The international mobility of the wealthy is no longer driven by one-off decisions but by long-term planning. Increasingly, high-net-worth families in the Middle East are reassessing where to live, where to structure their assets, and where to educate their children, with Spain emerging strongly in this conversation.
"What we're seeing isn't people fleeing aimlessly; it's people who analyze their options and consciously choose Spain: for its institutional stability, its quality of life, and the legal certainty it offers compared to an increasingly volatile regional environment," explains Daniel Monfared, founder of Parastoo Legal Group. The 'golden visa' for real estate investment disappeared in 2025, but immigration law still offers other avenues for this profile: the digital nomad visa, for those who maintain their activity outside Spain; the non-lucrative visa, for those living off passive income without working in Spain; and the entrepreneur visa, for those relocating their business projects to the country. In practice, the decision to move is rarely purely personal; it usually involves restructuring businesses, assets, and, in many cases, the entire family.
This complexity is precisely the area where Parastoo Legal Group operates: assisting not with an isolated procedure, but with the entire process of relocating life and business, from residency to company formation. An approach that, according to Monfared, is increasingly sought after by those who understand that settling into a new country properly is, in itself, an investment.
