Accessibility Statement.

Our commitment

Nômade España is committed to making spainsdigitalnomadvisa.com accessible to the widest possible audience, including people with disabilities. We aspire to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA as published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and we treat conformance as an ongoing process rather than a one-time check.

This statement applies to all content served from the domain spainsdigitalnomadvisa.com (including the www subdomain) on the date listed above.

Conformance status

We self-assess this site as substantially conformant with WCAG 2.1 AA. "Substantially conformant" means most content meets the accessibility standard, with limited and clearly understood exceptions. We have not commissioned a third-party audit at this time; we plan to do so once the site reaches one year live.

What we have built in

• Semantic HTML. Every page uses proper landmark roles (<header>, <nav>, <main>, <article>, <aside>, <footer>) and a single <h1> per page.
• Alt text on every image. Decorative SVGs (the logo flag tile, the sun mark) are marked aria-hidden where appropriate; content images carry descriptive alt attributes.
• Keyboard navigation. All interactive controls — links, buttons, the mobile-menu toggle, form fields, the multi-select language picker, the FAQ accordions — are reachable and operable from a keyboard alone. Focus is visible.
• Colour contrast. Body text on cream paper exceeds WCAG AA's 4.5:1 contrast ratio. The dark granate ink (#1F0A0C) on cream paper (#FBF6E8) measures approximately 14:1. White text on the dark hero exceeds 12:1.
• Responsive type. Headlines use CSS clamp() so they scale smoothly between viewport sizes and never break at the WCAG 2.1 SC 1.4.10 "Reflow" threshold (320 px wide).
• Reduced-motion respect. The cookie banner uses a brief animation; we will add a prefers-reduced-motion override on the next iteration so users who set that preference see no animation.
• Form labels. Every form input is paired with a visible <label>. Placeholder text supplements, but does not replace, the label.
• ARIA where needed. The mobile menu toggle uses aria-expanded. The cookie banner uses role="dialog" and aria-label="Cookie consent". The multi-select uses aria-haspopup="listbox" and aria-expanded.
• Skip links: We have not yet shipped a "Skip to main content" link. This is on the next-iteration list.

Known limitations

We know about the following gaps and are working on them:

• No skip-to-main link yet. Keyboard users currently tab through the full header navigation on every page. We plan to add a "Skip to main content" link as the first focusable element on every page.
• Hero background images use background-image, which means screen-reader users hear no description of the photo behind the headline. We treat these as decorative; the page title and lede do the descriptive work. If you feel a specific hero photo needs an alt-text equivalent, tell us.
• The PDF version of the checklist (saved via the Save / Print button) inherits whatever accessibility your browser's print-to-PDF generator provides. We have not tested it with screen readers.
• Forms do not yet announce success/error inline via live regions. The success message renders visually after submission but does not currently use aria-live="polite". We will fix this.
• Animation on the cookie banner currently runs regardless of the user's prefers-reduced-motion setting. We will gate the animation behind a media-query check.

Compatible assistive technologies

We aim to support the following recent versions of mainstream screen readers and browsers:

• Screen readers: NVDA (Windows), JAWS (Windows), VoiceOver (macOS / iOS), TalkBack (Android).
• Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge — current and one-version-back.
• Keyboard-only navigation across all interactive controls.
• Zoom up to 200% without horizontal scrolling at standard viewport widths.

We have not formally tested with Dragon NaturallySpeaking or with switch-access devices; if you use one and hit a wall, tell us.

European Accessibility Act (EAA)

The European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882), in force across the European Union since 28 June 2025, requires that consumer-facing digital services meet accessibility standards equivalent to WCAG 2.1 AA. Nômade España is committed to ongoing conformance with that standard and welcomes complaints or improvement suggestions from EU residents.

Report an accessibility issue

If you encounter an accessibility barrier on this site, please tell us — we want to fix it. Two ways to reach us:

• Contact form: spainsdigitalnomadvisa.com/contact with the topic set to "Other" and a brief description of what didn't work and on which page.
• Email: info@nomademedia.travel with the subject line "Accessibility".

When reporting, please include: the URL where you encountered the problem, what you were trying to do, what happened, and (if you're comfortable sharing) the assistive technology or browser you were using. We aim to acknowledge accessibility complaints within five business days and to remediate confirmed issues within a reasonable timeframe — typically four weeks for substantive fixes, faster for content tweaks.

Enforcement procedure

If you contact us and are not satisfied with our response, EU residents may file a complaint with the relevant national accessibility-monitoring body. In Spain, that is the Observatorio de Accesibilidad Web within the Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital.

Changes to this statement

We update this statement when we ship accessibility improvements or when relevant standards change. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent meaningful revision.