Autorización de residencia temporal y trabajo para investigación (modalidades nacional y UE)
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Autorización de residencia temporal y trabajo para investigación (modalidades nacional y UE) as of 2025-05-01[3][4] Information sheet 68 distinguishes a national research authorisation and an EU research authorisation; the PRIE portal files the route under 'Formación en I+D+i' and the administering unit under 'Investigadores'. |
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| Official name (English) | Not established from a qualifying source No official English designation was found. The PRIE portal's English navigation renders it as 'Training and r + D + I', which is a machine translation. |
| Legal basis | Ley 14/2013, de 27 de septiembre, arts. 61, 62 y 72, Directiva (UE) 2016/801 e Instrucción DGM 3/2018 as of 2025-05-01[3][4] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2025-05-01[3] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-08-06[6] The international mobility section of Ley 14/2013 addresses third-country nationals; EU/EEA nationals and Swiss nationals are covered by free-movement rules instead. Switzerland is not a value in the bloc vocabulary and is recorded here in the note. |
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| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2025-05-01[3][5] Ley 14/2013 art. 62.3 general requirement. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | 3 years as of 2025-07-16[3][7] Information sheet 68: the validity of a research residence authorisation is three years, or equal to the duration of the hosting agreement or contract where that is shorter. Validity begins when the favourable decision is issued. Management criterion DGGM 2/2025 restates the rule by reference to art. 72.3. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the contract |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2025-05-01[3] |
| Renewal duration | 2 years as of 2025-05-01[3] Information sheet 68: after the initial period the holder may apply to renew for two years. |
| Work rights | Not established from a qualifying source Information sheet 68 states that the authorisation permits residing and working throughout the national territory, and that the EU research modality additionally permits teaching related to the research activity. No source states in vocabulary terms whether other work is permitted, so no value is recorded. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2025-05-01[2][3] Information sheet 68 states expressly that the holder may obtain permanent residence after five years. This is the only route in this record for which the qualifying route to long-term residence is stated on the route's own sheet rather than inferred from the general five-year rule. |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2025-05-01[3] The application is filed by the business entity or research centre requiring the researcher's services, on the basis of a hosting agreement or contract. On completion of the research activity the holder may remain in Spain for up to twelve months to seek employment related to the research carried out or to start a business project, on notification to the UGE-CE within the sixty days before expiry or the ninety days after it. |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2026-08-06[6] |
| Qualification requirement | degree as of 2025-05-01[3] For the EU research modality: holders of a doctorate or of a higher education qualification giving access to doctoral programmes, selected by the research entity. The national modality instead requires membership of one of the four categories of Ley 14/2013 art. 72 – research personnel under Ley 14/2011, scientific and technical staff of business entities or research and development centres established in Spain, researchers under a hosting agreement, and professors contracted by universities, higher education and research bodies or business schools established in Spain. Those categories are a status test rather than a qualification test and have no vocabulary value; only the EU modality's degree requirement is recorded here. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2025-05-01[3] |
| Own means requirement | Not established from a qualifying source Information sheet 68 requires sufficient economic resources for the researcher and their family members but states no figure and points at no reference index. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2025-05-01[3] The twelve-month post-research job-search period is an extension of stay attaching to this authorisation, not a separate job-search instrument, and it is recorded on job_offer_required's note. |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2025-05-01[3] The application is filed electronically with the UGE-CE by the employing entity or research centre. Where the application states that the researcher resides abroad, the researcher must then apply for the corresponding visa at a Spanish consulate. |
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| Statutory processing time | 20 days as of 2025-05-01[1][3] |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2025-05-01[3] |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2025-05-01[3][4] |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, unmarried partner, minor child, adult dependent child, parent as of 2025-05-01[3] |
| Family may apply at the same time | Yes as of 2025-05-01[3] Family members joining or accompanying the researcher may apply simultaneously or successively. Their authorisation is tied to the researcher's and they may remain in Spain for the same period and in the same situation. |
| Family members' work rights | full as of 2026-08-06[6] |
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Verification
| Sources cited | 7 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 7 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-05-01 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-06 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Ley 14/2013, art. 76 (texto vigente) — API de legislación consolidada del BOE, bloque a76
Boletín Oficial del Estado — Datos Abiertos · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2023-05-10 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [2] Hoja 49 – Autorización de residencia de larga duración nacional
Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2025-05-01 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [3] Hoja 68 – Autorización de residencia temporal y trabajo para investigación
Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2025-05-01 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [4] Formación en I+D+i (art. 72 Ley 14/2013) — Portal PRIE
Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa — Secretaría de Estado de Comercio · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [5] Ley 14/2013 – Sección de Movilidad Internacional, texto consolidado (PDF)
Programa de Residencia para Inversores y Emprendedores (PRIE), Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-06 · Superseded by es-boe-ley-14-2013 - [6] Profesional Altamente Cualificado — Portal PRIE
Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa — Secretaría de Estado de Comercio · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [7] Criterio de gestión DGGM 2/2025 — duración de las autorizaciones de residencia de la Ley 14/2013
Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones — Dirección General de Gestión Migratoria · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2025-07-16 · Accessed 2026-08-06