Long story short, finding a company in Spain to take an American is not easy. I am not able to find anyone that will bother with the paper work and effort needed for me to obtain a work visa. They have enough citizens of Spain without jobs that they do not need to bring in Americans to take what little jobs are left. I do have friends in Italy and Greece that can offer me a position in their companies that only my talents and skills could possibly fill that would then allow me to obtain a work permit in either of those countries. Now my question is could I use the work permit from another EU country in Spain? From what I have seen online most companies require "valid EU working papers" but they do not say from Spain. But I can only assume I am missing something. Does anyone know. For personal reasons I need to be in Spain.
Immigration - 4 Answers
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yea
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NO!
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No, the benefits to work in any of the EU member states are only for EU citizens, as a foreigner you have to apply for a work permit in the country where you intend to work, if you move to another country, even if it's within the EU, you have to apply again. I'd suggest you to go to Italy, once you're there, things will be easier for you. They're thinking of implementing a new immigration system for all the EU so that an immigrant from one country can work in another country without a problem, but that's going to take a while. Here's a link that may help you get an idea, I tried to find a more recent article but couldn't find one. Hope it helps! http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2007/10/071023_blue_card.shtml
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No, concerning tourist travel the European countries have opened up their internal borders and allow tourist to visit 25 countries on the continent on one tourist visa for up to 90 days in a 6 months period. For longer stay in a country (beyond 90 days) you will still need a national visa or residence permit for that particular country. The same applies for a work permit. A work permit issued by Italy is valid for Italy only, it cannot be used to work in Spain. The only exception is the "Van der Elst" visa which allows members of the foreign workforce of an international operating global player to be temporarily assigned to a dependency in another country. The blue card for all of Europe was a discussion of EU politicians and is off the table based on the economic situation at present. Valid EU working papers means that the applicant must have a EU citizenship with the right to work freely throughout the European Union. This is often added in job advertises since some citizens of the newly added EU member countries which joined the European Union after 2002 do not have that right in full at preseent. If you need to be in Spain you must try to find an employer in Spain willing to go through the burden of justifying why his vacancy cannot be filled on the European labor market, hard nowadays. Sorry but those are the hard facts.
