Find out about the advantages of the new digital nomad visa.
By: Antonio Villena
We quickly tell you about the great advantages of this new type of visa for digital nomads recently approved. .
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Find out in this quick form if you are eligible for residency as a digital nomad in Spain.
A new type of national visa has been approved, called a digital nomad visa, which allows certain people who are working in their country of origin or residence to reside in Spain.
1. Who can apply for this visa
This visa is aimed specifically at those people whose work in their country of origin or residence can be carried out on-line and at they can reside in Spain at least 6 months per year. It is a visa for people who are entrepreneurs, managers, self-employed workers, etc. who are working in a company, but do not have to work in their country of origin or where the offices and headquarters of the company for which they work are located.
2. Important advantages of the new visa
A very interesting aspect of this new visa is that it can be applied for from Spain, it can be done by a professional as long as they have the signature recognised by the ministry in charge of these procedures, it can also be done on-line so there is no need to apply for this visa in person.
Another quite interesting aspect is the initial residence time once you are granted the digital nomad visa if you apply for it from Spain, which is 3 years of initial residence and another 2 years of additional residence, are granted once the residence is renewed, and then you can get permanent residence.
It is a visa with enormous advantages, there are no long waiting times to complete the procedures like in the consulates,as the evaluation of the documentation in Spain is usually more flexible, and the processing of the visa is handled by a very professional agency of the ministry called UGE.
Also important is the resolution time, which for this visa is 20 working days, and if the approval is not resolved during those 20 days, it is approved by law after 21 days.
Therefore, this is a visa with a series of very important advantages that can make it easier for many people to obtain residency.
We hope that this information has helped you and we are at your disposal to help and advise you in any way we can.
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