Spain freelance visa.

The official page asks for: a business plan with the planned investment and returns, proof the investment is enough for the project, a list of licences the activity needs and their status, proof of qualifications, and registration if required, criminal record certificates for the last 5 years and a medical certificate at the visa stage.

No set income figure. The applicant must show the planned investment is enough for the project, and its effect on jobs, which can be their own job. Proof of enough money to make the planned investment, or a promise of support from a bank or other body. No set figure is given.

The first permit lasts one year and covers one region and one line of work. Yes, if the activity carries on and tax and Social Security duties are met. A renewed permit lasts four years.

Two government fees are paid (form 790 code 052 for residence and code 062 for the work permit), plus the consular visa fee. The pages read do not give the amounts.

Open to people from outside the EU, the EEA and Switzerland. For people from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland who do not live in Spain and want to work for themselves there. Any self-employed activity can count if it meets the rules Spanish nationals must meet to open and run it. Citizens of the EU, the EEA and Switzerland can already live in Spain without this visa.

Family reunification can be asked for once the holder has lived in Spain for at least one year and has applied to stay at least one more year, with some exceptions.

Only self-employed work, in one region and one sector, in the first year. The renewed permit allows a job or self-employed work anywhere in Spain, in any sector.

In person at the Spanish consulate for the place where the applicant lives. Three months for the permit decision, and no answer in that time means a refusal. The consulate then has one month to decide on the visa.