Apr 20, 2007 · bschrade
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non-eu to move to barcelona......visa mandatory?
Apr 19, 2007 · bschrade · 5 replies · 5253 views
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First of all I'm really glad I found this forum. It seems like it could be a lot of help for me in the upcoming months. I'm an American planning on moving to Barcelona for about 1 year. I've done some research on work/residence permits, but I'm wondering how mandatory these are. I am a professional poker player, and am planning on following the European Poker Tour around Europe (a weekend once a month or so), and want to have my home base be in Barcelona, where I would spend a majority of my down time. As far as a secondary job I was thinking about bartending or waiting tables, would a work permit really be necessary for this type of work? Will I still need a sponsor, or is it feasible to get by in Barcelona without papers for about 1 years time? any help would be greatly appreciated.
Apr 21, 2007 · Expatriator
Hey,
You know there are a lot of people who overstay their visa. Ask the English teachers. There are tons of them from the US who stay a few years without a visa, working under the table till someone sponsors their visa or there's another amnesty. Check around on the forum though, there's already tons of advice about this issue. :)
You know there are a lot of people who overstay their visa. Ask the English teachers. There are tons of them from the US who stay a few years without a visa, working under the table till someone sponsors their visa or there's another amnesty. Check around on the forum though, there's already tons of advice about this issue. :)
Apr 24, 2007 · armando.HERGER
Your situation is simple, without a visa as a US citizen you get 3 month renewable to 3 months, this in counted days that is days you stay in Spain, anyways you better get a visa for a year if your planning that, contact delacuetaraj@yahoo.es for your paper work, do not work without papers you could be arrested untill deposrted.
Apr 24, 2007 · Expatriator
Well, that's true, but in my experience it's really not as big of a deal as one might think. It's not like Spain has Homeland Security... ;)