Question
I am applying for the Spain Digital Nomad Visa. The documents I need to apostille are my degree, FBI check, and my company’s trade certificate. Do I need to get any bank statements or pay slips apostilled or is there anything else I am missing to Apostille?
Answers
These are the answers of Spainguru’s Facebook group members:
“The degree does not need to be apostille stamped. Payslips will not be accepted. Invoice & Bank documents do not need to be apostille stamped. No problem on the income, it is the average gross income over 3 months.”
“Degrees do not need to be apostille stamped but yes officially translated. At the beginning, in the first months of last year, there was confusion on that, but many people have been approved with just the translation.”
“Bank financial documents, degree, and company documents (like articles of organization), require an apostille stamp. Just FYI, bank documents cannot be apostilled. Only government issued documents can be apostilled.”
“Bank accounts and payslips are simple translations, not sworn. My understanding was they needed to be translated by a sworn translator.”
Conclusion
For applicants of the Spain digital nomad visa, the process of preparing documents can be complex, involving both apostilles and translations.
Key documents like degrees and company certificates might need apostille stamps, depending on advice at the time of application, although this has been a point of confusion.
Bank statements typically do not require apostilles but must be translated, possibly by a sworn translator.
Here you can find recommended professionals
Sworn translators: https://spainguru.es/sworn-translations-spanish-translators-registered-with-ministry-foreign-affairs/
Apostille services: https://spainguru.es/apostille-services-us-uk/
