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• Check your passport has enough validity left for the whole application process
• Request your criminal record certificate from every country you have lived in recently
• Have civil and criminal documents apostilled in the issuing country
• Arrange sworn translation of documents into Spanish
• Confirm current requirements directly with the Spanish consulate for your region
• Compare private health insurance policies that meet Spanish residence requirements
• Open or plan a Spanish bank account and understand what it needs
• Budget the full first year, not only the move itself
• Plan temporary accommodation for the first weeks
• Read the rental market rules for your target city before signing anything
• Check what each accompanying family member needs to provide separately
• Research school enrolment deadlines, which often fall long before the school year
• Collect birth and marriage certificates, apostilled and translated
• Confirm in writing that your employer permits you to work from Spain
• Understand how remote work from Spain affects your employer’s obligations
• Gather employment or client contracts and recent income evidence
• Gather evidence of stable passive income and its source
• Check how your pension is treated for tax purposes in both countries
• Review healthcare cover for pre-existing conditions
• Obtain formal admission from the Spanish institution before applying
• Check whether your course permits any work alongside study
• Understand that US citizens must keep filing US tax returns while living abroad
• Check FBAR and foreign account reporting thresholds before opening Spanish accounts
• Ask US banks and brokerages what changes when your address becomes non-US