Spain stopped granting residency through property or financial investment on 3 April 2025, closing a program that issued more than 15,000 visas over twelve years. Here is exactly what closed, what current holders keep, and which routes still lead to Spanish residency.
Spain votes on 29 November 2026. Only Spanish citizens can vote, postal votes close on 19 November, and foreign residents vote in May 2027.
From Mercadona's grip on the grocery aisle to Sunday trading rules that change at the regional border, here's the shopping landscape as it runs today.
Spain's co-official languages each come with their own certificate system and subsidized classes, and the honest effort level runs from a year or two of steady work for Catalan to a genuinely long haul for Basque.
The step-by-step path from saving money to standing in front of a Spanish classroom, updated for 2026's paperwork, program disruptions, and the legal work routes that replaced the old workarounds.
What lawyers and visa agencies charge for Spain's work visas. Employed, self-employed and HQP help runs €363 to €2,500, and the employer pays its own fee.
Our guides cover visas and residency, tax, healthcare, housing, work and everyday life here.
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