Spain immigration rule changes
5 dated rule changes to Spain programmes, from 2015-06-24 to 2024-07-20. Each item links to the programme page and the official source we recorded it from. This is a record of what we captured, not a complete legislative history.
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2024 (1)
Spain Non-Lucrative Visa: IPREM threshold updated; minimum funds requirement rose proportionally.
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2023 (2)
Spain Digital Nomad Visa: Digital Nomad Visa launched under Startup Act 2023; provided first formal remote worker pathway.
source →Spain Startup Visa (Entrepreneur Visa – Law 14/2013): Law 28/2022 (Startup Act / Ley de Startups) amended Law 14/2013, introducing improved conditions including faster processing targets (20 business days), extension of initial authorisation period, and introduction of the separate digital nomad visa alongside the existing entrepreneur route.
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2019 (1)
Spanish Citizenship for Sephardic Jewish Descendants: Spain's Sephardic citizenship route closed permanently to new applicants. Ley 12/2015 (the Law for Granting Nationality to Sephardic Jews of Spanish Origin) expired after its four-year period was not renewed by the Spanish legislature. No further extensions have been made and the route is not available to new applicants.
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2015 (1)
Spanish Citizenship for Sephardic Jewish Descendants: Ley 12/2015 came into force, opening the Spanish Sephardic descent citizenship route for a four-year period. The law was described as a historic reparation for the expulsion of Sephardic Jews from Spain in 1492 under the Alhambra Decree.
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