{"id":584,"date":"2021-05-07T13:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T10:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/?p=584"},"modified":"2022-01-21T18:06:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T15:06:46","slug":"student-visa-for-language-courses-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/blog\/student-visa-for-language-courses-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Student visa to Spain for language courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A student visa to Spain can be obtained not only when enrolling in school or university, but also if you plan to study Spanish in language courses.<\/p>\n<p>A study visa is issued for a year with the right to extension in Spain. But this visa is not a residence permit, which means it does not count towards citizenship.<\/p>\n<h2>Features of a student visa to Spain for language courses<\/h2>\n<p>If you are planning to immigrate to Spain, the option of a student visa to Spain for language courses may be the best option.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at several significant advantages of applying for a study visa to Spain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Age.<\/strong> There is no age limit for this type of immigration. If you want to study Spanish at 40 or 50 years old, you will be approved for a visa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opportunity to work.<\/strong> While in Spain on a student visa, you have the right to work part-time for up to 20 hours a week. At the same time, there is a condition that work should not interfere with study time and should not appear as a source of income when extending a visa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Possibility to transport your family.<\/strong> With a student visa, your spouse and minor children can legally stay with you in Spain throughout your studies as family members. They receive the right to stay in Spain without working.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transformation into a residence permit.<\/strong> After 3 years of staying in Spain on a student visa while studying language courses, you will be able to modify your visa to <a href=\"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/service\/residence-permit-in-spain\/\">Residence permit without the right to work<\/a>; with the right to work, if you have found an employer and entered into a preliminary contract, or obtain a residence permit for settled residence.<\/p>\n<h2>Language schools in Spain to obtain a student visa for language courses<\/h2>\n<p>A language school needs to be selected especially carefully. There are criteria that cannot be ignored. For example, a school must provide lessons of 4 hours a day, 5 days a week and be certified by the Cervantes Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Groups in language schools consist of 7-10 people. The teacher manages to pay attention to everyone and monitors the success of all students.<\/p>\n<p>Lessons last 55-60 minutes. You can enter such a school with a zero level, after a year of such training you will already be able to speak fluent Spanish and understand the speech of local residents.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of studying at language schools to obtain a student visa is the same as the cost of a year of study at a university &#8211; 3,000 &#8211; 4,000 euros.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Requirements for a language school to obtain a student visa to Spain for language courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The language school must be accredited by the Cervantes Institute and provide you with a minimum of 20 teaching hours per week. The training course itself must last more than 180 days if you then plan to transform the visa into a residence permit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We will help you choose language courses to obtain a study visa to Spain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IM15I8fUYq\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/service\/select-language-courses-in-spain\/\">\u041f\u043e\u0434\u0431\u043e\u0440 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0445 \u043a\u0443\u0440\u0441\u043e\u0432 \u0432 \u0418\u0441\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00ab\u041f\u043e\u0434\u0431\u043e\u0440 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0445 \u043a\u0443\u0440\u0441\u043e\u0432 \u0432 \u0418\u0441\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438\u00bb &#8212; Alegria Service\" src=\"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/service\/select-language-courses-in-spain\/embed\/#?secret=38SRB5lqnJ#?secret=IM15I8fUYq\" data-secret=\"IM15I8fUYq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>How to apply for a student visa to Spain for language courses<\/h2>\n<p>You can apply for a student visa in Spain for language courses both in Spain and in Russia. To apply for a visa in Spain, you must enter the country on a multiple entry visa or tourist visa, and during this period submit documents to Estranjer\u00eda. An important point: if you submit documents in Spain, then your visa on which you will be there must remain at least a month until the expiration date. The processing time is on average 3-4 weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>Documents for a student visa to Spain for language courses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Extract from <a href=\"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/service\/opening-student-bank-account\/\">bank account in Spain<\/a>. The account must show funds for a year of residence based on the Spanish cost of living. In 2021, you should have 6,800 euros per person.<\/li>\n<li>Medical insurance. Insurance is issued by a company accredited in Spain, and the policy itself must be complete;<\/li>\n<li>School enrollment. Confirm enrollment in a training course with a workload of at least 20 hours per week. Provide also the training course program and receipt of full payment;<\/li>\n<li>Availability of housing. Show documents for your own housing, a rental contract for an apartment or room for the duration of the visa. An agreement on living in a hostel will also be suitable.<\/li>\n<li>Certificate of good conduct. It is issued at the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in your city.<\/li>\n<li>Medical certificate. You must confirm that you do not have any dangerous diseases for the health of others; a certificate can be obtained from private and public clinics at your place of residence.<\/li>\n<li>Visa application. It must be filled out and signed in duplicate. The application form can be downloaded and filled out in advance or done at the Consulate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All documents issued in Russia must be translated into Spanish and certified at the Consulate or contact <a href=\"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/service\/sworn-translation-of-documents\/\">sworn translator in Spain<\/a>. Notarial certificates must be affixed with an apostille.<\/p>\n<h3>Stages of obtaining a student visa to Spain for language courses<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose a language school;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/service\/accommodation-in-spain-for-students\/\">Rent a house in Spain<\/a>, conclude an agreement;<\/li>\n<li>Get an insurance policy;<\/li>\n<li>Collect a complete package of documents;<\/li>\n<li>Pay state fees;<\/li>\n<li>Apply for a visa in Russia or Spain;<\/li>\n<li>Get a resident card in Spain within a month.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Deadlines for obtaining a student visa to Spain for language courses<\/h3>\n<p>A response on a student visa to Spain for language courses usually arrives within 2 weeks. Then, if the answer is positive, you need to enter Spain within 3 months and receive a resident card in Estranjer\u00eda within 1 month.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A student visa to Spain can be obtained not\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-immigration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1278,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions\/1278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}