Residencia para teletrabajo de carácter internacional
Working remotely from Granada, with a residence that allows it
Non-EU professionals who work for a company or clients outside Spain can live in Granada on the residence for international teleworkers, known to most as the digital nomad visa and introduced by Spain’s 2022 start-up law. It is requested at a consulate or, from inside Spain, online; a TIE follows once you are here.
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Two ways to apply
From abroad, the request goes to the Spanish consulate as a visa for international teleworkers, which leads to a TIE once you arrive. From inside Spain, if your stay is legal, the residence authorisation is requested online from the Unidad de Grandes Empresas y Colectivos Estratégicos.
Either way, the file shows a real professional relationship with the company or the clients abroad, your qualifications or experience, sufficient income, health cover and a clean criminal record.
Once you are settled in Granada
- Register on the padrón at your address
- Pay the card fee and book the fingerprints on the cita previa
- Attend the toma de huellas with the EX-17 and your visa or resolution
- Collect the TIE, and keep your padrón and your contract records up to date for the renewal
Taxes and Social Security
Spending most of the year in Spain generally makes you resident for tax purposes, and working remotely raises Social Security questions that turn on where your employer sits. Those belong with a tax adviser; our part is the residence and its documents. For everything else a move involves, the relocation advisers at AnchorLess cover more ground than we do.
Questions
Can I apply as a freelancer?
Yes, provided most of your work is for clients outside Spain. A limited share of Spanish clients is allowed; the file has to show the international activity.
Can my family come with me?
A partner and children can be included as family members of the teleworker, each with a residence of their own.
What about buying a property for residence?
Not any more: that door closed in 2025, when Spain abolished the investor residence known as the golden visa.
Régimen general
Other trámites from beyond the Union
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Toma de huellas · Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero
TIE fingerprints
Landed in Granada with a long visa or a favourable resolution? Fingerprints come next, then the card itself: EX-17, fee, collection.
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Estancia por estudios
Students at the University
From the student visa to the TIE, and the EU route for Erasmus: what international students at the Universidad de Granada arrange after arriving.
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Auxiliares de conversación
For language assistants
Auxiliares de conversación placed in Granada and its province: the visa, the TIE fingerprints or the EU certificate, the padrón of the town you live in.
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Residencia no lucrativa
Retiring to Granada
The non-lucrative residence for retirees and others who live on their own means in Granada, from the consulate to the TIE.
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Acuerdo de Retirada
British citizens since Brexit
Withdrawal Agreement residents, newcomers who now need a visa, and the 90-day limit for British owners who visit Granada.
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Autorización de regreso
Travel while a card is pending
Flying home for the holidays while your TIE is being renewed or made? The autorización de regreso that lets you back into Spain.
Solicitud
Your case, set in order
Tell us your passport, your reason for being in Granada and your dates. We reply by email with the procedure, the documents and a plan for the appointment.