Spain's remote-work income test moves when the minimum wage moves.
The official test is 200% of the monthly minimum wage. A euro figure frozen in a blog post is already out of date.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · Anchored
- Program
- International telework visa under Law 14/2013
- Threshold
- 200% of the monthly SMI for the teleworker. First family member: at least 75% of the SMI. Each further member: at least 25%.
- Who
- Non-EU nationals doing remote work for companies outside Spain, with a small allowance for Spanish clients.
What changed
Spain's ONE platform states the financial proof for an international teleworker as 200% of the monthly minimum interprofessional wage (SMI). The first family member adds at least 75% of that wage, and each person after that adds at least 25%. The page does not lock a euro amount, because the wage is reset by decree. Salaried applicants on that page need at least three months with the employer and written permission to work remotely. A freelancer's work for clients in Spain cannot exceed 20% of the activity. The company extract should show it has existed for at least a year.
What this does not change
A percentage of the minimum wage is not "whatever you invoiced last year." You still need health cover from an insurer allowed to operate in Spain, a criminal-record picture, and a passport with enough blank pages and remaining validity. Once you are told the visa is ready, that page gives you one month to collect it. Miss the window and they cancel it. The tax percentage printed nearby is a different rule.
One next step
Look up the current monthly minimum wage in the official gazette, multiply by two, and only then compare it with your last three months of pay.
Sources
This is not legal advice. A ministry page and the consulate that stamps your passport can read the same rule differently. Use the sources, then ask someone who is allowed to advise you.