Golden Visa requirements

1.National visa  form complete,  dated  and  signed. Recent passport   photograph with   white   background.

2.Recent passport photograph with white background.

3.Valid passport or travel document, recognised as valid in Spain. It must have a minimum validity of one year and at least two blank pages. Photocopy of all passport pages.

4.Valid UK residence permit and photocopy.

5.Certificate of criminal record (only in the case of persons over 18 years of age, criminal age in Spain) issued by the country or countries where the applicant has resided within the five years preceding the date of the visa application. It cannot be older than 3 months, unless the certificate itself specifies a longer expiration. These certificates must be legalised through the consular representations of the issuing country or, in the case of signatory  countries  to  the  Hague  Convention  of  October  5, 1961,  hold  the  Hague  Apostille(except official documents issued by a Member State of the European Union, which will not require to be legalised).Sworn translation into Spanish is also required.

6.Financial means required to cover the living expenses and, where appropriate, those of their family members, for the period of residence in Spain, in accordance with the following amounts:

• ENTREPRENEURS: for the support of the main applicant, monthly, 100 % IPREM (Indicator Público de Renta de Efectos  Múltiples, 564,90 € in 2021 or  its  legal  equivalent  in  foreign  currency)and  for family  members; family  unit  of  the  holder  and  one  regrouped  person 150% IPREM and  family  unit  of  the  holder  and  more than two people additional 50% IPREM for each family member.
• INVESTORS:f or  the support  of the  main  applicant,  monthly,400%  IPREM and  for  family  members100% IPREM. The  availability  of  sufficient  financial  means  will  be  evidenced  by  the  submission  of  original  and  stamped documents  that  verify  the  perception  of  a  periodic  and  sufficient  income  or  the  holding  of  an  estate  that guarantees the perception of that income.

7.Public or private health insurance taken out by an insurance company authorised to operate in Spain with a minimum validity of one year.

8.Pay the relevant visa fee at the Consulate on the day your application is accepted.

If you want to know the BASIC ASPECTS of the GOLDEN VISA, you can continue reading in this article GOLDEN VISA: BASIC ASPECTS.

If you want to know the different types of GOLDEN VISA that can be requested, continue reading in this article: DIFFERENT TYPES OF GOLDEN VISA

If you want to know the TAX IMPLICATIONS of the GOLDEN VISA APPLICATION. You can read here: TAX IMPLICATIONS OF THE GOLDEN VISA APPLICATION