Remote employees, freelancers and business owners earning from outside Spain may qualify for the digital nomad visa.
Next Visa Step reviews your income against the Spanish formula, prepares the file the Embassy in Islamabad expects, and sorts the social security step first.
Income, main applicant
€2,849 / month gross
Follows the minimum wage, up from €2,763 on 19 February 2026. How the Spain figure has moved
The short answer
For people whose work stays outside Spain.
The amount is one thing, the proof is another. The Embassy asks for evidence of the income without fixing a number of months; we prepare three months of statements as a minimum, our advice rather than a Spanish rule. The Embassy may ask for more, and that is a request, not a refusal.
What the government charges
A visa fee, paid at the Embassy. Its page lists the fee without an amount, so we confirm it when the appointment is booked. No residence card fee: the visa is your residence document for its first year. Insurance, apostilles and translations are your own costs. Our fee is separate.
Documents
The Embassy's list, sorted by what each item proves.
Clients established abroad
Every payment traced to its contract, Spanish share of work shown.
One foreign employer
Contract in force, remote work in writing, employer on the Spanish social security register.
Your own business, outside Spain
Ownership evidenced, then the route the money takes to you.
Apostille proves a document is genuine. A sworn translation makes it readable. A document may need one, both or neither. The Embassy recognises the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs apostille, and the UGE asks for a sworn translation of anything not in Spanish. We check what each of yours needs.
Collect the visa within a month, and travel. It is valid for one year and, in the Embassy's own words, is your residence document for that time, so there is no card to apply for on arrival. Inside Spain you can apply to the Large Companies Unit for an authorisation of up to three years.
Filing from Pakistan: in person at the Embassy of Spain in Islamabad, competent for the whole country, by an appointment requested by email. Not through the visa centres that handle short stays. Read the Embassy's own list before you submit. Official telework visa page.
Accompanying family
Spain counts people, not roles. The first family member adds one share of the minimum wage, each further member a smaller share.
Nothing is sent anywhere. This runs in your browser.
Indicative family income estimate
€2,849 / month gross
Where these come from: the Embassy states at least 75 percent of the minimum wage for the first family member and 25 percent for each further one. On the same reading of the wage as the main figure, that is €1,068 and €356 a month.
Treat the result as an estimate, not a decision. This tool compares income against a threshold. It does not assess eligibility.
Conversions are approximate, at 1 EUR = 1.1592 USD = 0.8581 GBP, the European Central Bank reference rate for 2026-09-11.
From experience
Usually a condition met in substance and not shown in the file.
01
With no agreement between Spain and Pakistan, the employer's registration or your own self-employed registration has to be in the file. Without it the file is incomplete.
How we handle itWe start it first, because it is the slowest document in the set.
02
The letter has to permit remote work and agree with the contract on dates, role and pay. A generic HR letter does neither.
How we handle itWe give the employer the wording, and check it against the contract before it is signed.
03
One large Spanish client can carry a freelancer over the twenty percent limit without anyone noticing. The invoices show it even when nobody has added them up.
How we handle itWe total the last year by client country, and say plainly if this is not your route.
04
Three years in your field is accepted in place of a degree, but a CV is a claim. Contracts, references and registrations covering those years are the evidence.
How we handle itWe build the three years from documents, then decide whether to lead with experience or the degree.
Working with us
Three stages. The first decides whether the other two happen.
Stage 1
We review how you earn, your recent bank statements and the documents supporting your ongoing work. You receive a clear explanation of any gaps to address before applying.
Stage 2
We help organise the forms, letter of intent, work evidence and supporting records for your application. Your checklist reflects how you earn and whether family members are included.
Stage 3
We guide you through the appointment, the fee and the documents the Embassy expects on the day. We also explain the authorisation stage inside Spain relevant to your case.
Questions
Two hundred percent of Spain's minimum wage, gross, which we publish as €2,849 a month. What proves it is separate: payslips or invoices, and statements showing the money arriving. A lower-income month does not automatically rule you out.
Yes. Applications from Pakistan go in person to the Embassy of Spain in Islamabad, which covers the whole country, by an appointment requested by email. The Embassy gives itself ten days to decide, from the day after filing, longer if it asks for more.
Yes, because Spain has no social security agreement with Pakistan. An employee needs the employer registered with Spanish social security and their own affiliation. A freelancer registers as self-employed. The UGE names both in its guidance.
Only up to twenty percent of your total activity, and only as a freelancer. An employee must work for a company outside Spain. A mostly Spanish client list does not support this route, and is worth reviewing before you file.
Yes. Each family member raises the income figure: €1,068 a month for the first and €356 for each further member, on top of your own €2,849. Those are shares of the minimum wage, not of your threshold. The family calculator above shows your total.
Both, for a public document. The Embassy recognises the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs apostille, with no further consular step, and anything not in Spanish needs a sworn translation. We check each document before you spend on either.
One year, and the visa is itself your residence document for that time. Inside Spain you can then apply to the UGE for an authorisation of up to three years. Renewal beyond that is not stated on the Ministry pages we checked.
Long-term residence needs five years of legal, continuous residence, and citizenship ten years for a Pakistani national. The Ministry sheet does not say whether time on this route counts, so we do not claim that it does.
Holders may opt into the impatriate regime: 24 percent on employment income up to 600,000 euros, for the year of arrival and the five after, if you were not tax resident in Spain in the previous five years. Speak to a Spanish adviser before you rely on it.
The tax answer follows the Tax Agency's page on the impatriate regime. Read it before you plan around the rate. We do not give tax advice.
Tell us how you are paid, what you earn and who is coming. The first conversation gives you a straight read on the income, the social security step and the documents, and it costs nothing.