A year in Spain
Spain Digital Nomad / Telework Visa
Program checked 2026-10-21 · official source
Money
- Income the program asks for
- EUR 2,442 per month
≈ $2,845/mo · $34,140 a year (USD approximate, as of 2026-10-21)Program record (official source)(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-10-21
- Your income against it
- Add your income in Compass to compare.
- Cost of living
- Index ≈ 38 (New York = 100; lower is cheaper) — awaiting human review.
Estimate · Numbeo — Cost of Living Index by Country(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-08-04
Community notes: Popular cities are no longer cheap; smaller regions offer better value.
CasaSedora doesn't publish a monthly living-cost figure for any country yet — we won't invent one.
- Cash to make the move
- About $15,400 up front for one person.
Estimate · CasaSedora planning estimate — generic defaults, not a quote
Language
- Spoken there
- Spanish.
- Required for residency & citizenship
- Citizenship: A2 + civics
Official source(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-10-21
- Your readiness
- Starting from scratch is the usual case — sign in & set a goal in the Field Phrasebook to track your practice.
Timeline
Apply
No closing date on record. Processing time is not on record — check the official source.
Program record (official source)(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-10-21
Your first stay
The permit or program runs 12–36 months.
Program record (official source)(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-10-21
Permanent residency · year 5
EU long-term residence after 5 years.
Ministerio de Justicia(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-07-12
Citizenship eligible · year 10
10 years of legal residence — reduced to 2 for Ibero-American, Andorran, Filipino, Equatoguinean and Portuguese nationals and Sephardic Jews; 1 if married to a Spaniard.
Ministerio de Justicia(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-07-12
Does time on this kind of permit count toward citizenship? Counts. Digital-nomad residence-permit years count toward the residence requirement.