{"id":5789,"date":"2013-10-01T13:14:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T13:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/?p=5789"},"modified":"2013-10-01T13:14:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T13:14:06","slug":"spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Approves Immigration Residency Visa for 500,000 Euro Property Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long awaited law granting a residency visa for international investors buying property in Spain has finally been passed. Investors spending a minimum 500,000 Euros on residential real estate or a portfolio of properties making up this limit will gain a residence visa often referred to as the &#8220;Spanish Golden Visa&#8221; or &#8220;Spanish Entrepreneur Visa&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20130930\/MN88830\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5790\" title=\"LA VIDA SPAIN LOGO\" src=\"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830.jpg 800w, https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830-768x504.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The visa is one of the most affordable and flexible in Europe. There is no minimum stay requirement in Spain and the visa can be renewed up to five years. Holders of the Spanish golden visa are free to travel throughout the Schengen visa countries in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>After five years those who have invested in Spanish property (and immediate family members) may apply for permanent residency although that will require a minimum residence period of 183 days. Citizenship and a Spanish passport can be applied for after a period of permanent residence in Spain. This then grants the right to live and work anywhere in Europe as a European citizen.<\/p>\n<p>The key points of the Spanish residency visa are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimum investment of 500,000 Euros<br \/>\nInvestment cannot be mortgage funded<br \/>\nSpouse and dependent children included in the visa<br \/>\nNo minimum stay period<br \/>\nRenewable up to five years<br \/>\nTravel throughout the EU Schengen visa zone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applicants must be able to prove source of funds, have no criminal record and must never have been refused entry previously to a European country. They will also need to demonstrate private medical insurance and sufficient funds to support living in Spain. However as there is no minimum stay requirement, actual residence is not necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Property investors will be able to own and run a business in Spain but are not free to work until permanent residency is granted.<\/p>\n<p>La Vida Spain (&#8220;the life&#8221; Spain) specialises in Spanish property for international investors with offices in Spain and the UK. Since the proposed legislation was first announced back in November 2012 La Vida Spain has received over one thousand enquiries from potential real estate investors. The main interest has come from China, Russia, India and from many countries throughout the Middle East.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long awaited law granting a residency visa for international investors buying property in Spain has finally been passed. Investors spending a minimum 500,000 Euros on residential real estate or a portfolio of properties making up this limit will gain a residence visa often referred to as the &#8220;Spanish Golden Visa&#8221; or &#8220;Spanish Entrepreneur Visa&#8221;. [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[1164,1163,1165],"class_list":["post-5789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spain","tag-spanish-entrepreneur-visa","tag-spanish-golden-visa","tag-spanish-residency-visa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spain Approves Immigration Residency Visa for 500,000 Euro Property Investment -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"taylorwimpeyespana\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"taylorwimpeyespana\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d4a2f737d47bc77a017e797f933e4a0b\"},\"headline\":\"Spain Approves Immigration Residency Visa for 500,000 Euro Property Investment\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-01T13:14:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Spanish Entrepreneur Visa\",\"Spanish Golden Visa\",\"Spanish residency visa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Spain\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/\",\"name\":\"Spain Approves Immigration Residency Visa for 500,000 Euro Property Investment -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-01T13:14:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Spain Approves Immigration Residency Visa for 500,000 Euro Property Investment\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Taylor Wimpey de Espa\u00f1a\",\"description\":\"Building new homes on Mallorca, the Costa Blanca and the Costa del Sol since 1958.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Taylor Wimpey de Espa\u00f1a\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/logo-taylor-wimpey-espa\u00f1a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/logo-taylor-wimpey-espa\u00f1a.png\",\"width\":139,\"height\":92,\"caption\":\"Taylor Wimpey de Espa\u00f1a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d4a2f737d47bc77a017e797f933e4a0b\",\"name\":\"taylorwimpeyespana\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63b02a35ebd48558152bb85bee2d34154987285b82e0b6a9897a3cd823dd15e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63b02a35ebd48558152bb85bee2d34154987285b82e0b6a9897a3cd823dd15e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63b02a35ebd48558152bb85bee2d34154987285b82e0b6a9897a3cd823dd15e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"taylorwimpeyespana\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/author\/taylorwimpeyespana\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Spain Approves Immigration Residency Visa for 500,000 Euro Property Investment -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"taylorwimpeyespana","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/"},"author":{"name":"taylorwimpeyespana","@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d4a2f737d47bc77a017e797f933e4a0b"},"headline":"Spain Approves Immigration Residency Visa for 500,000 Euro Property Investment","datePublished":"2013-10-01T13:14:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/"},"wordCount":354,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830.jpg","keywords":["Spanish Entrepreneur Visa","Spanish Golden Visa","Spanish residency visa"],"articleSection":["Spain"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/","url":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/","name":"Spain Approves Immigration Residency Visa for 500,000 Euro Property Investment -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830.jpg","datePublished":"2013-10-01T13:14:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MN88830.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-approves-immigration-residency-visa-for-500000-euro-property-investment\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Spain Approves Immigration Residency Visa for 500,000 Euro Property Investment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/","name":"Taylor Wimpey de Espa\u00f1a","description":"Building new homes on Mallorca, the Costa Blanca and the Costa del Sol since 1958.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Taylor Wimpey de Espa\u00f1a","url":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/logo-taylor-wimpey-espa\u00f1a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/logo-taylor-wimpey-espa\u00f1a.png","width":139,"height":92,"caption":"Taylor Wimpey de Espa\u00f1a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d4a2f737d47bc77a017e797f933e4a0b","name":"taylorwimpeyespana","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63b02a35ebd48558152bb85bee2d34154987285b82e0b6a9897a3cd823dd15e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63b02a35ebd48558152bb85bee2d34154987285b82e0b6a9897a3cd823dd15e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63b02a35ebd48558152bb85bee2d34154987285b82e0b6a9897a3cd823dd15e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"taylorwimpeyespana"},"url":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/author\/taylorwimpeyespana\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hOmn-1vn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5791,"href":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions\/5791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}