QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS - …

1 For further information: andLarge Business and Strategic Groups Unit(General Secretariat for Immigration andEmigration of the Ministry of Employmentand Social Security) Missions and Consular Offices Economic and Commercial for Trade andInvestment. State Secretariat for of Economy and in :720-16-211-XeNIPO:720-16-212-5 Dep sito Legal:M-26549-2016 HIGHLYQUALIFIEDPROFESSIONALSNon EU citizensInternational mobilitySectionEntrepreneurial SupportAct of 27 September 2013(Ley 14/2013)(These leaflets are for information only andare not legally binding)Information for highly qualifiedforeign professionalsIf you are interested in working in a company inSpain as a highly QUALIFIED professional (HQP)

2 Oryou are a graduate or postgraduate fromuniversities and prestigious business schools, andyou have a job offer, you may be eligible to applyfor a HQP residence for companies in SpainIf you want to hire a third country national as aHQP, you can take advantage of the high qualifiedprofessional residence permit. For that,yourcompany:Hastobealargebusinessor corporategroupHas to be a SME in strategic sectorHas to develop a business project ofgeneral interestIn addition to that, if you want to hire a graduateor postgraduate from universities and prestigiousbusiness schools as a high QUALIFIED professionalyou can also take advantage of the HQP residencepermitregardlessofthesizeofthec ompany,the sectorin which you operate or the has to apply for the residencepermit?

3 Thecompany which intends to incorporate HQP orlegal representative of the company must apply forthe residence kind of residence permit will theprofessional be granted? residence permit allows the high qualifiedprofessional to stay and work in Spain for up to twoyears (article 71 of the Entrepreneurial The application for residence permits andrenewals extend the validity of the stay orresidence status of the applicant until theprocedure is the highly QUALIFIED professionalis in Spain, can the company applyfor the residence permit?Yes, as long as the migrant is in a the HQP is abroad at the time of theapplication, once the residence permit hasbeen awarded, he or she must apply for a visaat the Spanish the HQP residence permit berenewed?)

4 Yes, the residence permit can be renewed foran additional two-year period as long as therequirements have been family members join oraccompany the highly qualifiedprofessional?Yes. Family members who accompany or jointhe HQP may apply jointly and simultaneouslyor successively for their residence permit and,where appropriate, for their visaFamily members are: The spouse or unmarried couple. Children who are minors or those of legalage being financially dependent on theholder. Parents in their other benefits are there? With the visa and residence permit, you maylive and work anywhere in Spain, includingrelatives if they meet the expected age laborregulations.

5 Streamlined processing:Visas: 10 pemits: 20 does the company apply for theresidence permit?At theLarge Business and Strategic Groups Unit(Unidad de Grandes Empresas y ColectivosEstrat gicos (UGE-CE)).Visit: the application?Certification indicating that the company is:oa large business or corporate groupoan SME in a strategic sector: Reportfrom? the Directorate-General forTrade and a business project ofgeneral interest. Report from? theDirectorate-General for Trade of the contract or s s s Background case of graduates or postgraduates: HQP suniversity degree or HQP s qualification from the company have to submitsupporting documentation every time itrequests authorization for a PAC?

6 The company supporting documentation which must beregistered in the UGE-CE, is submitted once. It is validfor3years, companies can benefit from a simplifiedprocedure.