Residency After the Golden Visa in Torrevieja
Costa Blanca South, Alicante province
Torrevieja saw a great deal of property bought with residence in mind, and the repeal of the investment visa on 3 April 2025 left a lot of assumptions in circulation that are no longer true. Buying here does not lead to a permit, and it has not since that date, whatever a listing or a sales agent implies.
The routes that do work for this town's typical applicant are the passive-income ones, and they turn on a question people often answer wrongly: whether you intend to be tax resident in Spain. Splitting the year is common here, and a residence permit generally expects you to actually live in Spain. Deciding the permit and the tax position together, rather than in sequence, is what avoids a permit that does not survive its first renewal.
Local context: Torrevieja
| Extranjería office | None locally — appointments are held at the Oficina de Extranjería de Alicante, roughly 50 km up the coast |
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| Local registrations | Empadronamiento and civil-registry steps are done at the Ayuntamiento de Torrevieja |
| Local context | Among the highest shares of foreign residents of any Spanish municipality, with a property market built around non-resident buyers |
| Work authorisation | Granted by the central Oficina de Extranjería |
| Tax administration | Agencia Tributaria (state) + Generalitat Valenciana for regional taxes |
| Forms and notices | May be issued in Valencian; Spanish is always available on request |
Sources: Cita previa — Sede electrónica · Portal de Inmigración · Agencia Tributaria
What we handle: Residency After the Golden Visa
Spain’s Golden Visa is closed — here are the live alternatives.
- Honest briefing: why the Spanish Golden Visa is closed
- Digital Nomad Visa (remote workers & freelancers)
- Non-Lucrative Visa (NLV) for the financially independent
- Entrepreneur and self-employed routes
Questions about this service
Can I hold a Spanish residence permit and spend half the year abroad?
Residence permits carry expectations about actual presence in Spain, and prolonged absences can affect renewal and the path to long-term status. If your plan is genuinely to split the year, that needs to be part of the conversation at the start — some arrangements work and others quietly undermine the permit you are applying for.
Do I even need residence if I only stay a few months a year?
Often not. Many owners here are perfectly well served by visiting within the permitted short-stay limits and filing as non-resident owners. A permit brings obligations as well as rights, and for a genuinely part-time presence it can be the wrong tool. We will say so if that is the case.
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