If you are already in Spain, you are from outside the EU, and you have a family member or partner from an EU country, you can request the tarjeta de familiar de comunitario. (EU family residence permit).
If you are a community foreigner, that is, from a country of the EU or the Schengen Area, and you want to live and work in Spain legally, without a time limit, all you have to do is:
- Obtener el NIE (Número de Identificación para Extranjeros), (Foreigner Identification Number).
- Obtener el CUE (Certificado de Ciudadano de la Unión Europea), (Certificate of Citizen of the European Union).
Si quiere saber cómo obtener la Nacionalidad Española, lea este artículo.
If you want to know how to obtain Spanish Nationality, read this article.
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