Retire or live without working
Check the initial non-lucrative visa, resources, insurance and the Spanish consulate serving your UK address.
- Spain-Licensed Attorney · ICATF nº 5961
- Spanish · English · Romanian
- Las Chafiras · Tenerife South
- Spanish law · Throughout Spain
For clients in the United Kingdom
Moving to Spain from the UK? Start with the right legal route.
British citizens can generally visit Spain and the wider Schengen area visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180-day period, but that short visit is not a Spanish residence permission. Buying a property does not itself grant residence. First decide whether you intend to retire, work remotely, study, renew an existing permit or purchase a home.
Keep working remotely
The international telework regime has different employment, social-security and financial requirements.
Buy property in Tenerife
Independent legal checks before deposit, NIE, contracts, the notary and registration, without confusing ownership and immigration status.
Already resident in Spain? Review your residence renewal. Planning a course? Explore student visas. Compare routes in our immigration decision guide.
Source: UK Government — entry requirements for Spain. Consultations are available remotely from the UK or by appointment in Tenerife; the competent consulate remains responsible for a visa application.
International Legal Services
Legal advice for decisions that matter.
A residence application, nationality process or property purchase can affect your plans for years. Understand the relevant legal questions and your options before making commitments.
From our Tenerife practice, we assist clients across Spain with Spanish-law matters. International consultations, including New York appointments through Spain Law NYC, are coordinated in advance. We explain the work, its limits and the documents needed.
Meet ILSThree ways we can help
Focused legal services for living and investing in Spain
Immigration
Find the right legal route.
Initial residence, non-lucrative visas and renewals, remote work and family procedures. We identify the relevant route and organise the evidence before a filing.
Explore immigrationSpanish nationality
A separate route with its own legal requirements.
We assess the relevant nationality route, residence history and civil records, and support the agreed application and follow-up.
Explore nationalityProperty law
Protect your position before signing.
Independent legal advice for buying or selling in Spain: due diligence, reservation and deposit contracts, conveyancing and powers of attorney.
Explore property lawResidence in Spain
Planning a move?
Already living here?
Your starting point determines the procedure. Find the guide that fits your situation.
Initial non-lucrative visa
Financial evidence, health cover, family circumstances and the competent Spanish consulate.
Non-lucrative residence renewal
Expiry dates, continuing requirements and the renewal procedure in Spain.
Your Spanish lawyer
Constantin Razvan Gospodin Florea
Spain-Licensed Attorney · ICATF nº 5961
Spanish-law advice with a clearly defined scope
Clear communication and careful preparation matter as much as understanding the applicable rule. Your case is considered on its own facts, with professional terms agreed before substantive work begins.
How we work
From the first question to the next decision.
Listen & assess
Your objective, current position, documents and relevant dates come first.
Agree the scope
You know the proposed work, professional terms and next steps before the engagement begins.
Prepare & act
We review the evidence, prepare the agreed documents and coordinate the relevant stages.
Keep you informed
Clear follow-up on requests, decisions and the next action within the agreed scope.
Tenerife · NYC
Local presence. Service throughout Spain.
International clients can receive Spanish-law advice from Tenerife, with meetings and work coordinated around the legal procedure and the relevant authority.
Las Chafiras · San Miguel de Abona
Calle Moraditas I, 2, Edificio Clara ToledoPiso 1, Oficina 4
Las Chafiras, San Miguel de Abona
38639 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
A direct connection for clients in the United States
Contact us from NYC or elsewhere in the United States for Spanish-law matters. Spain Law NYC is the dedicated US-facing pathway for a move, Spanish documents or a property matter in Spain.
New York ↔ Spain
Knowledge for your next step
Guidance to help you make informed decisions
Before your initial NLV application
Explore the procedure, preparation and practical limits.
Understand your nationality route
Explore the procedure, preparation and practical limits.
Legal checks before a property commitment
Explore the procedure, preparation and practical limits.
A clear answer
Questions worth clarifying first.
The right starting point makes your first consultation more useful.
Do you only work with clients in Tenerife?
No. ILS assists with Spanish immigration, nationality and property matters throughout Spain. Meetings are by appointment and work can be handled online when the procedure permits.
Can I contact you from New York or elsewhere abroad?
Yes. The practice has a presence in Tenerife and NYC and works with international clients on Spanish-law matters. Spain Law NYC provides the dedicated US-facing pathway.
Is an initial non-lucrative visa the same as renewal?
No. An initial application follows its relevant consular process. Renewal concerns an existing Spanish residence authorisation and has a different procedure. Use the separate guides below.
What should I send in a first enquiry?
A short description of your plans, where you live and any relevant deadline. Wait for an appropriate channel before sending identity documents, financial information or sensitive case files.
Start the conversation
Start with the legal question you need to resolve.
Your question, the relevant facts and a considered next step.
Study in Spain
Planning to study in Spain? Student visas and study stays
Studying at a recognised university or training institution has different immigration requirements from the non-lucrative visa. Admission, proof of funds, insurance, timing and the place of filing matter. We advise applicants in the US, UK and Canada on the Spanish-law route that fits their course.
Tenerife and New York
In-person Spanish-law consultations in Manhattan through SpainLawNYC
For Spanish-law matters covered on this website, paid in-person legal consultations may be arranged in Manhattan, New York, through SpainLawNYC by confirmed prior appointment only. There is no walk-in office, and US legal advice is not provided. Remote and Tenerife consultations are also available.