Residency for Training: Your Future Starts with Studying

Training to Move Forward

You have the desire to improve, to learn a trade, and to contribute professionally, but your irregular situation holds you back. Lack of papers should not be an obstacle to your education and development. We believe that talent has no borders and that training is the master key to opening new doors.

"Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world... and your legal situation. Train yourself and regularize your status at the same time."

A New Door Opened

Residency for Training is a novel opportunity that allows you to obtain a residence authorization in exchange for committing to complete regulated employment training. If you have been in Spain for two years, this pathway allows you to regularize your status while acquiring the necessary skills to integrate into the Spanish labor market.

Your Legal Career Plan

At Legal & Cloud, we design a plan with you that combines training and legality:

  1. Training Guidance: We help you identify the courses and training programs valid for this type of residency.
  2. Training Commitment: We manage the necessary documentation to accredit your enrollment and commitment.
  3. Transition to Work: Once you complete the training, we assist you in modifying your permit so you can work legally.

The Destination: Qualification and Employment

This path not only gives you papers; it gives you a profession. At the end of the process, you will have legal residency and a qualification that will improve your job prospects for life.

Procedure Information

📋 Requirements
  • Not be a citizen of the EU, EEA, or Switzerland
  • Be in Spain (not be an applicant for international protection)
  • Have remained in Spain continuously for at least 2 years (maximum absences: 90 days)
  • Lack criminal records in Spain and in countries of residence for the last 5 years
  • Not be listed as inadmissible
  • Not represent a threat to public order, security, or public health
  • Not be within the commitment period of no return
  • Pay the corresponding fee
  • Social integration report issued by the Autonomous Community or City Council

AND MEET ONE of these training options:

Option A - Regulated Training:

  • Be enrolled in or studying:
    • Post-compulsory secondary education full-time
    • Professional certificates grade C, levels 1, 2, and 3
    • Compulsory adult education courses (in-person)

Option B - Public Employment Service Training:

  • Commit to complete training promoted by Public Employment Services
  • Oriented toward occupations in the Catalog of Hard-to-Fill Occupations
  • Accredit enrollment within 3 months from the date of grant
📄 Required Documentation

General Documents:

  • Official application form model EX-10
  • Complete copy of valid passport or travel document
  • Documentation of continuous stay in Spain for 2 years:
    • Municipal registration certificates (empadronamiento)
    • Public hospitalization or medical consultation documents
    • Municipal, regional, or state documentation
  • Criminal record certificate from countries of residence for the last 5 years

Specific Documentation:

  • Social integration report issued by the Autonomous Community or City Council
  • Commitment to complete the training (on official form or in writing)
  • Enrollment in the planned training

If you are already studying:

  • Certificate from the educational center accrediting:
    • Full name of the studies
    • Start and end dates
    • Current enrollment status

Fees:

  • Form 790 code 052, section 2.3.1

Important:

  • Foreign documents must be translated by a sworn translator
  • Foreign public documents must be legalized or apostilled
  • Enrollment must be accredited within 3 months from the date of grant

Invest in yourself. Contact us to discover how your training can be your passport to legality.


Official Information: Ministry of Inclusion - Sheet 30

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