Last Updated on March 18, 2026 by Bruno Bianchi
Question
For those of you on a Spanish freelance visa (Autónomo)…did you have a “letter of interest” from a Spanish client attached to your business plan?
I’ve heard some people have this and some don’t, but my lawyer was saying it was necessary so I’m not totally sure!
Answers
These are the answers of some Facebook group members:
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“I believe a strong marketing plan can help as well, and demonstration that you are targeting Spanish clients on social media.”
“We submitted our business plan and the lawyer we hired at first never told about that. We have been waiting for a positive recomedantion in our plan for over 7 weeks and our very ineffective and inefficient lawyer didn’t ever do follow up, so we contacted one attorney from a different place for an opinion and she told us we should include that kind a letter to our plan.”
“Check out this Spainguru Blog post on Arraigo laboral por cuenta propia (Autónomo) and other kinds of arraigo”
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