My NLV Application
Today, 30th April 2025, in London, England, I formally apply for my NLV for Spain. I meet all the criteria for the NLV but this does not mean my application will be accepted, or does it? I mean, there is some ambiguity here. Collating all the advice, information, and criteria for the NLV it is implied that if you do meet the criteria your NLV application will be accepted. Time will tell. So, there is a maximum of three months from today in which I must be given a decision, but the decision could be given in as little as a few weeks. My main concern is Andrew Branson's alias 'Lester Gray's' antecedents. ? What to do? There is little or nothing I can do but maybe, just maybe, there are people out there that can see through Andrew Branson's alias 'Lester Gray's' antecedents, and everything else that is wrong.
Saturday 3rd May 2025: My NLV application, ie all the required documents etc, is now in the Spanish Consulate General in London, England, and it has been since yesterday. Because of how wrong it is, it might be impossible for certain authorities in Europe (and possibly elsewhere) to not get involved. One of my concerns is that other persons in Europe (and possibly elsewhere) would get involved if they knew about the application but that they don't know about the application. Heading my concerns is Andrew Branson's alias 'Lester Gray's' antecedents, and the possibility of the NLV application being rejected solely because of these, and considering that in October 2023 Andrew Branson alias 'Lester Gray' was jailed for life it would not be healthy to perceive me as him. So, if you know that someone would get involved in this NLV application if they knew about it and you know they don't know about it please act appropriately. Thanks.
Saturday 7th June 2025: No update on my NLV application unless you include the fact that it has been with the Spanish Consulate in London, England for 5 weeks now. I was hoping for an answer after 3 weeks because I meet the criteria probably about 1.5x over, plus I have the totally unencumbered house, but no answer despite all this. 3 weeks is, apparently, the minimum time it takes for them to process the application. 5-6 weeks is, apparently, the average time it takes for them to process the application. I am glad I am not a nail-biter. But after all, this they can take up to 3 months to process the application (12 weeks or 3 calendar months??).
Thursday 12th June 2025: Today I received a text message informing me that the passport is being returned to me. I have no further information about whether or not the visa has been granted. Hopefully within a week I will know if the visa has been granted.
Monday 16th June 2025. On Saturday 14th June 2025 I learned that my application for a Spanish Non-Lucrative Visa (NLV) had been rejected. Please read on.
Advice for applying for a visa includes recommendation to be honest and transparent. So, I was. Below is a paragraph from the Letter of Intent that I submitted to accompany the visa application (I have obscured company names etcetera):
This paragraph, in Spanish, extracted from the Spanish Consulate's NLV rejection letter details the reason for rejection: "Examinada la documentación obrante en el expediente, el solicitante manifiesta en un escrito presentado con la solicitud, su intención de buscar trabajo en España, con lo que este Consulado General no tiene garantía de que el solicitante, no vaya a ejercer actividad en España, circunstancia que impide la tramitación de un visado de residencia no lucrativa."
This is the Google translation of the above paragraph from Spanish to English: "After examining the documentation in the file, the applicant states in a document submitted with the application his intention to seek work in Spain. Therefore, this Consulate General has no guarantee that the applicant will not work in Spain, a circumstance that prevents the processing of a non-lucrative residence visa."
Below is the extracted main body of an email I received from a Spanish lawyer today:
Thank you for your question. Yes, that’s essentially correct. Under Spain’s current rules you can convert a Non-Lucrative Visa into an employment permit when you renew it after the first year, provided you meet these requirements:
One year of legal residence in Spain under the NLV
Full-time employment contract (typically 40 h/week) with a Spanish employer
Minimum salary at or above the Spanish Interprofessional Minimum Wage
Your employer must be registered with Social Security and up to date on all tax and contribution obligations
You must have a clean criminal record in Spain and no entry bans
To apply, file the “Modification of Residence” (form EX-03) at your local Oficina de Extranjería during the final months before your NLV expires. If approved, you will receive a combined residence-and-work permit, allowing you to work full time.
I am dumbfounded. I am pursuing an appeal to the Spanish Consulate that rejected my visa application.
End of BlogPost #204
