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Visa Regulations Spain

TESOL Certification Course in Spain

Work visa in Spain.
Spain has no “working holiday visa” like there is in Japan. SPAIN being a part of the EU, has the same process and requirements as for the rest of the Schengen countries’ work visas. Spain also has fairly a fairly high unemployment rate, making your work visa not an easy task. TEFL international trainees however can rely on our assistance in the processing of work visa.

Below the guide line to gaining a work visa in Spain is given for your assistance.
Please note that work visa /permit does not entail any guarantee or right.

1. You must attend interviews with the company of preference, with the purpose of being selected.

2. All the following documents must be submitted to the Subdelegación del Gobierno in the city you are trying to move to and work in. You may contract a Spanish Lawyer for the purpose:

   • Official application form (EX-1), signed and stamped by EMPLOYER.
     Official job offer form (EX-5), signed and stamped by EMPLOYER. The job offered must be full-time and for a period of 10 months or longer
     Submit 3 passport photos (not high-gloss)

   • Hand in Photocopy and original of passport (must be valid for duration of work-term)

   • Original official company fiscal identity document (CIF)

   • Original official company social security inscription document, as well as documents TC-1 and TC-2.

   • Certified originals from the Tesoreria General de la Seguridad Social and the Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria proving that the company is fully up to date in its tax and social security payments.

   • Official certification that the job on offer has already been advertised in the official Provincial Unemployment Office and that no suitable European candidate has applied.

   • Document describing the services offered by the company and why a non-European should be employed to work there.

   • Original and photocopies of degree transcripts/certifications and credentials, with the official seal of convalidatation of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture (Madrid)

3. In order to process all the documentation required for a work visa first make an appointment with the Spanish Consulate and send in your official home address Please include the official job offer document, stamped by the Subdelegación del Gobierno; official certificate of no criminal record in country of origin and local health certificate. This step can be undertaken by you or your legal representative, and can take up to 4 months to be processed.

4. Once your home country’s Spanish Consulate has processed your work visa , you have to fetch it in person. It can not be handed to anyone but you.

5. As soon as you have your work visa you can return to Spain, finalise the application for a work/residence permit and start work. Kindly keep in mind there is no guarantee or legal right attached to a work visa /permit. All applications are evaluated by the authorities in Spain.