📅 Updated 29 July 2026
Law 14/2013 · UGEWhen can I file to renew?
A visa and a residence authorisation have different filing windows, and mixing them up is the single most expensive mistake in a Digital Nomad renewal. Enter your expiry date and find out which rules apply to you.
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General information, not legal advice. Check both the date and the document type — a visa expiry and a TIE expiry are not the same thing.
Your filing window
- Window opens
- Document expires
- Late filing limit
How the filing window works
Renewing a TIE: sixty days before, ninety days after
For a Law 14/2013 residence authorisation, the Ministry's own guidance sets the window at the sixty calendar days before expiry, plus a further ninety calendar days after it. The late period is real, but filing in it can open a separate penalty procedure — treat it as a safety net, not a plan.
Coming from the D visa: sixty days before, and not a day later
If you are in Spain on the national D visa, your next application is a first residence permit, not a renewal. It has to be filed while the visa is still valid. There is no ninety-day grace period, and once the visa lapses you are no longer legally resident, which closes the route entirely.
Filing on time keeps you legal
Submitting the application extends your current status until a decision is issued, so you do not fall out of status while UGE reviews the file. The legal deadline for that decision is twenty working days, and silence counts in your favour.
Why the general rules do not apply here
The general immigration regulation now uses a different window — two months before, three months after. Law 14/2013 applications are handled by a separate unit under separate guidance, and the sixty/ninety pair is what applies to them.
Straight from the source
Every date this tool produces comes from one of these three provisions. Spanish original first, translation beneath.
Renewals under Law 14/2013 — the sixty-day window
Hoja 67 — Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones«Plazo de solicitud: durante los sesenta días naturales previos a la fecha de expiración de la autorización.»
Application period: during the sixty calendar days prior to the authorisation's expiry date.
The ninety-day late period, and why filing protects you
Law 14/2013, Article 76.3«La presentación de la solicitud de renovación prorrogará la validez de la autorización hasta la resolución del procedimiento. También se prorrogará en el supuesto en que la solicitud se presentara en los noventa días posteriores a la finalización de la anterior autorización.»
Filing the renewal application extends the validity of the authorisation until the procedure is resolved. It is likewise extended where the application is filed within the ninety days following the expiry of the previous authorisation.
Moving from the visa to residence
Law 14/2013, Article 74 quater.3«En el plazo de sesenta días naturales antes de la expiración del visado, los teletrabajadores de carácter internacional que estén interesados en continuar residiendo en España podrán solicitar la autorización de residencia para trabajador a distancia internacional.»
Within the sixty calendar days before the visa expires, international teleworkers who wish to continue residing in Spain may apply for the international remote worker residence authorisation.
Not sure which document you actually hold?
It is a surprisingly common question, and getting it wrong costs months. Send us a photo of your card or visa and we will tell you which window applies.