HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL VISA SPAIN

Highly qualified professional Visa in Spain

The Highly Skilled Professional Visa in Spain is an ideal option for talented individuals seeking employment opportunities, quality of life and access to a thriving business environment.

Highly qualified professional Visa Spain

Whenever a company or group of companies located in the Spanish territory require a foreign professional to carry out its activity, the highly qualified professional Visa Spain may be applied for:

Managers or Highly Qualified Personnels hired by a company or group of companies

One of the following requirements must be accomplished:

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An average of 250 workers in Spain during the three months immediately prior to the submission of the application and registered in the corresponding Social Security scheme.
Annual net turnover in Spain in excess of 50 million euros; or volume of equity or net worth in excess of 43 million euros in Spain.
Average gross annual investment from abroad of no less than 1 million euros in the three years immediately prior to the submission of the application.
Companies with an investment stock value or position, according to the latest data from the Foreign Investment Register of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, in excess of 3 million euros.

In the case of “small and medium-sized companies” established in Spain, working on a sector considered “strategic”, it must be accredited by a report from the Directorate General for International Trade and Investment.

Hiring Managers or Highly Qualified Personnels to run a business project

The below project must be considered and accredited as being of “general interest” according to the Directorate-General for International Trade and Investment. Due to that, such business must accomplish some of the following conditions:

Maintenance of employment.
A significant increase in the creation of direct jobs by the company applying for the contract.
A significant increase in job creation in the sector of activity or geographical area in which the employment activity is to be carried out.
An extraordinary investment with a significant social-economic impact in the geographical area in which the work is to be carried out
A relevant contribution to scientific and/or technological innovation.

Graduates & Postgraduates

These may also apply for highly qualified professional Spanish Visa under the condition that they come from a highly prestigious university and/or business school.

Intra-corporate transfers

Foreigners moving to Spain with a company or group of companies must be in possession of the corresponding visa, provided not only the Legal Proceeding, but also the following:

The existence of a real business activity.
Having a higher degree or equivalent or, where appropriate, a minimum of 3 years of professional experience.
The existence of a previous and continuous employment or professional relationship of 3 months with one or more of the companies in the group.
Documentation from the company accrediting the transfer

This type of authorisation has two modalities:

A. Residence authorisation for intra-company transfer

In the case of temporary transfers to work as a manager, specialist or for training, from a company established outside the European Union to an entity belonging to the same company or group of companies established in Spain.

The maximum duration of the transfer will be 3 years in the case of managers or specialists and one year in the case of trainees.

B. National residence authorisation for intra-corporate transfer

This authorisation shall be granted in cases not covered in the previous modality or after the maximum duration of the transfer provided for in the previous paragraph has elapsed.