Client stories
A couple had lived in Poland for several years. The main applicant is registered there as self-employed and has worked for a company from another EU country for…
The client had lived in Spain for almost two years on a start-up visa, and the start-up never began to earn. His autónomo registration was left over from…
A client on the digital nomad permit lived in Barcelona and was not sure he could renew smoothly in 2027: his employers had changed while he was a…
The client, a start-up visa holder, lived in Valencia with her school-age son and decided to move to a business of her own — cuenta propia. To file,…
The husband lived in Spain as a family member of his wife, who holds a start-up visa. He found a job and moved to a residence and work…
The start-up visa was held by the wife, yet the main applicant for cuenta propia was the husband — the roles were swapped. His decision came in 31…
The digital nomad permit was due to expire on 1 September. Instead of renewing it, we took another route — modification to cuenta propia: a self-employment permit that…
The first application for the digital nomad permit ended in a refusal: the authority said it doubted the veracity of some of the information, without naming a single…
Two years after a refusal, a family of three — two adults and a child — was granted the digital nomad permit. The previous application had been handled…
Two founders of the same project were granted startup visas, one of them together with his family. The family application went in on 24 September 2024, and the…
A company in its second year on a startup visa applied for the innovative company certificate. Preparation took longer than the review: about two and a half months…
A founder applied to renew a startup visa. Two authorities handled the file at once: UGE decides on the residence permit, and ENISA assesses the project afresh. It…
A company holding a startup visa applied for a second, separate document: an ENISA certificate confirming that the business is innovative and scalable. It is not needed for…
Our client held an EU Blue Card in Lithuania. The problem was his wife's: she had spent too long outside the country, and the Lithuanian migration service began…
The team arrived with a finished business plan and financial model — both written for investors. The first review showed they answered none of the three questions the…
Only the main applicant was granted a Schengen visa — his wife and daughter were refused. They filed for one person, planning to bring the family in later:…
An employee of a Spanish company was made redundant, and her highly qualified worker permit had only months left to run. Instead of looking for another job she…
An unmarried couple obtained the digital nomad permit together. The basis for the second applicant was a pareja de hecho, executed before a notary two weeks before their…
A family of four obtained the digital nomad permit on a single filing. Along the way the authority sent a document request — not about the applicant but…
Four founders of one project — non-ferrous metal recycling — obtained residence under the startup visa, each with their own family, filing over the course of a year.…
A family of four — two adults and two children — received the digital nomad permit on a single application, and registered as autónomo two months later. The…
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Relotus: 100+ approved Spanish residence permits — the decisions on our cases
This is only part of the decisions on cases run by Relotus Relocation. Each line is a decision by a Spanish authority: the UGE (Unidad de Grandes Empresas y Colectivos Estratégicos — the unit of Spain’s Ministry of Inclusion that issues permits to digital nomads, startup founders and highly qualified professionals) or a provincial immigration office (Oficina de Extranjería). Names and case numbers are withheld. Latest decision: 26.10.2026.
Latest decisions
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · modification · Immigration office, Tarragona · 4 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · modification · Immigration office, Tarragona · 4 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · modification · Immigration office, Asturias · 4 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · renewal · Immigration office · 4 years
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- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · modification · Immigration office, Tarragona · 4 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · modification · Immigration office, Tarragona · 4 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · modification · Immigration office, Asturias · 4 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · renewal · Immigration office · 4 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 2 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 2 years
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · renewal · Immigration office · 4 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · modification · Immigration office · 4 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · modification · Immigration office · 4 years
- EU Blue Card · initial · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- EU Blue Card · family member · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · modification · Immigration office · 4 years
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · modification · Immigration office, Málaga · 4 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · modification · Immigration office · 4 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Self-employment (cuenta propia) · renewal · Immigration office · 4 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Digital nomad · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · family member · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years · silencio positivo
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 3 years
- Startup visa · initial · UGE · 2 years
“Silencio positivo” (approval by administrative silence): the UGE did not answer within the statutory 20 working days, and under Law 14/2013 that means approval; the authority then issued a confirming decision.