Hi all,

I’m wondering if anyone has successfully applied for the self-employment visa and residency permit?

Here’s my situation:

I am American, studied for 2 years in Granada, while there I met my husband and got pregnant. We were married this past February in Granada. He is from Guinea-Bissau and has permanent residency in Spain (has been there 10 years now). Our son is now 1.5 yrs old. My husband can’t apply for family reunification because he’s currently unemployed and cobrando paro. With no job prospects in sight, we are getting REALLY sick of the 90 days on, 90 days off thing and so I am applying for the self-employment visa.

I am a translator/interpreter (have my master’s degree and have been working in the field for a while). Don’t make nearly enough to get the non-lucrative visa, but definitely make enough to support myself, and have enough savings to pay the social security taxes for at least a year. Also, a few Spanish companies have expressed interest in hiring me as an autonoma (and have written letters to that effect which I’m including with my application). 

I guess I’m just really disillusioned at this point in getting together my application and paperwork and am wondering if they ever actually give this visa to anyone ... what are my chances? Any recommendations for the application process?

And any other ideas on how I can live legally over there???? (We are not interested in coming to the States, and I can’t be a full-time student b/c I have no time LOL).

Thanks in advance.

lvk3,
where is your husband residing right now?
where was your child born?
if born in spain did you apply for a resident card for the baby?
where are you right now?

Hi, thanks for your reply!

My husband is in Spain (Granada). Our son was born in the US, where he and I are now. We were in Spain for six months (got a legal extension to the 90 day tourist stay) and left at the end of May.

I have my visa interview for the self-employment visa in mid-August. This visa supposedly takes 6-7 months to go through but we’re not sure what other avenue we have open to us at this point.

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions for improving my application!

All the best.

lvk3,
looks bleak.
good luck on your interview.