Visa for language courses in Spain: conditions and restrictions

A visa for language courses in Spain: What status do you need

The Spanish or Catalan course is longer than 90 days without regular stay: it is required to have autorización de estancia de larga Duración in the category of "actividades formulaas" (formatival activity), defined by article 52.1.e of the regulations, and among the five permissible types are language instruction, teaching assistants in schools, training for medical examinations and professional certificates. [1]B. Foreign applications for a national visa: one visa application and one permit application [1][4].

Anything shorter than 90 days does not fall into this category: it has short-term entry rules. Schengen for Russians and residence permitThe following is a long course.

What courses and schools are suitable

The law lists the conditions exhaustive, so the beautiful name of the school doesn't solve anything. [1]:

Online schools, weekend-based intensities and courses in non-accredited centres do not fall into this category. [1]The official list of accredited centres is better requested from the Institute of Cervantes or the language administration of Catalonia, and the school of advertising cannot be judged.

We do not select or advertise schools and programs, but explain how to check whether the course is in accordance with the law.

How to file: Order for the applicant from abroad

1. Check school and format The Board recommends that the Administration ensure that the Administration ensure that the staff members are provided with the necessary support and that the staff members are provided with the necessary support.
2. Get the credit and pay for the tape. The conditions for return if you refuse a visa are written: no rule on this, this is our advice.
3. Get the papers. Minimum year ’s passport, application, confirmation of receipt and payment, funds, insurance, certificate of non-judicial conduct for a period of more than six months and medical certificate [1][2]Foreign documents need to be legalized or apostulated and translated by the jury [4].
4. You can apply for a visa in advance, at least two months before the course starts. Claimants from the Consulate District in Moscow serve through the BLS centres [1][5].
5. Take the visa and move to Spain. The visa must be taken within the time limit specified in the notification; Hoja 2 is two months. [3].
6. If the estancia lasts more than six months, put TIE on. within one month of entry [1].

The consulate in Moscow specifies: certificates of independency from Russia, Belarus, Armenia and Uzbekistan are needed with the apostille of the Hague Convention [4]II. General rules for students: Student visa to Spain step by stepon rules of documents: apostille and legalization of documents for Spain and Certificate of indignity for residence.

How much money to show

IPREM is calculated at 100% for each month of the program and the cost of the return road. [1][6]I don't have the same amount of classes. [1][3]If the residence is paid in advance for the whole period, the content is not required to be confirmed, but the payment must be shown by documents [1]For a four-month course, you get 2,400 I plus a ticket back, for a nine-month, 5,400 I plus a ticket, which is the example of the "600 I per month" formula, the result is the agency. [1][3].

Work, family and extension in the language of estancia

Work. Article 57 only allows an employer or you to apply for a work permit and then it must be compatible with the course and not exceed 30 hours per week. [1]. Only estancia holders for higher education are allowed to work automatically [1]I'll give you more details: Can you work with student permits?.

Family. Family support under article 56 provided only for higher education and medical specialization, so spouses and children do not attend language courses under this scheme [1][3]I'll give you more details: The student ’s family in Spain.

Extension. It's one for a year and not more than a year. Application is filed in a window from two months to the end of three months after, and silence for a month means no. [1][3]Special condition for languages: course in language school, DELE diploma, examination or SIE diploma. Extension of the training estancia.

Submission from Spain and change of status

Article 54.1 allows for the application of a separate professional certificate to those legally present in Spain, such as short-term ones, in the country for higher education and, if expressly provided for by a ministerial resolution, only those who already have a residence in Spain apply for language courses. [1][3]A tourist who has come to the course will not be able to "change status in a few days" if the service seller promises to do otherwise, ask for a reference to the article of the law. General rules of change of grounds: Can you change the basis of the residence permit?.

Typical Errors

• Buying a course at the centre without accreditation or online forms.
• Choose a language that is native or official in the country of nationality.
• Pay a year in advance without the condition of return if you refuse a visa.
• They come as tourists and try to serve on estancia in Spain.
• They believe that one course can be "expanded every year". [1].
• They expect to work and hire a family, thinking that the rules are like the university.
• Do not retain the documents of the visit or the results until the end of the deadline.

When Individual Review Is Needed

A break is needed if the course is short and you want to grow up, if you're already in Spain and you're thinking about changing your status, if you're going to the course with your whole family or language is not obvious (e.g. you have two nationalities), if you're not going back, and it depends on the documents and facts of the case, so check with the lawyer or the gestor before you pay.

What can we help you with?

We check if the course chosen is consistent with Article 52, help collect documents and funds, prepare a visa application and an extension. We don't choose schools: it's not our service. The first 30 minutes of consultation is free, then the cost is charged separately, fees and transfers are paid. The company's response time is not answered. form of consultationService: Studying in Spainrouting list studies.

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