Spain adopts new immigration law, takes root in residence, relaxes family reunification conditions

China Overseas Chinese Network, July 28. According to the "Europe Times" Spanish version of the WeChat public account "Xiwen", on July 26 local time, the Spanish government approved and passed the reform of the "Foreigners Law", the purpose of which is to promote foreign countries. Migration into the Spanish labor market. The "Aliens Law" simplifies the steps for foreign immigrants to work legally in Spain.

The report quoted local media sources. In response to the reform, Spanish Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Immigration Jose Luis Escriva Belmonte said that the goal of the reform is to modernize the immigration model so that it can be done under any circumstances. Facilitates regular and safe migration. The following are the three major new changes in the reform of the Aliens Act.

student residence

In the new Alien Law, the work-related procedures for foreign immigrants holding student residence permits are simplified and improved. Foreign students are allowed to work related to the major they are studying, but the total working hours per week shall not exceed 30 hours. In addition, the new "Foreigners Law" abolishes the restriction that foreign students can only apply for legal work and residence after staying for three years.

Taking root in the new residence model

The new "Foreigners Law" has revised the application for work-rooted residence and created a new application mode for work-rooted residence, which allows immigrants without legal residence to join job training and obtain work-based residence in this way.

At the same time, there are still ways for immigrants who do not hold a legal status to change their rooted residence after they have lived in Spain for three years. But in this reform, it will be required to give immigrants an indefinite work contract instead of the previous one-year work contract. In addition, the salary slip in the work contract must meet the minimum wage line.

The reform also proposed a new concept of "rooting by training", which grants a 12-month residence permit to foreigners who have stayed in Spain for at least two consecutive years, provided they receive standardized employment training. The inspiration for this reform came from Germany.

The conditions for family reunion are relaxed

In the reform of the new "Foreigners Law", immigrants holding family reunification are allowed to work legally in Spain as self-employed persons and self-employed persons. The new reform targets vulnerable groups such as minors and the disabled in the family, and will relax the application and work of family reunion residence permits.

The Ministry of Labor believes that employment and work are a very important part of the social economy. However, the Spanish labor market is extremely unstable, and a large number of vacancies will harm the social economy. In addition to improving working conditions, foreigners should be actively given opportunities to enter the labor market.