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Ley 14/2013, de 27 de septiembre, de apoyo a los emprendedores y su internacionalización (BOE-A-2013-10074)
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What the document holds
Full text of Ley 14/2013 (BOE 28 Sep 2013, 96 pp.): support for entrepreneurs, tax and internationalisation measures (out of scope), and Title V Section 2 'Movilidad internacional' (arts. 61-76 and additional provisions). In scope: investor visa and residence authorisation (arts. 61-67): route thresholds (5 existing terms) and launch event (existing); now added the other rules as terms (visa validity, initial and renewal durations, 60-day investment window, 5-year public-debt holding, one-trip presence rule, 90-day visa grace period, certificate dating (30/90 days), minimum age 18, criminal-record look-back 5 years, family members (children under 18), stay-visa validity up to 5 years, absences over six months tolerated at renewal (DA 6.ª), investment through a company) and statutory deadlines as processing_time_goal_days (visa 10 working days, authorisation 20 days, police check 7 days). Fees are left to a ministerial order (DF 10.ª.4; no amount printed); DF 11.ª requires an annual report to the Council of Ministers (no numbers). Entrepreneur, highly-qualified, researcher and intra-company rules are out of scope.
What it supports
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Numbers (3)
- Processing timeForm: Visa · Measure: Goal10 days2013-09-29 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Budget targetSpain · Golden visa
- Processing timeForm: Residence authorisation · Measure: Goal20 days2013-09-29 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Budget targetSpain · Golden visa
- Processing timeForm: Police security consultation · Measure: Goal7 days2013-09-29 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Budget targetSpain · Golden visa
Rules and prices (20)
- Property purchaseeach applicant (main investor); property free of charges up to EUR 500,000EUR 500,00029 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Bank depositmain investor (sole holder of the deposit)EUR 1,000,00029 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Investment in company sharesmain investorEUR 1,000,00029 Sep 2013 – 29 Jul 2015 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Government bondsmain investor; held for at least 5 years (art. 64 a) 3.º)EUR 2,000,00029 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Required physical presenceapplicant for the investor residence authorisation1 visits29 Sep 2013 – 29 Jul 2015 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Validity of the visainvestor residence visa1 years29 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Validity of the first residence permitinitial investor residence authorisation2 years29 Sep 2013 – 22 Dec 2022 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Validity of a renewed residence permitrenewal of investor residence authorisation2 years29 Sep 2013 – 29 Jul 2015 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Period covered by the criminal record checkvisa and residence-authorisation applicants5 years29 Sep 2013 – 22 Dec 2022 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Holding period for the investmentpublic debt route: applicant sole holder of the investment5 years29 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Maximum validity of the stay visauniform (Schengen stay) visa issued under the Ley 14/2013 mobility section5 years29 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Absence abroad still allowed at renewalrenewal of investor visas and authorisations6 months29 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Minimum age of applicantvisa and residence-authorisation applicants (all Ley 14/2013 categories)18 years29 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Maximum age of a dependent childchildren of the investor who may apply as family members (or adult children unable to provide for themselves for health reasons)18 years29 Sep 2013 – 29 Jul 2015 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Maximum age of investment certificate at renewalfinancial routes: certificates proving the investment was maintained30 days29 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Period before applying within which to investfinancial routes (public debt, shares, bank deposits)60 days29 Sep 2013 – 29 Jul 2015 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Maximum age of property ownership certificate at renewalreal-estate route: Land Registry ownership certificate90 days29 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Grace period to apply after the visa expiresapplication for the residence authorisation after the investor visa expires90 days29 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Business project of general interestmain investor (from 2015 also a representative designated by the investor)29 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
- Investment through a companyinvestment made through a legal person29 Sep 2013 – 2 Apr 2025 · Boletín Oficial del Estado 2013Spain · Golden visa
About the document
What it covers Original text. Arts. 61-67 create the investor visa and investor residence authorisation (routes and thresholds); disposición final: entry into force the day after publication.
Notes Original 2013 wording; amended by Ley 25/2015 and Ley 28/2022, emptied by Ley Orgánica 1/2025.
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