Highly Qualified Professional Visa
🇪🇸 Spain visas · Work
What it is
Spain's fast-track work visa for skilled professionals under the Entrepreneurs Act. Processed within 20 days and allows the employee to travel to Spain and begin working immediately on arrival.
Key facts
- Category
- Work
- Duration
- 1 year (renewable up to 2 years per renewal).
- Processing time
- Up to 2 weeks
- Maximum validity
- 3 years
- Extendable
- Yes
- Path to permanent residence
- Indirect route
- Dependants
- Yes
- Age
- 18 or over
- Health insurance
- Required
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all, so confirm your own case on the official page.
Fees
- Application fee (ordinary fee; reciprocity may raise it)
- EUR 90
- Application fee (residence authorization tasa)
- EUR 10.94
- Application fee (foreigner ID card (TIE))
- EUR 16.08
Key requirements
- Job offer from a Spanish company for a highly qualified role
- University degree or at least 3 years of relevant professional experience
- Annual salary above the threshold set for the sector
- No criminal record
- Employer submits the application, the employee receives the visa to travel
Working on this visa
Employer-linked: granted where a company requires a highly-qualified foreign professional for a labour or professional relationship in Spain; valid throughout the national territory. Two modalities, EU Blue Card (art. 71.2.a, min. 3-year…
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 2 August 2026.