for missing documents: can I get it reopened?
- My permit was granted in Spain but the consulate refused my visa
- My renewal was refused: can I stay in Spain and keep working?
- My residence application has been pending for months: how can I get an answer?
- My residence was refused should I appeal or reapply
- The file status says “refused” but I have no decision and don't know why
Spanish citizenship
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Open the category- I hold two foreign nationalities: which passport do I use to apply for Spanish citizenship?
- I lived in Spain for several years as a student: do those years count for citizenship?
- I now have a Spanish DNI but my bank and employer still use my NIE: how do I prove I'm the same person?
- I think I may be exempt from the citizenship exams: how do I check and apply?
- I was granted citizenship but missed the deadline for the oath: what can I do?
- I'm a citizen of a Latin American country: can I apply for Spanish citizenship after a shorter period?
- I'm married to a Spanish citizen: when can I apply for citizenship?
- I've become a Spanish citizen and want my child to have citizenship too
- I've been granted citizenship: how do I take the oath and get my Spanish documents?
- I've had a criminal record or problems with the police: can I apply for citizenship?
- I've travelled a lot outside Spain: could it harm my citizenship application?
- My child was born in Spain: can they get Spanish citizenship?
- My citizenship application was refused: should I appeal or apply again?
- My father or mother is Spanish, but I was born abroad and never applied for citizenship
- My Spanish citizenship application is not progressing
- When can I apply for Spanish citizenship
Family, partners and children
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Open the category- I have family reunification residence and want a permit independent of my spouse
- I rent a room, not a whole flat: can I reunite my family?
- I want to bring my child from a previous relationship to Spain
- I want to bring my child to Spain but the other parent won't consent
- I want to bring my elderly parents who depend on me financially
- I want to bring my spouse to Spain
- I want to get married in Spain but don't have a valid residence permit
- I want to register as a domestic partnership in Catalonia to apply for family residence
- I'm divorcing a citizen of another EU country: how do I keep my EU family member card?
- I'm divorcing a Spanish citizen and I'm afraid of losing my residence
- I'm the parent of a Spanish minor and want residence
- My adult child has become a Spanish citizen: can I move to Spain to live with them?
- My child is about to turn 18: how can they get or keep residence?
- My child lives with me in Spain without residence and goes to school
- My family has already come as tourists: can we apply for reunification without leaving Spain?
- My income isn't enough for family reunification: can I add other relatives' income?
- My partner and I are registered at different addresses: does it affect my family residence?
- My partner is a citizen of another EU country but we're not married or registered
- My partner is Spanish but we're not married: how can I get residence?
- My residence depends on my partner and I'm suffering domestic violence: how can I protect myself and keep my legal status?
- My spouse has become a Spanish citizen: do I need to change my residence permit?
- My spouse is a citizen of another EU country and we want to move to Spain
- My spouse is an EU citizen and doesn't work: how do we meet the requirements for my residence?
- My spouse is Spanish and I need residence
- My spouse, an EU citizen, has left Spain and I want to stay
- My spouse, on whom my residence depended, has died: how do I keep my right to live in Spain?
- Our child was born in Spain and both parents are foreigners: what documents does the child need?
- We cancelled our registered partnership: do I need to change my residence permit?
- We married in another country: how do we use that marriage for my residence?
- We've separated but have a child in Spain: how can I keep my residence?
Long-term residence, mobility and protection
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Open the category- I am an EU citizen moving to Spain
- I have lived in Spain for five years and want long-term residence
- I have long-term residence in another EU country and want to move to Spain to work
- I have permanent residence rights but my physical card has expired: what do I need to renew?
- I have residence on humanitarian grounds and want to renew or change it
- I have temporary protection due to the war in Ukraine and a stable job: can I switch to another residence permit?
- I hold a temporary residence permit from another EU country: can I live and work in Spain with it?
- I lived outside Spain for a long time and lost my long-term residence: how do I get it back?
- I need to travel while my residence renewal is pending
- I obtained a passport from another EU country while living in Spain on a foreign national's permit
- I want EU long-term residence so I can move to another European country in the future
- I'm afraid to return to my country and want to know if I can apply for asylum in Spain
- I'm outside Spain and my TIE has expired: how can I return?
- I've applied for asylum and don't know when I can work or how to renew my documents
- I've had gaps between my permits: can I get long-term residence?
- I've spent long periods outside Spain: do I meet the continuity requirement for long-term residence?
- My asylum application was refused: how can I appeal and what happens to my legal status?
- My first TIE isn't ready yet but I have an urgent trip abroad
- Part of those years I was a student: how much time counts for long-term residence?
- While my asylum claim is pending I found a job or started a family: can I get another residence permit?
TIE cards, renewals and documents
22
Open the category- I already had investor residence before that route closed: how is my permit and my family's renewed?
- I applied to renew on time but my TIE has already expired: can I keep working?
- I can't obtain a criminal record certificate from my home country
- I have a fijo discontinuo contract and my renewal falls in an inactive period
- I have my residence documents but don't know which need an apostille or sworn translation
- I lost my valid TIE while outside Spain: how can I return and get a duplicate?
- I moved to another province before renewing: where do I file?
- I rent my home but the landlord won't help me register on the padrón, which I need for my applications
- I was granted my first residence permit but missed the deadline to apply for the TIE
- I'm receiving unemployment or another benefit: can I renew my work residence without a new contract?
- I've already applied for Spanish citizenship: do I have to keep renewing my TIE while I wait?
- My bank or employer won't accept my expired TIE although I've already applied to renew
- My former representative won't hand over my file and I don't know if my residence application was filed
- My name is spelled differently in my passport and certificates: how do I file my application?
- My new TIE has an error in my name, surnames or validity date
- My passport is about to expire and I need to apply for or renew my residence
- My permit expires soon and I have no working digital certificate: how can I file on time?
- My residence is about to expire: when should I renew and what documents do I need?
- My residence was renewed but I can't get a fingerprint appointment
- My TIE has expired can I renew my residence
- My TIE was lost or stolen: how do I request a duplicate?
- My whole family's permits are expiring: how do we coordinate renewals for adults and children?