Saturday, August 21, 2010

i wants to work in spain, like a texy driver or transpoter

i wants to work in spain, like a texy driver or transpoter?
what are chances for that?
Other - Spain - 3 Answers
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You definitely won't get a taxi drivers job. They are for the Spanish only. You won't get any job right now due to the economic climate,
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Really low that you'll get a job at all, especially if you speak Spanish as well as you write English...of course, if you do better in Spanish, and you have a work permit, right now...still pretty low. Unemployment in Spain is above 20% and rising. Not a good time to be looking for work.
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Spain is a big mess right now,go somewhere else

Saturday, August 14, 2010

What do I need to work in Spain

What do I need to work in Spain?
I'm a UK Citizen, if I want to work in Spain temporarily is it the same as working in the UK? Do I just give them my national insurance number? I meant Identification.
Immigration - 1 Answers
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European Union Citizens Any EU citizen intending to stay in Spain for more than three months is obligated to register at the Foreigner's Offices (Oficinas de Extranjería) - or local police station if there is no foreigner's office of the place they intend to stay. A registration certificate as an EU Resident (certificado de registro) is issued. This document certifies their residence in Spain and states name, address, nationality, and the foreigners tax identification or NIE (Número de Identificación de Extranjero) number along with date of registration. Note: Previous to the introduction of this registration certificate in April 2007, foreigners had to apply separately for an NIE number. This is now incorporated in the residence certificate application process. You can get details on what to do at the link below.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Why don't the regional nationalist groups in Spain all work together to get independence for their homelands

Why don't the regional nationalist groups in Spain all work together to get independence for their homelands?
Why don't the Catalan and Basque and Galician and Valencian nationalist groups coordinate their efforts to break away from Spain together? Wouldn't they be a more powerful voice if they unified their efforts to break off from Spain?
Other - Spain - 5 Answers
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Simply because the parties concerned insist on speaking their own language and there are so few people who can translate between Basque and Catalan. Then the silly things such as the fact that Mallorquin speakers say that their language is NOT Catalan. And the Catalans are iffy about Valenciano and Alicantino. And as for Bable! That's the problem with Nationalists, the whole basis of their argument is to be racially, politically and linguistically independent. The practicalities make a nonsense of the whole idea of interdependent nationalism . The EU has a similar problem finding Finnish / Modern Greek translators.
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Apart from a percentage of Basques and Catalans, I don't think that there is a great feeling towards devolution in Spain. For one, if they were all to become separate countries they would no longer be recognized by the EU, and as such all funding and support would be dropped. If they then wished to reapply to become a Member state the process may take as long as 5 years to achieve. Many Regions just aren't cash rich enough to go it alone for that long.
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Because that would diminish one or more group's strength in the movement. And because their goals aren't that similar.
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First of all because the majority of the people in their areas are not independentists. Also, if Catalonia, Galicia, Andalucia, etc decided to promote independence, they will be saying that Spain is only the region of Castile, and that would basically say that what they are not is castilians. Something that we already know. Castile is a region, Spain is the group of all the regions of Spain. Saying that you are not Castile does not help on saying you are not Spain. So the only way to avoid this problem is saying that Spain is everything but one especific region. That goes against the idea of going together.
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I agree with Bertuccio. You can't be saying they're breaking away from "Spain" because all those regions are part of Spain. Most of the people of those regions are not for independence (btw, you forgot the Leonese and Andalusian Independence movements lol). I think the main issue is that they make a lot of noise, but in reality, they are only a fraction of the people in those areas (the area with most support perhaps being Catalonia).

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Can I work in Spain for the summer

Can I work in Spain for the summer?
Hi, I'm a Cegep student born in Canada and i've lived here all my life, but I have my portuguese nationality (don't have a portuguese passport though). Is it possible for me to work temporarily in Spain over the summer? Please post any solution to my problem thank you!
Other - Spain - 2 Answers
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If you are national of Portugal, then you are entitled to travel and work freely in EU, and that includes Spain, be it for long term or just for the summer. There is no visa requirement. You MUST however, have at least an identity card or a passport to proof your identity and nationality. If you don't already speak Spanish, I would suggest for you to start learning now. Even in Madrid, there's a limited use of English, and for dealing with paperworks etc to have knowledge of Spanish would be very useful.
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Get that Portuguese passport and you can work any where in the EEC. If you go to the tourist resorts, there will be a lot of English speaking businesses who employ English speaking staff to serve their British customers. Your Canadian accent will be a novelty and could be an asset in getting work. I would warn you that because of the exchange rates of £ to Euro a lot of Brits are not intending to go to Euroland next year so jobs for English speakers will probably not be as plentiful as in previous years.