Temporary Protection (Ukrainians) in Gran Canaria
Canary Islands
Gran Canaria applies through the Oficina de Extranjería de Las Palmas. As everywhere in the archipelago, there is no CREADE, so protection, the social security number and the health card are obtained through separate appointments rather than in one visit.
Las Palmas does have something the other islands do not: a genuinely developed remote-work economy, with reliable connectivity and an established co-working sector. For someone arriving with skills that transfer online, that changes the question from finding local seasonal work to setting up correctly as self-employed under the Canary tax regime — a different and, done properly, better outcome.
Local context: Gran Canaria
| Extranjería office | Oficina de Extranjería de Las Palmas, the province that also covers Fuerteventura and Lanzarote |
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| Connectivity | Las Palmas has among the best fibre and co-working provision in the archipelago, which is why the remote-work caseload concentrates here |
| Company registry | Registro Mercantil de Las Palmas |
| Local context | Las Palmas is one of Europe's best-established remote-work bases, so digital-nomad structures and Canary-specific tax setups are the everyday work here |
| Indirect tax | IGIC, not mainland IVA, at a lower general rate |
| Tax regime | Régimen Económico y Fiscal de Canarias (Ley 19/1994), including the RIC reserve and the ZEC zone |
| Tax administration | Agencia Tributaria for state taxes; the Canary tax body for IGIC |
| Work authorisation | Granted by the central Oficina de Extranjería |
Sources: Gobierno de Canarias — Tributos · Ley 19/1994 — REF de Canarias (BOE) · Zona Especial Canaria (ZEC) · Agencia Tributaria
What we handle: Temporary Protection (Ukrainians)
Registration, renewal, rights, work, healthcare and a path to arraigo.
- Registering for temporary protection (protección temporal)
- Renewing your protection and understanding your rights
- Working legally under temporary protection
- Empadronamiento (town-hall registration)
Questions about this service
I already work online for clients abroad. What changes on protection?
Temporary protection gives you the right to work, but it does not register you as self-employed or settle where your income is taxed. Both need doing deliberately, and in Las Palmas the Canary indirect-tax rules mean the mainland answer is the wrong one.
Can I move to the mainland later without losing my status?
Yes. Temporary protection is national and moves with you. What has to be redone locally is empadronamiento, your health-centre registration and, if you are self-employed, your tax registration — because leaving the Canary regime for the mainland one is a real change, not an address update.
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