Digital Nomad Visa for Valencia

The basics

Spain created a specific visa and residence authorisation for international teleworking. It fits two profiles: employees of companies based abroad, and freelancers whose clients are mostly foreign. As a freelancer, work for Spanish clients is capped at 20 % of your professional activity (article 74 bis of Law 14/2013).

There are two doors in. From your home country you apply at a Spanish consulate; anyone lawfully staying in Spain already can file from here, and the authorisation is then decided at national level rather than by the Valencia office.

Either way, the decision rests on paperwork: contracts or client agreements, how long the working relationship has lasted, your degree or experience, an income above the minimum, health insurance and a clean record. Once approved and living in Valencia, you request your TIE at the police here. Employees of foreign companies should also look at the Beckham Law opt-in, which has its own six-month deadline.

Who it is for

• Staff of foreign companies who can do their job from Valencia.
• Freelancers billing mostly clients outside Spain.
• Remote workers relocating with a partner and children.
• People already living in Valencia under another status who want to change to this one.

Paperwork checklist

• A passport valid for the full period.
• Your work contract or client contracts, plus a letter from the company accepting remote work.
• Evidence of how long you have worked with them and of the company's activity.
• A degree, or proof of your professional experience.
• Proof that your income reaches the required level.
• Health cover valid in Spain.
• Criminal record certificates, apostilled or legalised, with translation.

The income threshold follows the Spanish minimum wage, which changes. We check the figure in force and the required format of every document for you.

Step by step with us

1. Do you qualify?. Contracts, income and qualifications are measured against the requirements.
2. Consulate or Spain. We weigh both routes for your timing and situation.
3. Building the file. Application and evidence are prepared, with a clear list of what needs an apostille or translation.
4. Submission. We file and answer any request for extra information.
5. Life in Valencia. After approval we can handle the padrón and your TIE locally.

Waiting times in Valencia

Consulates and the in-Spain route work at different speeds. Count on several weeks for preparing the file and getting a decision, plus whatever time apostilles and translations take.

For applications filed from inside Spain, the law sets a twenty-day limit from electronic filing for the Unidad de Grandes Empresas y Colectivos Estratégicos to decide; with no answer by then, the authorisation counts as granted (article 76.1 of Law 14/2013).

Renewals run for two years at a time and are filed online. Under article 76.3 of the same law, an application lodged within ninety days after the authorisation has ended still keeps it in force until the decision, although a penalty procedure may be opened.

Fee for our help

450 € + VAT for the main applicant with our full service. Already put the file together yourself and just want it reviewed and filed? From 250 € + VAT. Every extra family member adds 100 € + VAT. State fees, translations and legalisations are not included, and the padrón and TIE in Valencia are quoted on their own.

After approval, the state fee for your first TIE in Valencia is 16.08 € in 2026 (form 790, code 012).

Frequently asked questions

Want to see how the whole process works first? Read our free guide: Living in Valencia as an expat: neighbourhoods and first steps.