Plan your move to Spain with fewer surprises.

Start here

• Moving to Spain from the USA

  The sequence relocation decisions often follow, from research and documents to arrival.

• Build your moving budget

  Enter your own quotes for upfront costs, monthly costs and an emergency fund to calculate a transparent first-year budget.

• Build your checklist

  A checklist that adapts to your household and situation without attempting to assess eligibility.

• Organise your timeline

  See which tasks depend on others and why starting document checks early can reduce avoidable delays.

• Compare Spanish cities

  Compare practical trade-offs across Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Málaga.

• Renting without a Spanish history

  What some landlords may request from newcomers and which overlapping housing costs to budget for.

How we work

Relocation decisions are easier to review when claims are sourced and dated. Our pages show the evidence available and identify gaps.

Primary sources first

For legal, tax or financial claims, our standard is to cite the body responsible for the rule

One claim per source

This makes it easier to identify which claims need checking when an official page changes

Dated review

Each guide shows when its sources were last checked

Visible gaps

When a figure cannot be verified, we omit it rather than guess

Not professional advice

We do not assess eligibility or provide individual legal, tax, financial or immigration advice

Corrections welcome

Our corrections policy explains how to report a possible error

Read our editorial policy, research methodology and corrections policy.

What we will not do

We do not publish an income threshold, visa fee or processing time as current unless it has been checked against the responsible authority and dated.

A stale figure can derail a budget or application plan. When a claim cannot be verified, the page should say so and point to the relevant official body.