Applying for the DNV as an employee
If somebody else employs you, what your application needs turns on a decision that is mostly theirs: what they do about Social Security while you work from Spain.
Employers of remote workers in Spain do one of three things, and each leads somewhere different.
- They register with Spanish Social Security and enrol you.
- They keep you in your home country's system, with a document to show for it.
- They do neither, and private health insurance is what your application relies on.
Which one applies to you is your employer's answer to give, so asking them in writing is the first useful step.
One check before the rest. “Employee” is a status the evidence has to establish, not a word on your contract. If you are called a contractor, work through an employer of record, or invoice a company you own, start with how classification works rather than assuming these pages are yours.
Where to go next
If you are employed but working remotely for a company outside Spain, that is one of four arrangements people describe the same way, and they do not all land in the same place — remote workers' health insurance in Spain separates them.
Which of the three applies to me? →
The full employee answer, and how to tell where you stand.
My employer will register in Spain →
What it means for your file, and done versus intended.
I work remotely — is that my category? →
Four arrangements people call remote work, and why the phrase decides nothing on its own.
I'm staying in my home country's system →
Which document you need, and what it has to say.