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EU BLUE CARD & HIGHLY QUALIFIED WORKER VISA · SPAIN

You’re highly qualified. The paperwork shouldn’t treat you like you’re not.

You got the degree. You got the offer. You want to live and work in Spain — legally, and without spending your evenings translating government PDFs from 2004. That’s the whole job. We do it in English, under Law 14/2013 and the EU Blue Card.

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Built for expats from the US, UK & Canada. Handled by lawyers who actually pick up the phone.

LET’S BE HONEST FOR A SECOND

Spanish bureaucracy has broken stronger people than you

You’ve probably already met it. The website that only works in a browser from another decade. The appointment that doesn’t exist until 6:03am, when 400 people fight for three slots. The civil servant who needs a document that requires another document that requires the first one.

You’re a highly qualified professional. Not a professional queue-stander. The EU Blue Card exists precisely so people like you skip most of that circus — a Spanish residence-and-work permit built for non-EU professionals with a degree (or serious equivalent experience) and a qualified job offer above the official salary threshold.

Translation: if you’re the kind of person companies actually compete for, Spain built a permit to roll out the red carpet instead of the red tape. Almost nobody tells you. We’re telling you.

Live in Spain. Work in Spain. Bring your family. And, after a while, move around the EU. One card — and we build the file that gets it.

THE 30-SECOND SELF-CHECK

Do you qualify? Read these out loud

You’re very likely a fit if most of these ring true. The rest is our job, not yours.

  • You hold a university degree — or several years of high-level professional experience in your field.
  • You have (or are close to) a job offer or contract with a company in Spain for a qualified role.
  • The role pays above the official salary threshold for highly qualified workers (we check the current figure for you).
  • You’re a national of a non-EU country — hello, US, UK and Canada.
  • You’d like your partner and children to come too. They can.

Salary thresholds are set by current Spanish law and confirmed at the time of application — they do move year to year.

TWO DOORS, ONE DESTINATION

EU Blue Card or Highly Qualified Professional?

Two premium routes for talent. They overlap, they’re both fast, and choosing the right one is exactly the kind of thing you pay a lawyer for.

ROUTE A

EU Blue Card

The EU-wide permit for highly qualified professionals. The one to pick if you want the option to move to another EU country down the road.

  • Residence + work in a single permit
  • Family reunification from day one
  • Mobility to other EU states over time
  • Counts toward long-term residence
ROUTE B

Highly Qualified Professional

Spain’s national fast-track under Law 14/2013, processed through the large-companies unit (UGE-CE). Famously quick when the file is clean.

  • Streamlined, business-friendly process
  • Designed for speed, not suffering
  • Family included in the application
  • Ideal for company transfers & new hires

Which one is right for you depends on your job, your employer and your five-year plan. Tell us the situation; we’ll tell you the door.

WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WALK AWAY WITH

This isn’t a visa. It’s a relocation, sorted

1

Legal residence & work

Live and work in Spain with a permit built for professionals — not tourists on a 90-day stopwatch.

2

Your family, included

Partner and children come with you, in the same process — no separate marathon of appointments.

3

A real path forward

Time on these permits counts toward long-term residence and, eventually, more.

4

EU mobility (Blue Card)

The option to move and work across the EU later, without starting from zero.

5

Speed when it counts

The qualified routes are among the quickest Spain offers — when the file is done right.

6

Everything in English

Every form, every email, every “wait, what does this mean?” — answered in your language.

HOW WE WORK

Four steps. You do the easy one

1

Free eligibility call

Tell us your situation. We tell you the route — Blue Card or highly qualified — straight, and whether it’s a yes.

2

We build the file

Documents, translations, salary thresholds, forms. The boring, decisive part is ours.

3

We file & chase

Submission, follow-up and dealing with the administration so you never have to.

4

You get your card

Approved. Fingerprints, the TIE card, and a very well-earned glass of something.

BEFORE YOU ASK

The questions everyone emails us anyway

Do I need a job offer before I start?

For both routes you need a qualified role with a Spanish employer — an offer or a signed contract for a position that matches your qualifications and pays above the official threshold. If you’re still interviewing, we can map the file in parallel so you’re ready to submit the moment the contract lands, rather than starting from scratch afterwards.

I have experience but not a degree. Am I out?

Not necessarily. Both the EU Blue Card and the highly qualified route accept a sufficiently high level of professional experience in the relevant field as an alternative to a formal degree. What counts, and how you evidence it, is exactly the kind of thing we assess on the first call — plenty of strong files are built on experience rather than a diploma.

Can my spouse work in Spain too?

Yes. Family members who come with you under these permits are generally granted the right to work in Spain, which is one of the quiet advantages of the qualified routes over some other visas. We confirm the current rules for your specific case and file the family members alongside you.

How long does it take?

Processed through the large-companies unit (UGE-CE), these are among the faster authorisations Spain offers — often weeks rather than months — provided the file is complete and correctly framed. The single biggest cause of delay is a document missing, mistranslated or filed under the wrong route, which is precisely what we exist to prevent.

EU Blue Card or Highly Qualified — which one is mine?

It depends on your job, your employer and your five-year plan. The Blue Card is the EU-wide permit with intra-EU mobility built in; the national highly qualified authorisation under Law 14/2013 is the domestic fast-track. They overlap, and choosing the right door is exactly what you pay a lawyer for. Tell us the situation and we’ll tell you the door.

I’m American / British / Canadian. Does that change anything?

No — these permits are built for non-EU nationals, which is exactly what US, UK and Canadian citizens are. Post-Brexit, the qualified routes are one of the cleanest ways for Britons to live and work in Spain. We handle the whole thing in English, from the first email to the card in your hand.

Alberto García López

Reviewed by a lawyer

Reviewed by Alberto García López

Immigration lawyer · ICA Málaga, reg. no. 11.441

We check every page against current Spanish law. This is general information, not advice on your individual case.

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YOUR MOVE

Let’s find out if Spain is a “yes” for you.

One free call. No jargon, no pressure, no 40-page PDF. Just a straight answer on whether you qualify and what happens next.

Book your free eligibility call

+34 667 77 02 19 · infoglobalextranjeria@gmail.com

P.S. — the door’s open. Bring the degree. We’ll bring the paperwork.