Choosing Spain: visas, routes and what to prepare before you come
Before you move, pick the right route and prepare from your country: the main residence routes, the NIE you can start at the consulate, recognising your degree, and how to plan it — then check your case with NAVI.
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What to sort before arriving
Which residence route fits: nómada, no lucrativa, work or study.
Open guide → Get your NIEWhat the NIE is and how to start it — even at the consulate.
Open guide → Recognise your degreeHomologación of your qualification, apostille and sworn translation.
Open guide → Routes to regulariseAlready here or overstayed: arraigo and the legal routes.
Open guide → All residence proceduresThe full immigration hub: NIE, cita, TIE, arraigo and more.
Open guide → 90-day Schengen ruleHow the 90/180-day rule works, how to count correctly and how to stay legally longer.
Open guide →Explore the other hubs
Informational guide. Routes and requirements change — check your case with NAVI.
This guide is general information about Spanish law, not a legal opinion on your case. Rules change and outcomes depend on your own facts and documents — check your situation before you act on it.
Need everyday protection, not just a one-off check?
Included: checks of Spanish documents, letters, requests and contracts before signing, Action Plans, consultation and sending your claims by burofax.