A membership from SpainExpat

Your private
office in Spain

Residence applications, school admissions, your standard annual tax filings and renewals, and home searches where available. We arrange and pay for the work under one all-inclusive annual membership.¹

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Founding members pay 25% less than the standard yearly price. Your private invitation shows your household’s price and what’s included before you pay anything.²

Member film

Watch the member film

It shows what the membership includes, how the health insurance works, and what a family of four pays in its first year when it buys each service separately. It runs about two and a half minutes.³

Watch the film

It starts as soon as you ask for an invitation.

Five-year simulation

What your move takes when you do it yourself

We start with an example family of four moving to Madrid on the Digital Nomad Visa. Change the visa, household or city to recalculate five years of work and outside invoices.⁴

Doing it yourself

DNV · Madrid · a family of four

Your time: 427h
Outside invoices: €27,480
Tasks: 54

Before the move: €5,700 of €27,480 so far

Before the move · a family of four

Four applications and two children to get into school

Before the move: the work, your time and outside invoices
The work	Your time	Invoice
Check residence routes for all four family members. Four people, each with different supporting documents.	7h	—
Obtain remote-work and Social Security evidence. The overseas employer needs to supply another certificate.	9h	—
Review the move’s tax implications. Which date changes your tax position?	6h	€400
Obtain criminal-record, marriage and birth certificates. One child’s birth certificate needs a fresh certified copy.	7h	—
Apostille, translate and deliver the documents. The names must match across every document.	9h	€900
Prepare the Digital Nomad Visa (DNV) application. The company documents are in the wrong format.	8h	€1,200
Prepare the spouse’s linked application. The family-link evidence needs correcting.	5h	€1,200
Prepare both children’s linked residence applications. Each child needs a complete application file.	8h	€1,000
File all four applications and answer evidence requests. One family, four applications to follow.	10h	—
Compare schools, language options and admissions dates. The right house depends on the right school.	12h	€1,000
Arrange school visits and check places for both children. A place in one year group, a waiting list in the other.	6h	—
Obtain school reports and transfer records. The new school needs records from the old one.	6h	—
Before the move total	93h	€5,700

Now, with Plus Ultra

DNV + family residence

Your request
Please get the residence applications started for all four of us.
We do the work
- Check all four document sets
- Prepare the DNV and family applications
- Submit and save the receipts
Done
Lucía Navarro · Plus Ultra
DNV and family applications filed
All four residence applications are filed. Receipts are saved in your family file.

Time for a pintxo. Your update arrives with the result. There’s time for a pintxo.

This stage’s outside invoices~~€5,700~~ Included

Your part: the facts, documents, decisions and signatures, and attending in person where an office requires it.

See all 54 tasks in one table ↓

SpainExpat & Plus Ultra collaborations

Meet our partners

AlanHealth insurance for members, in development
SchoolFinder SpainEducation & community
RadishFurnishing plans for homes in Spain
BaldosaA weekly email of Spanish homes with character

Inside the membership

Follow the work
on your behalf

See where each case stands, what happens next and when to expect an update. Your documents and conversations stay with the work they belong to.

Your household, services, cases and upcoming dates. Scroll through the screens, or open one to take a closer look.⁵

Compare your options

What you get with Plus Ultra

Your annual membership pays for the included work before the move and as you settle in. See how Plus Ultra compares with other ways to get help in Spain.⁶

Plus Ultra compared with relocation package
	Plus Ultra¹Annual household membership	Relocation package
Work included	Visa and tax paperwork, school applications, rental review and arrival setup, plus a home search where available, arranged and paid for by Plus Ultra.	The visa, home, school and settling-in services in your move package.
Professional fees	Professional work and standard document processing included.	Services priced in your move package; additional work quoted separately.
Who follows through	Plus Ultra manages the specialists, deadlines and follow-up.	The relocation team handles the agreed move and its providers.
After the move	Renewals, annual filings and the next household job, within your annual membership.	Settling-in support for the package period; continuing services available through further arrangements.

Plus Ultra compared with concierge retainer
	Plus Ultra¹Annual household membership	Concierge retainer
Work included	Visa and tax paperwork, school applications, rental review and arrival setup, plus a home search where available, arranged and paid for by Plus Ultra.	Ongoing household requests, arrangements and specialist coordination.
Professional fees	Professional work and standard document processing included.	A recurring retainer or time allowance, plus external professional fees.
Who follows through	Plus Ultra manages the specialists, deadlines and follow-up.	Your manager arranges specialists and follows up on your behalf.
After the move	Renewals, annual filings and the next household job, within your annual membership.	Household support continues through the retainer. Specialist work is separately commissioned.

Plus Ultra compared with separate specialists
	Plus Ultra¹Annual household membership	Separate specialists
Work included	Visa and tax paperwork, school applications, rental review and arrival setup, plus a home search where available, arranged and paid for by Plus Ultra.	The legal, tax, property or other work you commission from each firm.
Professional fees	Professional work and standard document processing included.	A separate fee or retainer for each professional engagement.
Who follows through	Plus Ultra manages the specialists, deadlines and follow-up.	Each firm handles its work; you manage the handoffs between them.
After the move	Renewals, annual filings and the next household job, within your annual membership.	Return to the relevant firms for renewals and new jobs.

Explore the included services

Before you leave

Documents & visas

Visa applications and family residence
Apostilles and background checks
Sworn translations
EX-15, EX-18, and EX-23 forms
NIE/TIE appointments and paperwork

After arrival

Arrival & home

Padrón registration and appointments
Spanish banking and certificado digital
Member health insurance (from early 2027)
Rental legal review
Utilities, mobile, and internet
Every house in Baldosa, our Sunday email of homes for sale

As filings come due

Tax & compliance

Personalized Compliance Minder
Spanish filings and cross-border tax work
Beckham-law eligibility and application
Modelo 720/721 preparation
Renewals, and reading and routing official letters

For the household

Family & wellbeing

School search and applications
English-speaking healthcare arrangements
Address-specific local setup
Residence paperwork for partners and children

Arrive with the paperwork ready

When an appointment needs you in person, Plus Ultra prepares the documents, books the cita and explains what to bring. We follow up afterwards, chase any missing items and get the next step under way with your provider.

Your Compliance Minder

A missed deadline could change the life you’ve planned

Your family’s right to stay and the tax treatment you budgeted for depend on getting the rules and timing right. Some of those obligations may be entirely new to you.⁷

We identify your obligations and arrange the work your plan includes

Compliance Minder connects the rules to your household: your residence route, family, income, assets and where you live. It identifies the filings and renewals that belong on your calendar, including the ones you wouldn’t know to ask about.

Plus Ultra checks the deadlines, gets the documents ready and pays the professional who carries each filing through to the authority’s decision. When the rules change, your provider adapts the work already under way at no extra cost to you. If a rule change creates a new obligation outside your plan, we tell you and introduce an independent partner firm. You contract with the firm directly, at a member rate.

You hear from us when a document, decision or signature needs you. The preparation and follow-up are ours.

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Example · Identified from your household record⁷

Beckham Law application

Modelo 149 · Special impatriate tax regime

Records being gathered

A six-month window. Years of tax treatment at stake.

The election deadline runs from your qualifying activity start. We identify the date and gather the records while the window is open.

File by 15 March 2027

Qualifying activity started 15 September 2026.

Why this is on your calendar: Your recorded work and arrival details flag a potential tax election. Your tax adviser checks your eligibility and the filing date.
What we’re doing: Obtaining the supporting records and briefing the tax adviser, who prepares and files the application.
What comes back to you: Your filing confirmation, saved to your household record, with the next tax-return deadline added to your calendar.

From SpainExpat, since 2000

SpainExpat has spent 26 years helping foreign residents understand life in Spain. Plus Ultra is our founding membership for people who want the practical work taken care of, with their household history kept together as life changes.

About SpainExpat →

Two perspectives on the paperwork⁵

Illustrative provider voice

A complete household file makes a difference. I can see what’s already been done, ask for the missing document and get the application moving.

Residence applications

Illustrative household voice

I keep a folder for the visa, another for tax and a list of people to chase. I’d happily hand the whole lot over.

Moving to Spain

Join as a founder

Moving on your own, as a couple or with your family? Plus Ultra takes care of the practical work of life in Spain, from the first application to the filings and renewals that follow.

Founding membership

Tell us a little about your plans and we’ll confirm the next step after you submit. Already applied? Continue through your questionnaire or invitation email.

Name (optional)

Which residence path fits your household?

Choose the non-EU path if a partner or family member needs it, even if you are Spanish or an EU citizen.

Does your household include children?

Country of origin (optional)

Planned arrival window (optional)

Once you’ve sent this, you can watch the member film. It runs about two and a half minutes.

Founding members pay 25% less than the standard yearly price, for as long as they renew. Founding places are limited.

We’re still setting the membership price. Your private invitation shows your household’s price, the included work and the terms before you pay anything. Health insurance is one of the member benefits, included for everyone on the membership, with policies available from early 2027.²

Register your interest and we’ll let you know during signup whether we can invite you now or will be opening for you soon.

Your membership price includes professional work and standard document processing.¹

We will use your email for your application and directly related membership updates.

Explore the work involved in a Digital Nomad Visa family move or a Non-Lucrative Visa family move.

Continue your application through the link in your questionnaire or invitation email. Verify your email and review your household’s price, included work and terms before subscribing. Your dashboard opens when you activate your membership. If you have a deadline or cannot find your invitation, email Plus Ultra from the address you applied with.²

Registering your interest doesn’t reserve a place.

Membership questions

Email the member desk with your questions.

What does Plus Ultra include?

Plus Ultra arranges and pays for the work in your invitation: your household’s residence application and TIE cards, standard annual tax filings, a residence renewal, a school search with the applications and enrolment, a lawyer’s review of your rental lease, arrival setup, and a home search where available. Plus Ultra books your appointments and pays the professional who carries each application and filing through. Your annual membership includes the professional work and standard document processing within your agreed scope and reasonable-use terms. Your dashboard keeps conversations, documents, cases and your Compliance Minder together.¹

Who is this for?

Plus Ultra is for individuals, couples and families who want the practical work of moving to and living in Spain taken care of. Register your interest and tell us about your household. We will let you know during signup whether we can invite you now or will be opening for you soon.²

Will I pay anything extra?

Your annual price includes the agreed professional work, translations, apostilles, background-check processing and ordinary document delivery. Applicable government and consular fees are paid by you directly to the authority, as disclosed in your invitation. We prepare the payment details and check your receipt. Household expenses such as rent, taxes, home and car insurance and school tuition remain your responsibility. Work outside your agreed scope requires a separate agreement. Full scope and fee details.

What does it cost?

We’re still setting the membership price. Your private invitation shows your household’s price, the included work and the terms before you pay anything. Health insurance is one of the member benefits, included for everyone on the membership, with policies available from early 2027.¹²

I've answered the questionnaire. What happens next?

Open your private invitation and verify the same email address. Your questionnaire answers carry forward. Before you pay, we confirm who’ll do your household’s work. Then review your household’s annual price, included work and terms, and activate your membership to open your dashboard. Claudia PU can answer membership questions before you subscribe. For questions about your household’s plans, email Plus Ultra from the address you used for the questionnaire.²

Where does the name Plus Ultra come from?

SpainExpat Plus Ultra takes its name from Spain's national motto, "further beyond." It is the premium membership from SpainExpat, the editorial site that's helped people move to Spain since 2000.

Can I join now?

Register your interest and we’ll confirm your next step during signup. If invitations are not open for your household yet, we’ll let you know and keep your interest on file. An invitation follows review of your household questionnaire. It names your providers and confirms your price, included work and terms before you pay. Existing applicants can continue through their questionnaire or invitation email.²

A family’s first five years

Task and cost breakdown

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Back to the simulation ↑

Two parents and two children, aged six and ten, moving to Madrid on the Digital Nomad Visa (DNV). Follow their DNV and family applications, the school search, a home search and five years of filings and renewals.⁴