Sufficient funds declaration for researchers (Law 14/2013)

“Declaración responsable de suficiencia de recursos. Investigadores y estudiantes (Directiva UE 2016/801)” is a template of Spain’s Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration from the section “Modelos de solicitudes de la Ley 14/2013”. In it you declare, on your own responsibility, that you have enough means for yourself and any family members for the whole period of the authorisation, and you list those means.

The declaration is required by article 72.9 of Law 14/2013: once their research is finished, a foreign researcher may stay in Spain for up to 12 months to look for a job related to the research or to start a business project. The Unidad de Grandes Empresas y Colectivos Estratégicos (UGE-CE) checks that the research has ended, the health insurance and sufficient means — the means are shown precisely with this declaration.

It is not the same file as the template in “Modelos de comunicaciones” for graduates, who apply to the Delegación or Subdelegación del Gobierno: this is a different procedure and a different authority.

• a researcher holding an authorisation under Law 14/2013 whose research work has ended;
• the wish to stay is notified to the UGE-CE electronically — within the last 60 days of the authorisation or within 90 days after it expires; the declaration is attached to that notice;
• until the UGE-CE replies, the previous authorisation stays valid; the law gives 20 days to decide, and with no reply the extension is deemed granted;
• the form says: fill it in capital letters; an original and a copy are submitted.

• first name, first and second surnames, nationality, NIE and passport number;
• date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy), town and country of birth, father’s and mother’s names, marital status;
• address in Spain, phone and e-mail;
• purpose: job search or your own business project;
• sources of funds — up to four rows per section: bank accounts and deposits (bank, account number or IBAN, amount in euros), shares and holdings (company, number, amount), other (origin, description, amount);
• place and date of signing (on page 2), signature.

• the signed declaration;
• evidence of the means listed (bank statements, securities certificates, grant agreement);
• health insurance;
• the UGE-CE checks the end of the research with the research organisation; confirm the full list of documents and the sufficient amount on the Ministry website or with the UGE-CE.

1. Tell the chat, in any language, about yourself and the means you will live on.
2. The assistant writes the data in capitals, splits the date of birth into its boxes, ticks the purpose and the types of means and fills in the tables.
3. Download the PDF, check it, sign it and attach it to your notice to the UGE-CE.

Template “Modelo de declaración responsable de suficiencia de recursos”, Spain’s Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration: inclusion.gob.es — Modelos de solicitudes de la Ley 14/2013. Conditions — article 72.9 of Law 14/2013: BOE-A-2013-10074. Checked 2026-10-09. This is not legal advice.