Immigration Lawyers in Sabadell

There are several types of visas depending on the purpose of the stay:

• Short-stay visa (Schengen): For stays of up to 90 days within a 180-day period, primarily for tourism, business, or family visits.
• Long-stay visa: For stays longer than 90 days, such as studies, work, non-lucrative residence, family reunification, among others.
• Student visa: For those wishing to pursue studies, training, research, or internships.
• Work and residence visa: For those who have a job offer in Spain.

The requirements vary depending on the type of residency, but some common requirements include:

• Non-lucrative residency: Does not allow you to work and requires proof of sufficient financial means and private health insurance.
• Residency and employment for others: Requires a job offer and that the employer meets a series of minimum requirements.
• Residency and self-employment: Requires a viable business plan and financial means to start the activity.
• Family reunification: Allows legal residents to bring their direct family members. Requires proof of financial means, adequate housing, and the family relationship.

You must provide complete and accurate documentation for each type of application.

Spanish nationality can be obtained in several ways:

• By residence: This requires having legally resided in Spain for a continuous period of 10 years. This period can be reduced in certain cases, such as to 5 years for refugees, 2 years for nationals of Ibero-American countries, Andorra, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, Portugal, and individuals of Sephardic origin, and 1 year for those born in Spain, married to a Spanish citizen, or widowed of a Spanish citizen.
• By option: For individuals who are under the guardianship of a Spanish citizen or whose father or mother was Spanish and born in Spain.
• By origin: Automatically for children of Spanish parents, born in Spain to foreign parents if at least one was also born in Spain, or if both parents are stateless, unknown, or do not pass on their nationality to their child.

The process includes submitting an application with the necessary documents, passing a constitutional and sociocultural knowledge test of Spain (CCSE), and, in some cases, a language test (DELE).