Attaining a Golden Visa is one of the most popular methods to acquire a visa and acquire the right to remain and live in Spain (legally). Thousands of applicants, and their families, have benefited from golden visa permits since 2013.
- A Golden Visa does not automatically make you tax resident in Spain upon renewal, unlike every other visa in Spain. This is a unique advantage exclusive only to GVs. No other visa in Spain shares this unique trait. Only for this reason, affluent investors will find it most appealing if they do not fancy paying taxes in Spain.
- Allows you to override the 90/180-day that limits stay in Spain (and by extension in the Schengen Area/EU). This allows you unfettered access to Spain. You can enter and leave the country as you please, even overriding Covid flight bans, as you will hold a select residency permit that few people have.
- Clear rules. Initially for 3 years, then renewable every 5 years.
- No minimum stay is required. Fancy staying one night only? A Golden Visa has you covered. You can spend as little as one day, or the full year round in Spain, at your choice.
- Fast-tracked. Golden visa applications are greatly expedited by rapport to other visa applications. Golden visas are granted in 3 weeks.
- Streamlined. Golden Visa applications are (greatly) streamlined, removing all the unnecessary admin red tape which taints other visa applications making them cumbersome.
- The whole family is included as dependants (even ascendants, such as grandparents)* (*subject to criteria)
- You can work in Spain (optional).
- Leads to permanent residency (optional).
- Leads to Spanish citizenship (optional).
It should be noted the Spanish Government made public in recent weeks its intention of raising the investment cap from €500,000 to €1,000,000 to attain a Golden Visa.
Our advice is that anyone who is thinking of applying for a Golden Visa, should do so immediately before the government raises the required investment cap by 100% over the next months. Golden visas work retrospectively for anyone who acquired a property in Spain as from the 28th of September 2013 onwards.
At LNA, we have assisted hundreds of applicants - and their families - to attain a golden visa since 2013. You can attain a golden visa through us in only three weeks. Call us!