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| Field | 🇪🇸SpainSpain Entrepreneur Visa: ENISA Innovative Founder Route |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain (ES) |
| Route | Spain Entrepreneur Visa: ENISA Innovative Founder Route |
| Route family | Entrepreneur / business |
| Route type | entrepreneur |
| Summary | A 2026 guide to Spain's Law 14/2013 entrepreneur residence authorization for innovative founders, including ENISA assessment, no fixed minimum investment, family, fees and renewal. |
| Last verified | 2026-09-15 |
| Official/supporting source count | 6 |
| Route guide | Open full guide → |
| Program availability | ActiveSource 1Source 2Source 3Source 4Source 5 |
| Best-fit work models | Startup founder, Business ownerSource 1Source 2Source 3Source 4Source 5 |
| Income requirement | The application requires sufficient economic resources for the applicant and eligible family, but the entrepreneur route has no single fixed monthly income floor; the project is assessed on its merits.As of 2026-09-15Source 1Source 2Source 3 |
| Savings requirement | Sufficient resources must be documented, but the official entrepreneur framework does not prescribe a separate universal savings balance.As of 2026-09-15Source 1Source 2Source 3 |
| Investment requirement | UGE states there is no minimum level of investment or job creation for this authorization; the business plan must still explain financing and required project investment.As of 2026-09-15Source 1Source 2 |
| Government fees | Visa and residence-authorization fees apply; the actual amount depends on the consular fee schedule and applicable UGE fee model, so there is no single worldwide route-wide amount.As of 2026-09-15Source 1Source 2Source 3 |
| Processing time | The residence-authorization statutory maximum is 20 days from electronic filing; the visa decision period is 10 working days (subject to Visa Code consultation), and ENISA has 10 working days for its report.As of 2026-09-15Source 1Source 2 |
| Validity | The initial entrepreneur residence authorization is valid for three years throughout Spain.As of 2026-09-15Source 1Source 2 |
| Renewal | A two-year renewal may be requested after the initial three-year authorization if the qualifying conditions continue.As of 2026-09-15Source 1Source 2 |
| Family inclusion | Qualifying spouse or analogous partner, dependent adult children without their own family unit, and other eligible family members may apply jointly or successively under Law 14/2013.As of 2026-09-15Source 1Source 2 |
| Spouse work rights | A family member granted residence under the Law 14/2013 framework is authorized to work in Spain as an employee or self-employed, subject to the current permit conditions.As of 2026-09-15Source 1Source 2 |
| Local-work rules | The authorization is for initiating, developing, or directing the approved entrepreneurial economic activity in Spain; it is not a passive-investment residence route.As of 2026-09-15Source 1Source 2 |
| Application location | Applicants outside Spain use the coordinated authorization-and-visa process through the competent Spanish consular channel; qualifying applicants already lawfully in Spain may file electronically through UGE.As of 2026-09-15Source 1Source 2 |
| Permanent-residence pathway | Spain's general long-term residence route normally requires five years of legal and continuous residence; the entrepreneur authorization does not automatically convert on the fifth anniversary.As of 2026-09-15Source 1 |
| Citizenship pathway | The general nationality-by-residence period is ten years of legal, continuous residence. Article 22 provides five years for recognized refugees, two years for nationals by origin of specified countries, and one year for certain statutory categories.As of 2026-10-09Source 1 |
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