Non lucrative visa paperwork
One of the questions that gets asked regularly is about the documentation that needs to be gathered together before the non lucrative visa meeting at BLS.
The paperwork that needs to be collated ahead of the visa appointment is:
📘 Valid passport, plus a photocopy of every single page, even blank ones.
🟦 NIE certificate if you have one.
📸 Recent colour photograph with a white background.
💼 Termination of all gainful employment/self-employment.
⚖️ Police clearance certificate from countries of residence for the last 5 years, legalised and translated.
🩺 Medical certificate, legalised and translated.
❤ Private health insurance with an insurance company authorised to operate in Spain or an S1 form for applicants of state pensionable age and dependents.
💰 Documents proving sufficient financial means for the period of the residence permit (400% per month of the base rate IPREM, plus a further 100% per month in joint financial means per dependent) e.g. proof of pensions, investment funds, savings, credit cards, Spanish owned property.
🏠 Proof of an address in Spain and your country of residence.
👩👧 Proof of relationship/custody for dependents, legalised and translated.
Once your passport is returned with the visa in it
The non-lucrative visa has now been extended to a period of 365 days in which time the holder must travel to Spain and upon arrival must apply for a photographic foreigner identity card (TIE) which will be valid for 1 year. You should enter the Schengen area at a Spanish border and preferably not of a different country, otherwise you will have 72 hours to declare your legal entry into Spain at a Police Station.
You must apply for the TIE within 30 days of your arrival in Spain at your local Policia Nacional office.
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