Renew Residence in Valencia: NLV and Nomad Visa (2026)

File your non-lucrative renewal in the two months before the permit expires. Filing in that window keeps the old permit valid until the decision. The renewed permit lasts two years unless long-term residence applies, and the decision is due within three months of filing.

Your non-lucrative permit is close to expiring: file the renewal in the two months before the expiry date, and the old permit stays valid until the decision. This guide covers the non-lucrative permit and the digital nomad permit; the new card has its own TIE guide.

When do you file?

Aim for the two-month window, filed with the competent Oficina de Extranjería. If you miss it, a filing within three months after expiry still keeps the old permit valid until the decision. A penalty procedure can still follow, so do not treat that grace period as a plan.

You can renew only while the permit is in force or within three months after it lapsed.

What do you prove for a non-lucrative renewal?

You show the following for the renewal period.

• Means. Enough to live on without working, at the amounts in art. 62.
• Health insurance. You kept it during the permit and you continue with it.
• School. Children of compulsory school age are enrolled.
• Time in Spain. You lived in Spain for more than one hundred and eighty-three days in the calendar year.

The means are checked when you renew, not when you first applied.

Alongside the form, send a full copy of your passport and proof of your means and insurance. If you have school-age children and enrolment is missing, the office warns you in writing and you have one month to prove it.

How long does the renewal last, and when do you hear back?

The renewed permit lasts two years, unless long-term residence applies to you. The decision is due within three months, and after that the renewal is deemed granted.

Thinking about staying for good? The long-term residence guide covers that route, and the non-lucrative visa guide covers the starting rules.

Renewing a digital nomad permit

The nomad permit follows a different law from the non-lucrative one, so its rules differ. The first authorisation lasts up to three years, and renewals run in two-year periods while the conditions that gave you the right still hold.

A renewal filed in time keeps the permit valid until the decision. One filed within ninety days after the permit ended does the same, though a penalty file can still be opened. If you are still on the visa, you can apply for the residence authorisation in the sixty days before the visa expires.

Renewals are processed electronically. The fee for this renewal is not confirmed, so check the sede page when you file. Requirements for a new applicant are in the digital nomad visa guide.

What does the renewal cost?

A non-lucrative renewal costs €16.40 under the fee order in force; confirm it on the payment form when you file. The fee for family reunification is also €16.40, and so is the fee for a permit with residence and work as an employee or self-employed. The card has its own fee, listed in the TIE guide.

How do you file?

You can file online with a recognised digital certificate or an electronic DNI. Non-lucrative renewals are accepted electronically. To get a certificate, follow the digital certificate guide.

Prefer paper? You can request the renewal from the Oficina de Extranjería; the cita previa guide covers booking.

Family reunification permits

Renewing a family-reunification permit? The window is the same: two months before expiry or three months after. A renewed permit lasts four years, as long as your sponsor keeps their own permit. The family reunification guide has the rest.

Steps to renew

1. Check your window: two months before expiry, or three months after.
2. Gather your passport copy and proof of means and insurance.
3. Pay the fee.
4. File online, or with the Oficina de Extranjería.
5. After the renewal is notified, apply in person for the TIE within one month.

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Not confirmed: The fee for renewing a digital nomad permit: the fee table has no teleworker row, so the amount is not confirmed. Check the fee on the sede page before you file.

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