---
title: "Spain’s Golden Visa is closed: what to do instead in 2025"
description: "Spain’s Golden Visa was abolished on 3 April 2025 under Organic Law 1/2025."
url: "https://www.relocatia.help/en/blog/spain-golden-visa-closed-alternatives"
locale: "en"
datePublished: "2025-05-12"
dateModified: "2026-02-10"
---

# Spain’s Golden Visa is closed: what to do instead in 2025

Spain’s residency-by-investment programme — the “Golden Visa” — was abolished on 3 April 2025 under Organic Law 1/2025. No new applications are accepted. Spain also never offered citizenship by investment. If a website tells you otherwise, it is out of date or misleading.

## Live alternatives in Spain

- Digital Nomad Visa — for remote workers and freelancers with qualifying income.
- Non-Lucrative Visa (NLV) — for the financially independent who won’t work locally.
- Entrepreneur and self-employed routes — for founders and autónomos.

## Investment migration abroad

If your goal is specifically residency or citizenship by investment, other countries — Portugal, Greece, Malta and several Caribbean nations — still run programmes. We refer trusted partners for those and help you compare them honestly against staying in Spain.



## Sources

- [Ley Orgánica 1/2025 — repeals the residence-by-investment visa (BOE)](https://www.boe.es/eli/es/lo/2025/01/02/1)
- [Ley 14/2013 — the law that created the Golden Visa, consolidated text (BOE)](https://www.boe.es/eli/es/l/2013/09/27/14/con)
- [Real Decreto 1155/2024 — Reglamento de Extranjería, consolidated text (BOE)](https://www.boe.es/eli/es/rd/2024/05/20/1155/con)