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hi carita and welcome to the forums. please do not repeat post. your other thread did not disappear twice by accident, i deleted it as it was the same exact post as on as this thread and was repetitive. if someone has an answer for you, i am sure they will post it here. saludos, jer...
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cim--
In Spain when you get a visa, it is only good for entry into the country. Once you enter, you apply for residency. The type of residency that you get (student, work, non-lucrative, retirement) is determined by the type of visa that you entered on. So if you enter with a work visa, then you will immediately apply for residency when you arrive. They will give it to you for one year. Then you'll renew for two years and then another two and then, I believe it is every five years after that. For the first year, you have to work in the place and sector that the permit specifies, after that the restrictions gradually lift. After five years you can work anywhere doing anything.
After 10 years of continuous residency Americans can apply for citizenship--unless you were born in Spain, have Spanish parents, grandparents, Sephardic roots, or are a citizen of a former colony (a Latin American country, the Phillipines, etc.)--in which case, you can apply after one or two years of legal residency.
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