The student visa is the residence permit that allows non-EU citizens to stay in Spain while studying in public or private educational centres, conducting research in the country or participating in some type of training.

The student visa will be granted to you for the period of time that the studies in Spain in which you have enrolled last.

You can apply for a student visa at the Spanish Consulate in your country of origin. However, you can also apply for a Study Permit in Spain, if you enter the country as a tourist.

The most important of the requirements for applying for the authorization of Study from Spain, is to comply with the legally established deadline. It is very important to submit the application to the corresponding Foreign Office, at most two months after your entry into Spain. That is, if you still have at least one month of legal stay in Spain. If this deadline is not met, the Office will not accept your application.

• Being admitted to a Spanish centre and to have paid the tuition fee for the studies to be carried out.
• Having financial means to keep you unemployed during your studies (about 600 euros per month).
• Having a private health insurance and do not have contagious diseases.
• Not having a criminal record in your country of origin

• In this question, we will focus on the advantages related to the issue of migration. The student visa will report the following benefits:

  1. You can come accompanied by your relatives: Spanish legislation allows the granting of a study visa to a person and in turn extend this benefit to certain of their relatives, who can come with a character of accompanying for all the time that the authorization to stay for studies, without the need that these also have to study in Spain.
  2. It will allow you to stay in Spain for a period of more than 90 days, which is the maximum time a tourist can stay in the entire Schengen territory.
  3. The study residence permit will allow you to travel to other countries that are part of the Schengen territory without having to apply for a tourist visa in these countries.
  4. If you subsequently obtain a residence in Spain, 50% of the time you spent with the study visa will be computed for the purpose of obtaining the EU Long-Term Residency in Spain.
  5. Having a study residence permit you can obtain a special work permit for students, which will allow you to develop economic activities on a part-time basis.
  6. There exists the possibility of changing the situation of Study Stay to the status of residence and work on behalf of others or on their own.

• The acquisition of the student visa, as well as the authorization of the Student Stay are Spanish bureaucratic procedures that require the fulfilment of a number of specific requirements, so it is very important that you have a good prior and specialized advice before you begin to gather the necessary documentation, and you have the help of a professional who guides you throughout this procedure.