Moving to Spain is admin. Landing here is the easy part.
Here's everything you actually need. Explained in plain English, with the people we'd send our own friends to. The simple stuff, we point you at. The serious stuff, we handle with you.
Tier one
The essentials. Everybody needs these.
The first things nearly every Guiri has to sort in their first few months. None of them are hard once you know who to call, so here's what each one is, why it matters, and who we'd point you to.
Visa & immigration
The permission slip for the whole life. Digital nomad visa, non-lucrative, student, work permit or an EU passport that makes this paragraph irrelevant.
Why it matters · Get this wrong and everything downstream (bank, gestor, healthcare, flat) jams. Most people apply for the wrong category or file three weeks too late.
The gestor (NIE, empadronamiento, admin)
A uniquely Spanish creature: half accountant, half paperwork whisperer. They get you your NIE/TIE, your padrón, your social security number and keep your filings legal.
Why it matters · Spanish bureaucracy is not designed to be self-served in English. A good gestor costs €50–90/month and saves you entire weekends of cita previa roulette.
Beckham Law application
Spain's special expat tax regime: a flat 24% on Spanish employment income up to €600k for six years, instead of the normal progressive rates.
Why it matters · There's a hard six-month deadline from registering with social security, and once it passes it's gone forever. It's a standard filing. It just has to be done on time and done right.
Beckham Law partner · link coming soonDeposit Recovery Spain
Get your deposit back, in English. We draft a legally recognised demand (a burofax) in correct Spanish, have it reviewed by a Spanish abogado, send it formally to your landlord on your behalf, and tell you exactly what happens next.
Why it matters · Your landlord has one month from the day you hand back the keys. After that the law is on your side, it just has to be said properly, in the right language, through the right channel. Certified proof via Correos, works anywhere in Spain. €129 flat, no payment until your case is reviewed.
When it gets serious.
These aren't a link and a good luck. They're the expensive, stressful, easy-to-get-wrong ones, so we don't hand you a website, we get involved properly. Here's what each one really is, and where we come in.
Finding a flat
The Madrid and Barcelona rental markets move in hours, not days. Landlords want a Spanish payslip, a guarantor, and often several months up front.
Why it's a nightmare alone · This is the single most painful part of moving here, and doing it from abroad with no local references is close to impossible. Viewings, negotiation, contract review and deposit protection all need someone on the ground.
This one's a proper job. It's part of our concierge, when you're ready for someone to actually handle it, book a free call.Book a free callTax - including US citizens
A gestor keeps you compliant. A tax advisor keeps you from overpaying. US citizens keep filing with the IRS forever, wherever they live.
Why it's a nightmare alone · Getting residency status, treaty relief and double taxation right is worth tens of thousands. And the mistakes usually surface years later, with interest.
This one's a proper job. It's part of our concierge, when you're ready for someone to actually handle it, book a free call.Book a free callBuying property
Purchase tax of 6–10%, notary and registry fees, a lawyer to check the nota simple, and a market where the listed price is a conversation starter.
Why it's a nightmare alone · You're wiring six figures into a legal system in a language you're still learning. You want someone independent, not the seller's agent, actually representing you.
This one's a proper job. It's part of our concierge, when you're ready for someone to actually handle it, book a free call.Book a free callMortgages
Non-resident buyers usually get 60–70% loan-to-value; residents can reach 80%. Every bank prices you differently and none of them advertise their real offer.
Why it's a nightmare alone · A broker who runs your file past a dozen banks will beat whatever your local branch quotes you, and knows which lenders actually approve foreign income.
This one's a proper job. It's part of our concierge, when you're ready for someone to actually handle it, book a free call.Book a free call
The part nobody else offers
You don't get a service. You get us.
Every relocation firm in Spain can find you a flat and a gestor. None of them can hand you a hundred friends on the day you land.
We're a community first. So when the paperwork's done, you're not sitting in an empty piso wondering who to text. You're at Sunday lunch with people who did exactly this eighteen months ago.
Sort the boring stuff. Land with a life already waiting.