Long-Term Residence Timeline Calculator

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How to use this tool
  1. Choose the long-term residence route you want to explore and enter the qualifying legal-residence start date, with its confirmation status.
  2. Enter the longest single absence and total absences in months. Answer the work, exceptional-situation and route-specific questions that appear.
  3. Select Check my long-term residence timeline. Review the estimated milestone and any unresolved conditions; a timeline is not an approval or proof that every period counts.

SPAIN LONG-TERM RESIDENCE

Check your long-term residence timeline

See when you may qualify for long-term residence in Spain and whether your time outside Spain could affect your eligibility.

1. Which long-term residence route are you checking?

National and EU long-term residence both normally use a 5-year residence period, but some requirements are different.

2. Your legal residence in Spain

Enter the date your legal residence began for this long-term residence calculation. Do not automatically use your arrival date, padrón date or TIE issue date.

If you are not sure which date counts, choose Not sure. Your result will be marked for review instead of showing a potentially incorrect eligibility date.

3. Time spent outside Spain

Enter your approximate time outside Spain during the relevant 5-year period. You can use the Residence Absence & Continuity Calculator to review your travel dates.

Enter the longest continuous period you spent outside Spain during the relevant 5-year period. Use months, for example 2 or 3.5.

Add together all your absences from Spain during the relevant 5-year period. Enter the total in months.

Some work-related absences can have a different total limit. Choose Partly / not sure if your situation is mixed or unclear.

Choose Yes or Not sure if an absence involved force majeure, qualifying cooperation work abroad or another unusual situation that may need individual review.