TEMPORARY RESIDENCE VISA FOR REAL STATE INVESTORS
I. APPLICATION SUBMISSION
The application must be submitted in person or by means of an authorized person, arranging an appointment in the Consulate through the following email cog.shanghai.vis@maec.es (Please do not attach any documents).
II. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER
1.A “National “visa application form, filled out in block letters or typed, with no Chinese characters. It must include some contact reference (mobile phone, email) to be used in case of notifications or further requirements.
A photocopy of the first page of the application form shall be enclosed, to be stamped by the Consular Office and returned to the applicant as a receipt.
2. One recent passport-size color photograph (3.5 X 4.5 cm) with white background.
3. Hukou: original and photocopy of all the pages, with a Spanish translation.
4. Ordinary passport with at least one year validity.
5. Photocopy of all the passport pages.
6. For applicants over the legal age , a criminal record certificate or its equivalent, issued by the authorities from the applicant’s country/ies of origin or residence for the last five years, translated and legalized (original and photocopy). This document requires three months validity.
7. Public or private health insurance in coordination with an insurance company authorized to operate in Spain
8. Documents proving sufficient economic resources for the applicant expenses in Spain, including, when necessary, his/her family, without the need to work or perform any professional activity. The minimum quantity is 2.134 Euros per month (400% of the IPREM monthly index, to consult in the next years), with a 532, 51 Euros increase (100% from IPREM) for each family member that accompanies the applicant.
9. The applicant must demonstrate that has bought one or more real state properties in Spain, for a minimum value of 500.000 euros through a Property Registry certificate assessing this amount, free of charges. If the purchase is still pending ,the Property Public Registry can issue a provisional certification of the impending registration and payment of taxes .Such a certificate has to be signed 90 days before the submission
III.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• All documents must be submitted in principle in Spanish language.
• Applications shall be decided upon and communicated by the Consulate in a period of 10 days, excepting those cases under article 22 of the Spanish Visa Manual.
• This Consulate can request any additional documents considered necessary.
• Required additional documents: the deadline for submitting additional documents and/or materials is 10 working days.
• The information printed on the visa should be checked by the applicant upon its collection. The collection of the visa entails the tacit acceptance of the information contained therein.
December 2013