Digital nomad.
Your next destination: Spain.

€2,849 a month (€34,188 a year) for the main applicant, the 2026 reference figure, equal to 200% of Spain's minimum wage (SMI). With family, add €1,068/month for the first family member and €356/month for each additional one. The threshold follows the SMI in force on your application date, amounts are gross (before tax and social security), and you prove income with payslips, invoices and bank statements that match.

Yes. Your spouse or registered partner, minor or dependent children and dependent parents can apply with you. The income requirement goes up by €1,068/month for the first family member and €356/month for each additional one. A Brazilian união estável must be formalized (public deed or equivalent registration), and each family member needs their own documents, health insurance and, if over 18, a criminal record certificate.

Yes. The company must be based outside Spain, and a Brazilian company qualifies, whether you are a CLT employee or a PJ contractor. It must have been genuinely operating for at least 1 year, you need at least 3 months of work relationship with it, and it must authorize in writing that you work remotely from Spain.

Yes, up to a limit. If you are self-employed, up to 20% of your work can be for clients in Spain; the rest must come from companies outside Spain. If you are an employee, your employer must be a company based outside Spain.

Through UGE, the law sets a 20-working-day response time, with positive silence if it runs out. At the consulate, the legal deadline is 10 working days, but once you include getting an appointment, expect 2 to 3 months. Before that, allow a few weeks for criminal records, apostilles and sworn translations.

If you are lawfully in Spain, you can apply for the residence authorization directly to UGE, online, without returning to Brazil, and it is granted for up to 3 years. If your status is irregular, this route is not available: you must be lawfully in Spain on the application date.

Yes. If you entered as a tourist and are still within the 90 days allowed, you can apply to UGE without leaving Spain. The law sets a 20-working-day response time and, if no decision arrives in time, positive silence applies, meaning the application is treated as approved. Apply before the 90 days run out: once filed, the application itself extends your stay until the decision (art. 76.1, Ley 14/2013). Bring your documents from Brazil already apostilled and translated.

No. The consulate or UGE makes the decision, and no one can guarantee the outcome. What helps is meeting every requirement with room to spare (for example, income above €2,849/month) and submitting contracts, payment evidence and bank statements that match.

No. For the first conversation, which is free, you only need to know how you work, what you earn and when you plan to move. The document checklist comes later, once the route (consulate or UGE) is decided.