Spain Entrepreneur Visa

For founders relocating to build an innovative, scalable business in Spain. Unlike other routes, residency here is tied to the venture itself — validated by ENISA, Spain's public innovation-financing agency — rather than to a foreign employer or a pool of savings.

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Drafting the business plan is the founder's own responsibility — we structure the immigration case around it, we don't write it.

Who this visa is for

Founders with a genuinely innovative business model — not a standard local shop or a replicated franchise — who intend to actually build and run the company from Spain.

Spain Entrepreneur Visa requirements

A favorable ENISA report confirming the business is innovative and of special economic interest to Spain.
A detailed, credible business plan — team, market, financials — built to the standard ENISA actually evaluates against.
Sufficient funds to support yourself while the business gets off the ground.
Filed either through your consulate of origin or, in many cases, from within Spain through the UGE.

The ENISA report is the gatekeeper

This is the step that makes or breaks the filing. ENISA evaluates innovation, scalability and job-creation potential — a generic plan gets a generic (and often negative) report. We build the plan around what the evaluation is actually looking for, not around what reads well in a pitch deck.

Entrepreneur Visa: questions

Can I apply with a co-founder?

Yes — multiple founders can file in parallel, provided each demonstrates a genuine operational role in the business.

Does the visa cover employees I hire?

No. This authorizes you as founder; employees you hire in Spain are brought on as standard local hires with their own arrangements.

How long is the initial authorization?

It typically runs two to three years, renewable as the business continues operating.

What happens next

Here the ENISA report is the gatekeeper, and the company structure decides your tax. A Private Strategy Session tells you whether this is your route, and in what order the pieces go.

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