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What does emigrating to Spain cost?

Four questions, and you have an honest range for your situation — with for every item whether it's a checked rate or an estimate. A surprise for most: the paperwork is the cheapest part here.

What it costs

A rough indication for your situation

A few short questions, and you get a range instead of an amount. That's deliberate: an exact figure would suggest a precision nobody has.

Who's coming along?
Are you taking your household contents?
Is a pet coming along?
Are you taking your car?

Count on a total of

€ 2.600€ 6.800

Where does that difference come from?

  • De eerste maanden€ 2.500€ 6.000

Open the breakdown below: there you'll find per item where the upper and the lower limit come from.

Aanvraag en papieren
€ 50€ 400
De verhuizing
€ 100€ 400
De eerste maanden
€ 2.500€ 6.000
View the itemsPer item the amount, the source and whether it's a rate or an estimate

Aanvraag en papieren

  • NIE-aanvraag€ 10€ 10
  • Registratiecertificaat (modelo 790, code 012)€ 10€ 15
  • Gestor en beëdigde vertalingen(estimate)€ 30€ 400

    Een gestor regelt de afspraken als er zelf geen te krijgen zijn; het bouwdocument noemt € 50–100 per procedure. Vertalingen alleen waar ze gevraagd worden, en dat verschilt per gemeente.

De verhuizing

  • Reis(estimate)€ 100€ 400

    Vliegen of zelf rijden, enkele reis buiten het hoogseizoen.

De eerste maanden

  • De eerste maanden(estimate)€ 2.500€ 6.000

    Borg en huur vooruit, tijdelijk wonen, en leven zolang er nog geen inkomen binnenkomt.

And if you buy a house?

This calculation assumes renting: the first months include deposit and rent in advance.

If you buy, count on 10 to 15% of the purchase price on top of this amount. On a home of € 250,000 that's € 25.000 to € 37.500.

Het meeste is overdrachtsbelasting. Bij een bestaande woning is dat de ITP, en die stelt elke autonome regio zelf vast: 6% in de goedkoopste, 7% in Andalusië, tot 10% in Valencia en Catalonië. Koop je nieuwbouw, dan vervangt 10% btw de ITP en komt daar 1,5% zegelrecht (AJD) bovenop. Notaris en registratie samen ongeveer duizend tot tweeduizend euro, en een eigen advocaat — in Spanje gebruikelijk en verstandig — rekent zo'n 1%. De onderkant hoort bij een bestaande woning in een goedkope regio, de bovenkant bij nieuwbouw aan de kust.

Source

An order of magnitude based on averages, not a quote. The real amounts depend on your occupation, your route, the season and dozens of choices you still have to make.

Rates checked on 7 August 2026.

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From range to your own budget

The calculator above works with four questions; the journey itself knows more. In Vertrekklaar the same model calculates on your real situation — how many children, which household contents, pet or not — and also watches the order of every step. A one-off € 199, no subscription.

The departure guide

Five mails, and you see your whole journey

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