Wednesday, September 1, 2010
If I have a student visa in Spain for a year (and not a work visa), can I legally do free work experience?
If I have a student visa in Spain for a year (and not a work visa), can I legally do free work experience?
I am looking to hopefully get some international work experience when I study in Spain for a year next year. If I am only on a student visa, can I legally do free work experience in professional business organisations? Would I need to be completley fluent in Spanish? Would I be able to get by by speaking broken spanish, or do they speak in english in professional situations in Spain?
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1 :
the term is called an internship.....and as long as you are obtaining college credit for your time----I would say yes. Without enrollment in an approved class that gives you work experience credit in an internship type setting---NO.
2 :
It is possible to work on a student visa in Spain, but since the main goal of your stay in Spain is to study, any work you do is very closely regulated. You can work part-time during the school term, or full-time during holidays under three months. However, this falls into two categories: internships (prácticas)and working under a special student work visa (called an Autorización Excepcional de Trabajo). Any internship(paid or unpaid) must be part of your university studies and will be supervised by your university. You also have to be under 30 years old and the internship can be for no more than one year. You don’t need to apply for special permission, as everything is already regulated by an agreement between the university and the employer. The other slightly more complicated way is to apply for a special student work visa (Autorización Excepcional de Trabajo). Once a company has undertaken to hire you, your future employer must apply for it on your behalf and you cannot work during the three months while it is being processed. Otherwise, if you have been lucky in finding a company willing to employ you and you want to apply for a regular work and residence visa while still in Spain, you must have studied legally in Spain for a minimum of three years and have earned passing grades or marks. Otherwise, you must return to your home country to have the visa processed as would any other normal work and residence visa.
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