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[Aussie Abroad]

Hola,

World Crisis + Non-existent relationship between Spain and Australia has indicated that any attempt to obtain a work permit in Spain is near impossible, but there must be a few Aussies out there that have managed to travel through the system and are now living here�.PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME!!>???

Situation as follows:
- I am currently in Spain on tourist visa, working as a volunteer teaching sailing
- I am a Project Manager in Construction but given current world situation no-one is hiring
- Interested in teaching English, without papers would privately be the only choice??
- My boyfriend is Peruvian. He has been here for 7 years, studying and now is working as a Doctor under a work permit - Therefore would marriage only provide me with the ability to remain here legally and still not work?


Questions:
- If I was to attempt to obtain a work permit by finding a company willing to give me a contract, does anyone know if Spain is actually issuing work permits now? And if so, how long would my application from Aus likely take? - Should I try to find a Spanish volunteer to marry me to remain? Would this provide me with full rights to work and live here?? How long does it take? Do I need to go back to Aus at all??
- What is the likelihood that a company would hire me without papers? Not talking just about a bar or a dodgy restaurant?
- Could I obtain an autonomo Visa? There doesn�t seem to be any information about Australians having autonomo visas. If I was a resident�.by marrying my boyfriend, would I then be able to apply??
- Would obtaining a student visa be the most viable choice?
- Anyone know of a cheap 12 month course that I could enrol into? Possibly Spanish??


If any other illegal Aussies could provide me with some information about how you are managing to get by here I would be very interested. Or if there are actually any Aussies out there who are somehow legal, who weren�t just lucky enough to be born with European ancestory I would love to know HOW??????!!!!!!!

Not only do I want to learn Spanish and I love Spain, but I can�t leave for 3 years�.well not without my boyfriend as he is completing a specialisation here in Spain and is unable to transfer it. He was thinking of throwing it in and starting it somewhere else but that would be a terrible waste if we were somehow able to get around it.

The end of August is approaching and I was hoping to start my intense job search when business returns in September�.any tips??

Muchas Gracias

[spiral78]

Your biggest problem is the Schengen zone. Starting Jan 01 2009, you can only be in the zone (google for a list of member countries) for 90 days before you have to leave for 90 days (a simple border run no longer suffices - it used to before this year).

If you are caught having overstayed your 90 days, the penalty is a 10-year ban from the zone.

Teaching illegally used to be much easier than it is now.

I think a student visa is probably your only option. There are some threads around here that talk about how to do this - I'll bump them up.

[Aussie Abroad]

Thanks Spiral,
I agree with all of your comments.
Would love to see the links that you have come across.

Cheers

[spiral78]

http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=57497&start=30&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

[spiral78]

http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=70419&start=15&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=