Immigration

Family members of a Spanish citizen or a citizen of another EU member state, or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or Switzerland, who do not hold the nationality of one of these states, when they join or accompany them, and intend to reside in Spain for more than three months, must apply for and obtain an EU citizen’s family member residence card.

Citizens of an EU member state, another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or Switzerland who intend to reside in the Spanish territory for more than three months must apply for registration in the Central Register of Foreign Nationals.

This is a temporary residence permit due to exceptional circumstances that may be granted to foreign citizens who are illegally in Spain and have had work relationships for a minimum of six months in a situation of stay or residence.

Es una autorización de residencia temporal por circunstancias excepcionales que se podrá conceder a ciudadanos extranjeros que se hallen en España durante un periodo mínimo de tres años y cuenten con contrato o contratos de trabajo y, o bien tengan vínculos familiares en España o estén integrados socialmente.

This is a temporary residence permit due to exceptional circumstances that may be granted in the following cases:

1. When it concerns the father or mother, or guardian of a minor of Spanish nationality, or a person who provides support to a Spanish person with a disability.
   
   
2. When it concerns the spouse or registered partner of a Spanish citizen, an ascendant over 65 years old or under 65 years old in charge, a descendant under 21 years old or over 21 years old in charge, of a Spanish citizen, or of their spouse or registered partner.
   
   
3. When it concerns the children of parents who were originally Spanish.

This is a temporary residence permit due to exceptional circumstances that may be granted to foreign citizens who have been in Spain continuously for two years, allowing them to obtain a permit to undertake training, subjecting the obtaining of the residence and work permit to the successful completion of the training and the presentation of a job contract.

This is a temporary residence permit that may be granted to the family members of foreign residents in Spain, under the right to family reunification exercised by a foreign resident.

This is a long-term residence permit that authorizes indefinite residence and work in Spain under the same conditions as Spanish citizens.

This is a long-term EU residence permit that authorizes indefinite residence and work in Spain under the same conditions as Spanish citizens and provides the possibility of obtaining a residence or residence and work permit in other EU member states, under the conditions determined by those states.

This is a permit that allows staying in Spain for more than ninety days to undertake or extend studies at an authorized educational institution in Spain, in a full-time program leading to the attainment of a degree or certificate of studies.

This is a temporary residence and work permit for employment requested by an employer or businessman for hiring a worker for training and professional internships.

This permit can be requested by foreigners who have held a previous study stay permit and have completed their studies at an authorized higher education institution in Spain, reaching at least Level 6 according to the European Qualifications Framework, corresponding to the accreditation of a university degree.

These are the applications that must be made when the card is about to expire or the type of permit needs to be modified.

This is a permit requested by foreigners from their country of origin that authorizes residence in Spain without engaging in any work activity.

This unit handles the processing of residence permits provided for in Law 14/2013, of September 27, on support for entrepreneurs and their internationalization, which facilitates the entry and stay in Spain for economic interest reasons to:

• Investors.
• Entrepreneurs.
• Highly qualified professionals.
• Researchers.
• Workers undertaking intra-corporate transfers (ICT).
• Workers in audiovisual and cultural productions.
• International teleworkers.
• Family members of the aforementioned categories.