Autorización de residencia para búsqueda de empleo o inicio de proyecto empresarial
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Autorización de residencia para búsqueda de empleo o inicio de proyecto empresarial as of 2025-09-01[3] |
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| Official name (English) | Not established from a qualifying source No official English designation was found. |
| Legal basis | Disposición adicional decimoséptima de la Ley 14/2013, de 27 de septiembre (introducida por el Real Decreto-ley 11/2018), Directiva (UE) 2016/801, Ley Orgánica 4/2000, Ley Orgánica 2/2023 (disposición final quinta), Real Decreto 1155/2024 e Instrucción DGM 1/2018 as of 2025-09-01[3] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2025-09-01[3] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2025-09-01[3] The route is open to third-country nationals who held a Spanish long-duration student stay authorisation; EU/EEA and Swiss nationals fall under the EU-citizen regime. |
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Permit terms
| Initial duration | 24 months as of 2025-09-01[3] Holders may remain in Spain for a non-extendable period of twenty-four months in order to look for employment appropriate to the level of the studies completed, or to start a business project. |
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| How the initial term is set | fixed |
| Renewable | No as of 2025-09-01[3] The sheet describes the twenty-four-month period as 'improrrogable' – non-extendable. |
| Work rights | none as of 2025-09-01[3] While this authorisation is in force the holder is not authorised to work. On finding appropriate employment the holder must apply for the corresponding authorisation under Ley Orgánica 4/2000 or Ley 14/2013; the national employment situation is disapplied only where the person has been resident in Spain for at least one year. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | No as of 2025-09-01[3] The purpose of the authorisation is to look for employment; no offer exists at the point of application. |
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| Qualification requirement | degree as of 2025-09-01[3] Studies completed at an authorised Spanish higher education institution reaching at least level 6 of the European Qualifications Framework, corresponding to a university bachelor's degree. |
| Employer sponsorship | No as of 2025-09-01[3] |
| Own means requirement | 1 × Public Multiple-Effect Income Indicator per month as of 2025-09-01[3] For the holder's own support, monthly, 100% of the IPREM, reduced to 50% of the IPREM where accommodation is duly evidenced as paid for in advance, for the whole period of residence. For family members, monthly, 75% of the IPREM for the first family member and 50% of the IPREM for each of the others – an ordinal rule that this schema has no field for outside a note. Health insurance is also required. |
| Job-search route | Yes as of 2025-09-01[3] This route IS a job-search instrument, in the sense the flag carries from schema v1.0. It is not a standalone one: eligibility is gated on having held a Spanish student stay authorisation and completed the qualifying studies. No general job-search residence permit open to applicants without that history was found in the ministry's full list of information sheets, which is why route_coverage.work carries a note on the point. |
Process
| Where to apply from | in-country only as of 2025-09-01[3] The applicant must have held a Spanish long-duration student stay authorisation. Filing is electronic only, in the sixty calendar days before that authorisation expires or within the ninety calendar days after expiry. Form EX-26. |
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| Statutory processing time | 20 days as of 2025-09-01[3] Twenty days, with the application deemed GRANTED by positive administrative silence if no express response is given. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2025-09-01[3] |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2025-09-01[3] The same family members who already accompanied the person during their student stay in Spain may accompany them on this authorisation. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, registered partner, unmarried partner, minor child, adult dependent child, other dependent as of 2025-09-01[2][3] The sheet defines the eligible family as those who already accompanied the student, so the relations are those of the student stay authorisation: spouse, registered partner or duly proven stable partner, minor children, adult children with specific support needs by reason of disability or illness, and a person supporting the holder where the holder has such a disability or illness. The last category has no relation value of its own and is recorded as 'other_dependent'. |
| Family members' work rights | none as of 2025-09-01[3] The sheet states expressly that the authorisation does not entitle family members to work. |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 3 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 3 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-06-16 |
| Newest as-of date | 2025-09-01 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Orden PJC/617/2025, de 13 de junio, por la que se establece el importe de las tasas por tramitación de autorizaciones administrativas y documentos de identidad en materia de inmigración y extranjería
Boletín Oficial del Estado · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Published 2025-06-16 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [2] Hoja 1 – Autorización de estancia de larga duración para la realización de estudios superiores o de educación secundaria postobligatoria
Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2025-11-01 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [3] Hoja 20 – Autorización de residencia para búsqueda de empleo o inicio de proyecto empresarial
Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2025-09-01 · Accessed 2026-08-06