Spain opens a "special window" on the work of the children and grandchildren of Spaniards living in Argentina – 03/23/2019

The children and grandchildren of Spaniards living in Argentina, who do not have dual nationality and who wish to work in Spain, can enroll in the pilot project of the Spanish Ministry of Labor, Migration and Social Security. a quota of working visas, in principle, for 500 Argentines. But the final number could reach 1500.

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As detailed on the page of the Spanish Embbady in Buenos Aires, the goal is: "facilitate legal, orderly and safe migration".

As of April 1, the website of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Social Security in Argentina will allow a candidate to register in the program in advance. This "special window" of visas, which is addressed to migrants aged 18 and 45, will close on May 31.

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The visas will last three months, the time allotted to them to find a job "preferably with a high professional qualification", in particular in the field of computer engineering, information technology, science, finance and marketing.

Selected persons, who must apply for a visa from the Spanish Consulates of our country, can start the process of finding work from Argentina. They will have access to the online database that will make available to the public service of employment.

Once in Spain, once the employment contract has been signed, can take their families and apply for Spanish nationality. This means that they do not have to go back to Argentina to do the process. The status of a child or grandchild of Spanish origin will be accredited in Spain once the procedure is completed at the Immigration Office.

"Spain will need an average of 270,000 migrants per year by 2050 because the" ages "of the country and many jobs will not be filled by the indigenous population," said the Secretary of State for Migration Consuelo Rumí, Spokesperson of the country. This pilot project in the country.

Rumí intervened in the forum organized by the Inter-American Development Bank "Migrations and Cities", where he said that it would be a "serious error" see immigration as a threat and not as an opportunity for Spanish society.

"The job market will surely need a migratory complement, an entry of job profiles that can not be covered by people in sectors such as technology and information technology. ", did he declare.