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How a wealthy family relocated to Barcelona after Spain scrapped the Golden Visa

Как семья с капиталом переехала в Барселону после отмены Golden Visa

Until April 2025, the path was simple: buy property worth €500,000+, get residency. After the Golden Visa was abolished, clients started asking, “What now?”

Our client, an entrepreneur with real estate and business holdings abroad, wanted to move his family to Barcelona while keeping control of his assets and avoiding unnecessary tax exposure. We built a three-step strategy: a Non-Lucrative Visa (NLV) for the whole family, the Beckham Law tax regime, and a parallel holding structure in Andorra.

Result: the family secured residency, enrolled the children in school with legal status, and had their tax burden mapped out five years ahead.

The key takeaway: since 2025, Spanish residency is no longer about “buying property” — it’s about building the right legal and tax structure.

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