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Investor residence — legacy renewal only

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What investment option or options qualify?

No investment option is currently open for a new investor visa: Organic Law 1/2025, of 2 January, left Articles 63 to 67 of Law 14/2013 (investor residence visa, proof of the investment, effects of the visa, investor residence authorisation and its duration) without content. Investors or their relatives who applied before the new transitional provision entered into force may still receive the visa or authorisation under the rules in force on the application date. Renewals (the provision is headed as covering investors for the acquisition of real estate) follow the rules in force at the initial grant. Earlier qualifying options are not stated.

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  • The investment options and rules that applied before the repeal (which still govern pending applications and renewals) are not in the captures.
  • The entry-into-force date of the transitional provisions is not stated in the captures.
  • The page ends at a heading 'Criteria for derogation' whose content was not captured.
  • https://www.inclusion.gob.es/en/web/unidadgrandesempresas/inversores
    In accordance with the provisions of Organic Law 1/2025, of 2 January, on measures for the efficiency of the Public Justice Service, specifically the twenty-first final provision. Amendment of Law 14/2013, of 27 September, on support for entrepreneurs and their internationalization, establishes the following:
  • https://www.inclusion.gob.es/en/web/unidadgrandesempresas/inversores
    One. Articles 63, 64, 65, 66 and 67 are left without content.
  • https://www.inclusion.gob.es/en/web/unidadgrandesempresas/inversores
    Those investors or relatives of investors who, prior to the date of entry into force of this transitional provision, have submitted the corresponding application, may receive the corresponding visa or authorisation in accordance with the regulations in force on the date of submission of the application.
  • https://www.inclusion.gob.es/en/web/unidadgrandesempresas/inversores
    Second transitional provision. Visa renewals and authorizations for investors for the acquisition of real estate. Visas and authorizations for investors which are valid as of the date of entry into force of this transitional provision shall remain valid for as long as they have been issued. In the case of applications for renewal, they shall be processed and resolved in accordance with the regulations in force on the date on which the initial authorisation was granted.
  • https://www.boe.es/eli/es/l/2013/09/27/14/con
    Artículo 63. Visado de residencia para inversores. (Sin contenido) Artículo 64. Forma de acreditación de la inversión. (Sin contenido) Artículo 65. Efectos del visado de residencia para inversores. (Sin contenido) Artículo 66. Autorización de residencia para inversores. (Sin contenido) Artículo 67. Duración de la autorización de residencia para inversores. (Sin contenido)

What official minimum amount, tier or threshold applies to each relevant option?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the official minimum investment for each option.

How long must the investment be maintained and what continuing ownership, investment or physical-presence conditions are important?

Renewal of investor residence visas and authorisations may be made even with absences of more than six months a year (continuity is still required for long-term residence or nationality). Holders must maintain the conditions that gave access during the validity of the visa or authorisation and report any change affecting admission conditions to the Large Companies and Strategic Groups Unit within 30 days. The official source does not state a minimum holding period for the investment.

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  • Minimum holding period of the investment is not stated in the current consolidated text; the investor page (inclusion.gob.es) returned 403.
  • https://www.boe.es/eli/es/l/2013/09/27/14/con
    Sin perjuicio de la necesidad de acreditar, conforme a la legislación vigente, la continuidad de la residencia en España para la adquisición de la residencia de larga duración o la nacionalidad española, la renovación de la residencia podrá efectuarse aún existiendo ausencias superiores a seis meses al año en el caso de visados de residencia y autorizaciones para inversores extranjeros o trabajadores extranjeros de empresas que realizando sus actividades en el extranjero tengan fijada su base de operaciones en España.
  • https://www.boe.es/eli/es/l/2013/09/27/14/con
    1. Los extranjeros deberán mantener durante la vigencia de los visados o autorizaciones las condiciones que les dieron acceso a los mismos. 2. Cualquier modificación durante la residencia que afecte a las condiciones de admisión deberá ser comunicada por el interesado a la Unidad de Grandes Empresas y Colectivos Estratégicos en el plazo de 30 días.

Which family members can be included where officially stated, and what broad residence/work rights result?

Law 14/2013 allows the spouse or partner in an analogous relationship, minor children, adult children who depend economically on the holder and have not formed their own family unit, and dependent ascendants of the listed foreign nationals (investors are still listed) to apply jointly and simultaneously or successively for the authorisation and, where applicable, the visa, if they meet the general requirements. Relatives of investors who applied before the transitional provision entered into force may receive the visa or authorisation under the rules in force on the application date. Their rights are not stated.

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  • The residence/work rights that family members receive are not stated in the captures (the investor articles that set the effects were repealed).
  • Renewals are decided under the rules in force when the initial authorisation was granted; the captured family provision is the current consolidated text, not necessarily the historical one.
  • https://www.inclusion.gob.es/en/web/unidadgrandesempresas/inversores
    In accordance with the provisions of Organic Law 1/2025, of 2 January, on measures for the efficiency of the Public Justice Service, specifically the twenty-first final provision. Amendment of Law 14/2013, of 27 September, on support for entrepreneurs and their internationalization, establishes the following:
  • https://www.boe.es/eli/es/l/2013/09/27/14/con
    1. Los extranjeros que se propongan entrar o residir, o que ya residan, en España verán facilitada su entrada y permanencia en territorio español por razones de interés económico de acuerdo con lo establecido en esta sección, en aquellos supuestos en los que acrediten ser: a) Inversores.
  • https://www.boe.es/eli/es/l/2013/09/27/14/con
    4. El cónyuge o persona con análoga relación de afectividad, los hijos menores de edad o mayores que, dependiendo económicamente del titular, no hayan constituido por sí mismos una unidad familiar y los ascendientes a cargo, que se reúnan o acompañen a los extranjeros enumerados en el artículo 61.1, podrán solicitar, conjunta y simultánea o sucesivamente, la autorización y, en su caso, el visado. Para ello deberá quedar acreditado el cumplimiento de los requisitos previstos en el apartado anterior.
  • https://www.inclusion.gob.es/en/web/unidadgrandesempresas/inversores
    Those investors or relatives of investors who, prior to the date of entry into force of this transitional provision, have submitted the corresponding application, may receive the corresponding visa or authorisation in accordance with the regulations in force on the date of submission of the application.

What status is obtained, how is it renewed, what longer-term residence/citizenship direction is officially stated, and what happens to the investment when relevant?

Investor visas and authorisations valid when the transitional provision entered into force keep their validity for the period issued; renewal applications are processed and decided under the rules in force on the date the initial authorisation was granted. Investors who applied before that date may receive the visa or authorisation under the rules in force at the application date. The official source does not state a longer-term residence or citizenship direction or what happens to the investment.

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  • Longer-term residence/citizenship direction and treatment of the investment are not stated here; the investor page returned 403.
  • https://www.boe.es/eli/es/l/2013/09/27/14/con
    Aquellos inversores o familiares de inversores que, con anterioridad a la fecha de entrada en vigor de esta disposición transitoria, hubieran presentado la correspondiente solicitud, podrán recibir el visado o autorización correspondiente conforme a la normativa vigente en la fecha de presentación de la solicitud.
  • https://www.boe.es/eli/es/l/2013/09/27/14/con
    Los visados y autorizaciones para inversores que tengan validez a la fecha de la entrada en vigor de esta disposición transitoria, conservarán dicha validez durante el tiempo para el que hubieran sido expedidos. En el caso de presentarse solicitudes de renovación, se tramitarán y resolverán conforme a la normativa vigente en la fecha de concesión de la autorización inicial.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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