Investor residence visa / investor residence authorisation
Route status
Closed as of 2025-12-26[2][3][4]
Closed to new applications from 3 April 2025. Applications filed before that date continue under the prior rules; authorisations already granted remain valid to their stated expiry and are renewed under the rules in force when the initial authorisation was granted.
Closed to new applications; what happens to existing holders is recorded in the status details.
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Visado de residencia para inversores / Autorización de residencia para inversores as of 2026-08-06[1][4] |
|---|---|
| Official name (English) | Investor residence visa / investor residence authorisation as of 2025-12-26[3][4] English rendering used by the administering unit's own English-language pages. |
| Legal basis | Ley 14/2013, de 27 de septiembre, arts. 63-67 (Título V, Sección 2.ª, Capítulo II); left without content by the twenty-first final provision of Ley Orgánica 1/2025, de 2 de enero as of 2025-01-03[1][2][4] |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 4 |
|---|---|
| of which official (tier 1) | 4 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-01-03 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-06 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Ley 14/2013, de 27 de septiembre, de apoyo a los emprendedores y su internacionalización (texto consolidado)
Boletín Oficial del Estado · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2013-09-28 · Accessed 2026-08-06 · Amended by es-boe-ley-28-2022, es-boe-lo-1-2025 - [2] Ley Orgánica 1/2025, de 2 de enero, de medidas en materia de eficiencia del Servicio Público de Justicia
Boletín Oficial del Estado · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2025-01-03 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [3] Abolition of the investor visa in Spain and its implications
Oficina Nacional de Emprendimiento (ONE), Gobierno de España · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-12-26 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [4] Investors – Large Companies and Strategic Collectives Unit
Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones (UGE-CE) · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-06