Renew Your Spain Golden Visa (Investor Residence Permit)

Reviewed by Francisco Campos, lawyer, Seville Bar Association (ICA Sevilla) no. 15702 · Last updated: November 2026

Spain closed the Golden Visa to new applicants on 3 April 2025 (Organic Law 1/2025). If you already hold a Golden Visa residence permit, it keeps its validity and you can still renew it. Renewals follow the rules that were in force when your initial permit was granted.

Quick answer

• Who can renew: holders of an investor residence permit (Golden Visa) that is still valid, or that expired less than 90 days ago.
• Renewal period: five years if your initial permit was granted on or after 30 July 2015; two years if it was granted before that date.
• Key condition: you must still hold a qualifying investment.
• Where: online, before the Large Companies and Strategic Groups Unit (UGE-CE).
• When: start preparing a few months before your permit expires. We confirm the filing window for your case. A renewal filed in time extends your permit until the decision.

1. What the 2025 reform changed, and what it did not

Organic Law 1/2025 removed the articles of Law 14/2013 that regulated investor visas and residence permits (articles 63 to 67), with effect from 3 April 2025. No new Golden Visa applications are accepted. More about the end of the Golden Visa.

The same law added two transitional provisions to Law 14/2013:

• Applications filed before 3 April 2025 are decided under the rules in force when they were filed.
• Permits that were valid on that date keep their validity for the period for which they were issued. Renewal applications are processed and decided under the rules in force on the date the initial permit was granted.

In practice, the renewal period depends on when your initial permit was granted. Under the rules in force from 30 July 2015, renewals are for five years. Under the original 2013 rules, which apply to permits granted before that date, they are for two years. We check which rules apply to your permit before filing.

2. Requirements to renew

Keep a qualifying investment. The investment that gave you the permit must be maintained:

• Real estate: property worth at least €500,000, free of any charge or encumbrance on that amount.
• Shares, investment funds, bank deposits or Spanish public debt: the amount required for your type of investment.
• Business project of general interest: the reasons of general interest that justified it must still exist.

If you changed your investment during your residence, the new one must still fit one of the qualifying investment types. A drop in value caused only by market fluctuations does not count against you.

Be up to date with your tax and Social Security obligations.

Meet the general requirements:

• Public or private health insurance with an insurer authorized to operate in Spain.
• Sufficient financial means for you and your family.
• No criminal record.
• Not being listed as inadmissible in the Schengen area.
• Paying the government fee.

3. Documents we usually prepare

• Your passport and current residence card (TIE).
• Proof that you kept the investment, depending on its type:
  • property: a Land Registry certificate of ownership and charges, dated within the last 90 days;
  • shares, funds, deposits or public debt: a certificate from the notary, the bank, the fund manager or the Bank of Spain, dated within the last 30 days;
  • business project: an updated favorable report from the Directorate-General for International Trade and Investment.
• Proof of health insurance and of financial means.
• Criminal record certificates.
• Certificates showing you are up to date with tax and Social Security.
• Proof of payment of the fee.

The exact list depends on your investment and on when your permit was granted. We confirm it with you before filing.

4. Process and deadlines

1. Check your dates. Start preparing a few months before your permit expires: the certificates have short validity windows (30 or 90 days), so timing matters. Preparing early does not mean filing early. We confirm when your application can be filed.
2. Gather the documents. We tell you which ones apply to your case and review them.
3. File online with the UGE-CE. A renewal filed in time extends your current permit until the decision.
4. Decision. The law gives the administration 20 working days to decide. This period can be paused, for example if you are asked for more documents. If no decision is notified within that period, the application is deemed granted (positive administrative silence).
5. New residence card. Once the renewal is granted, you apply for your new TIE in Spain, which includes giving your fingerprints.

Already expired? You can still file within 90 days after your permit expired, and the filing extends its validity. However, the authorities may open a penalty procedure for the late filing. If more than 90 days have passed, contact us: you will probably need a different route.

5. Your family members

Your spouse or partner, your children and dependent relatives who obtained residence as your family members can renew together with you, as long as they still meet the requirements.

6. Thinking long term

After five years of legal and continuous residence in Spain, you may qualify for long-term residence instead of renewing your Golden Visa. Whether this works for you depends, among other things, on how much time you have actually spent in Spain. We look at both options in the consultation.

7. How we help

1. Review your permit. We check the grant date, the expiry date, which rules apply to you and the status of your investment.
2. Prepare the file. We list the documents, review the certificates and check their dates.
3. File and follow up. We submit the renewal online and track it until it is decided.
4. Residence card. We guide you through the TIE appointment.

8. €49 online consultation (VAT included)

• A video call of about 45 minutes, in English, with an immigration lawyer.
• We review your permit, your investment and your dates.
• You leave knowing whether you can renew, what you need and when to file.
• If you then hire Lexmovea for your renewal, the €49 is deducted from our fees.

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