Saturday, February 12, 2011

Who Needs A Working Visa For Spain?

By Sam Tonzenger


When you work in Spain, you have a less stressful life. It's a dream that numerous people have but how easy is it to immigrate to Spain? This article may help you. However, you ought to check with your local Spanish Consulate about the documentation. The rules change all the time. Who needs a working visa for Spain? If you're an EU citizen, you can live and work in Spain on a valid passport. Citizens from outside the European Union do need to apply for a visa however.

Some nations have an agreement with Spain allowing entry without a tourist visa. USA and Canada, Australia, Japan, and Switzerland are among the citizens arriving from across the earth. This agreement allows vacationers to stay for two 90-day periods each year. If you deuced to work in Spain once, you're in the country. When entering Spain on a tourist visa and want to work, present proof of a return air ticket. Present your financial statement, and evidence of health insurance coverage. Ask at your local Spanish Consulate for further information about whether you require a tourist visa to go to Spain.

Present an application, along with payment and a valid passport. Present your birth and marriage certificate (if applicable) and add four passport type photographs of you, and should present evidence of health insurance coverage. Show Spanish hotel bookings and any guided tour reservations. You'll be asked to explain the purpose of your visit. Present a letters from your current employer, solicitor, or accountant. Be sure to copy everything twice. Items always get lost.

As your visa application is in process, return home and try a job search on the Internet. Contact potential employers and arrange an interview ahead of time. When you do win a job offer, you'll apply to the Provincial Ministerio de Trabajo for a permit. To do this, present a certified photocopy of your valid passport in Spain along with a medical certificate and criminal record printout as well.

People will use the services of a Gestor when working towards a permit, NIE card, and Certificado de Registro. This application should be made inside Spain. Also from Spain, you present the job application form, which will be stamped certified by your future employer, and your valid passport. Ask for the social security and registration number of company you've got the job with.

At this time you'll return to your homeland and apply for the appropriate work and residency visas from your local Consulate. At this time it can take about six months to get the visa. Keep copies of these documents with you. When you have the visa, return to Spain, and apply for your residence permit while you finish off the work permit.




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