Whatever the residence permit you have (family reunification, residence and work for others, residence and work for oneself), it will have a specific duration and therefore, when the date arrives, its renewal must be processed.
This application must be submitted from 60 days before the expiration and up to 90 days after. Submitting within 90 days after expiration may lead to an administrative sanction, but this is not usual.
If the renewal of your residence permit is not processed within this period, you will cease to be a legal resident in Spain, so
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The issue of renewal is not something we should worry about when the expiration of our card approaches, but something we must always keep in mind since to achieve renewal, we will be required to meet certain requirements that we must have fulfilled throughout our stay.
Renewal of the Authorization for Residence and Work for Others:
If you have a residence and work permit for others, at the time of renewal you must prove that during the validity of your authorization you worked as much as possible.
You must be in one of these situations and be able to document it:
- Continue with the employment relationship that led to the granting of the authorization whose renewal is sought.
- Have carried out work for a minimum of six months per year and:
- Have signed a new employment contract and be registered or assimilated at the time of the application, or
- Have a new contract that guarantees the worker’s employment activity, with the start of validity conditioned on the granting of the renewal.
- Have carried out the activity for a minimum of three months per year provided that:
- The employment relationship that led to the authorization was interrupted for reasons beyond the worker’s control.
- Actively sought employment by registering with the competent Public Employment Service as a job seeker.
- Have a valid employment contract.
- Be granted a contributory unemployment benefit.
- Be a beneficiary of a public economic assistance benefit aimed at achieving social or labor integration.
- The employment relationship has been terminated or suspended as a result of the worker being a victim of gender violence.
- Have been working and registered with Social Security for a minimum of nine months in a period of twelve, or eighteen months in a period of twenty-four, provided that:
- The last employment relationship was interrupted for reasons beyond the worker’s control.
- Actively sought employment.
- The worker’s spouse or domestic partner has sufficient economic requirements to reunite the worker.
Other circumstances such as criminal records or tax payments will also be taken into account.
Call us to prepare your renewal, it is a very important procedure and will make the difference between continuing with a work permit or staying in an irregular situation.
Renewal of the Authorization for Residence and Self-Employment:
These are the requirements to renew a residence and self-employment permit:
- Not be a citizen of a European Union State, the European Economic Area, or Switzerland, or a family member of citizens of these countries to whom the regime of Union citizen applies.
- Lack criminal records in Spain.
- Not be prohibited from entering Spain and not be rejectable in the territorial space of countries with which Spain has signed an agreement in this regard.
- If applicable, prove the schooling of minors in your care of compulsory schooling age.
- Be able to prove one of the following situations:
- Continue with the activity that led to the authorization to be renewed, provided that tax and Social Security obligations have been met.
- The spouse or person with whom the worker maintains a relationship analogous to marriage has sufficient economic requirements to reunite them.
- If the family unit includes two members, the minimum amount to be accredited is the monthly 150% of the IPREM. If the family unit consists of more than two members, for each additional member, 50% of the IPREM must be added to the mentioned 150% of the IPREM.
- Be a beneficiary of cessation of activity protection.
Renewal of the Authorization for Family Reunification Residence:
In this case, we will have to prove that everything remains the same as at the time of the reunification request:
For the reunified person, the essential requirement is to continue with the family bond. This will be important in the case of the spouse or domestic partner, as if they have separated, the reunified person will no longer be able to renew that card and will have to process an independent residence permit.
The reunifier must demonstrate that they have adequate housing and sufficient salary to support the reunified family members.
Other circumstances such as criminal records or tax payments will also be taken into account.
These are the requirements:
- Not be a citizen of a European Union State, the European Economic Area, or Switzerland, or a family member of citizens of these countries to whom the regime of Union citizen applies.
- Lack criminal records in Spain.
- Be the holder of a valid temporary residence authorization for family reunification or be within the ninety days following its expiration.
- Have health care coverage by Social Security or have private health insurance.
- The reunifier must be the holder of a valid residence authorization or be within the ninety-day period following its expiration, and the family bond or kinship or the existence of the de facto union on which the granting of the authorization to be renewed was based must be maintained.
- If applicable, have schooled minors in your care of compulsory schooling age during their stay in Spain.
- Have paid the fee for processing the procedure.
- Have sufficient economic means to meet the family’s needs: at least 100% of the IPREM. Income from the social assistance system can be computed.
- Have adequate housing.
These are the most common cases, if yours is not among them, call us to process it or in case you do not meet the requirements so that we can recommend what to do and manage all the procedures for you.
We carry out your renewal online!
Did you know that renewals can be done telematically (online)?
To be able to carry out the renewal in this way, it is necessary to have a digital certificate.
Our lawyers have their digital certificates so we can carry out the online procedure quickly.
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If you need help or advice with the renewal of your residence card, please call us at +34 911 270 920 or click on the following button to schedule a consultation with one of our lawyers.