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I've read a lot of the very useful and very long thread "Cheapest way to study in Madrid". One thing that wasn't discussed was the possibility of working legally (in my case, teaching English) in Spain while on a student visa. Has anyone ever done this? Does anyone know where I can find this information?

Mil gracias,

Marsha
 
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Marsha--
Here's the info from the Ministry of Interior site on how to go about this. It looks like you can work part-time or full-time during a maximum of three months during school breaks. You have to get an offer from an employer, fill out form EX–03 and provide both your school and work schedules to prove that there is no conflict between the two:

http://www.mir.es/SGACAVT/modelos/extranjeria/guia_prac...rativa_trabajar.html

The form and instructions:

http://www.ub.es/uri/Ex-03.pdf
http://www.ub.es/uri/Autoritzacio%20treball.pdf

All of this you would do after you get to Spain and have your tarjeta. I hope this helps.
 
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Hi Megan,

You should set yourself up as a "consultant" (a popular job title nowadays in the US) for people like me who want to move to Spain - thanks for the continuing help.

One little question - I couldn't find "a maximum of three months during school breaks" in Spanish on the web page you sent me. Does that mean you can only work during school breaks for a total of three months?

Marsha
 
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One little question - I couldn't find "a maximum of three months during school breaks" in Spanish on the web page you sent me. Does that mean you can only work during school breaks for a total of three months?


This info is at the third link (the hoja informativa--#6 Contrato de trabajo). I think you can also find all of the relevant info here;

http://www.ucm.es/info/fgu/oex/informacion1_3b.htm

Basically, you can only work full-time during the three months out of the year when school isn't in session. The rest of the year you can only work part-time during hours when you are not in school. You have to wait to get your estancia por estudios (what some call student residency, but technically it's not really residency, per se) approved before you can request permission to work--which usually takes about two months or so after you file the paperwork here in Spain at the comisaría. It looks like you can renew the permission to work as long as you can keep your student residency going.

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El contrato de trabajo se ajustará a la modalidad de trabajo a tiempo parcial, o de ser a jornada completa su duración no podrá superar los 3 meses ni coincidir con los periodos lectivos.

La vigencia de la autorización coincidirá con la duración del contrato de trabajo y no podrá ser superior a la de la duración de la tarjeta de estudiante.

La pérdida de vigencia de la tarjeta de estudiante será causa de la extinción de la autorización.

La autorización para trabajar se renovará si subsisten las circunstancias que motivaron la anterior concesión, previa acreditación de haber obtenido la renovación de la tarjeta de estudiante.
 
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You should set yourself up as a "consultant" (a popular job title nowadays in the US) for people like me who want to move to Spain -


but why would anyone pay for the info when they can get it here on multimadrid for free big grin wink

but seriously. i find that these days poeple will not pay for this kind of info since there are SO many free resources on the www.

ssludos,
jer...


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but why would anyone pay for the info when they can get it here on multimadrid for free


Right, it's a karma thing (and thank you for not using the cow/milk analogy!). If it weren't for mm, I'm sure we would be disgruntled American shut-ins eating grilled peanut butter-bacon-banana sandwiches cursing at the TV in our tattered bathrobes.
 
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Now I'm wondering what the government's definition of "full-time" and "part-time" work is? I expect that I wouldn't be working more than four hours a day in any event. Would that be considered "part-time"?
 
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Marsha--I'm not sure where I saw this, but I believe part-time means 18 or 20 hours per week.
 
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That sounds about right to me. I wouldn't want to work much more than that anyway, or teacher burn-out would be a real possiblity.

I like what you wrote about getting another MA "to add to my collection", especially if I could do it in art history, maybe a combination of Spanish and colonial Mexican stuff. And doing it in Spanish would really improve my language skills and make it possible for me to accept more English to Spanish translation jobs.

I'm still slowly absorbing and analyzing all the information I've had thrown at me the last few days. Dazzling possibilities seem to stretch before me... Or is that the caffeine (my drug of choice) speaking?

Hasta pronto,

Marsha
 
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jer
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also keep in mind that most teachers here, even those not on student visas, can really only handle 20 hours a week (or less in many cases) actual in-class teaching since prep work is also required and would not count as "work hours" in the government's eyes.

if you can keep those hours well paid at say 20 euros an hour, then it is 1,600 euros a month which is GOOD money.

saludos,
jer...


- madrid nut, webweaver of www.multimadrid.com and keeper of the plazaCam.
- worlds biggest outdoor internet cafe --> www.plazawifi.info - GET CONNECTED!!!
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- rent or buy a cell phone from me for your stay in spain, more info at Onspanishtime.com.
- already have a cell phone, get a spanish SIM card for it at spainSIM.com.
 
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Yes, jer, it's been years since I've taught more than 15 hours a week, so 20 would definitely be my maximum number.
 
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