Spain is luring digital nomads into the countryside with €15,000 grants

In Barcelona, digital nomads threat being attacked by indignant water pistol-wielding locals. However different elements of sun-soaked Spain are welcoming distant staff with open arms — and wads of money.

This week, the native authorities of Extremadura introduced it’s providing digital nomads and distant staff as much as €15,000 to maneuver to the agricultural area. The grants are for “out there housing, arable land, and the whole lot essential to expedite their arrival,” mentioned officers in a press release.  

Bordering Portugal, Extremadura is understood for its mountainous landscapes, vineyards, historic villages, nice meals, and low price of dwelling. An house within the Cáceres‎ begins at a couple of hundred euros a month. A pint? €1.75. A cappuccino? €1.50. Importantly, it additionally has stable fibre and cell protection for these busy tech staff.  

However there’s a catch — you’ll have to remain there for at the least two years to qualify. Which doesn’t sound very alluring for digital nomads. Plus, Extremadura will get extremely scorching and dry in summer season, and isn’t recognized for being very thrilling. Anyway, transferring on.

How a lot can I receives a commission?

Extremadura has ring-fenced €2mn for the scheme, which is able to cowl about 200 digital nomads. Folks beneath 30 and those that transfer to villages with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants can apply for a subsidy of €10,000. The remainder will obtain €8,000. 

If you happen to keep for 2 consecutive years, these within the first class who select to remain for one more 12 months will obtain a second cost of €5,000, whereas the others will obtain €4,000. 

The grants are open to all nationalities, offered they’ve the precise to dwell and work in Spain. That’s fairly easy for EU nationals. Anybody with out that passport privilege has the choice to use for Spain’s digital nomad visa. 

Signal me up!

Spanish authorities instructed Euronews that they count on purposes for the digital nomad grants to open in September, when they are often submitted via the Extremadura General Electronic Access Point.  

Purposes will keep open till all of the €2mn pot has been allotted to round 200 digital nomads.   

You want the next to qualify:

• A digital certificates or digital Spanish ID card which permits for digital identification 
• You have to earn your revenue remotely  
• You may’t have lived in Extremadura throughout the final six months

Candidates will hear inside three months if they’ve been profitable.