The misnamed student residence is in reality, for the criteria of foreigners, now with the modification of the regulation of foreigners is called authorization of long stay for studies or for internships.
This is an important change since the card will have a duration equal to the duration of the studies, thus avoiding the tedious annual renewal that had been accumulating enormous delays, being very frequent the case that its collection occurred once the course had already ended. All this generated great insecurity and uneasiness for the students who “lacked” documentation. In addition, the modification or change of the long-term stay card for studies or internships to the residence card, whether it is an employee/worker or self-employed/self-employed/self-employed, has now been simplified. However, whatever it is, the duration of the stay does not count towards the nationality deadlines.
As in the rest of immigration procedures, it is vital to guarantee the support of the applicant before starting the procedure. For this reason, the student must ensure that they have 100% of the IPREM to ensure they obtain the study stay.
This amount can be reduced in the event that the accommodation is paid in advance as it is an important expense. This immigration procedure shares common traits with the non-profit residence, since it does not authorize full-time work and economic solvency must be proven. However, it does allow for employment or self-employment up to 30 hours per week.
Currently, the possibility of obtaining a student visa for all applicants under 17 years of age has been eliminated, since the new regulation is focused only on post-compulsory studies, i.e., higher than ESO or Compulsory Secondary Education, whether higher education, baccalaureate or university studies, among others, and for adults or persons of 17 years of age who reach the age of majority during the academic year.
Admission must be to an educational or training center that is always recognized or official. Therefore, educational centers must always comply with the indispensable requirement of being an official registered center. Failure to comply with this characteristic supposes the decision denying the stay for studies.
From Extranjeros Aema we help you to make sure that the entity on which you base your application is recognized by the Ministry of Education as a valid institution.
Often, due to ignorance of the operation of the procedure, the foreigner may find himself in the situation of his study visa being denied or even if the file was granted later it is not recognized.
Unfortunately, there is a long history of bad practices by entities using terminology such as campus, business school, etc. to sell non-approved courses, which is avoided with the new regulation through official registries.
This procedure is also valid for Spanish courses in Spain. Another advantage is that in order to keep up to date with the technological reality, hybrid education is allowed, understood as that which combines 50% face-to-face with 50% remote, telematic or distance classes without physical presence.
In case the applicant is a minor and will not turn 18 during the duration of the course, the option of an initial application for studies is not possible. It will be necessary to opt for a non-profit residence or socio-formational rootedness depending on the profile, i.e. income level.
For all those students who obtained their permit under the previous regulations, unfortunately the extension is currently limited to one year so other avenues must be explored.
Today, in addition, it is possible as a tourist in Spain to request this type of permit without having to deal with the Consulate.
Due to its nature, the authorization to stay for studies is designed so that after the training received, the knowledge can be applied in the real world, managing to be hired or undertaking a business project, all under the general regime of temporary residence.
In the event that the studies fall within level 6 of the European qualifications framework or higher, the permit may be modified to that of job search. The job search residency, which shares similarities with the non-lucrative residency, will allow us to acquire a highly qualified professional residency permit due to academic level.
From Foreigners Aema we help you both to carry out the renewals or extensions of the student or internship cards and to make the changes you need.
