Our Student Visa Programmes allow you to live and work in Spain whilst you study.
If you are a European citizen or have a European passport you are free to work in Spain without a visa. If you are a non-EU citizen you will need a visa to live and work in Spain. You can do the one month TEFL course on a tourist visa, but if you are planning to stay in Barcelona or Seville for longer than three months you won’t be covered by your tourist visa.
Download your free Brexit GuideThis programme is for you if you want to get qualified and then continue to work on your professional development as a teacher. The package includes:
All courses must be paid in full in order to apply for the student visa.
This programme is for you if you want to get qualified, continue to work on your professional development as a teacher and achieve fluency in Spanish with 10 hours/week of lessons! The package includes:
All courses must be paid in full in order to apply for the student visa.
This programme is for you if you want to continue to work on your professional development as a teacher. The package includes:
If you do not want to do 12 months, this course is priced at 150€/month. All courses must be paid in full in order to apply for the student visa.
This programme is for you if you want to get qualified, continue to work on your professional development as a teacher and achieve fluency in Spanish with 10 hours/week of lessons! The package includes:
If you do not want to do 12 months, this course is priced at 275€/month. All courses must be paid in full in order to apply for the student visa.
Find out more about our Developing Teacher course
See our dates and fees page for more information.
In order to qualify for a long-term student visa you must sign up to a course that is at least 20 hours/week and 7-12 months long. At TEFL Iberia we have developed two courses to meet this requirement:
This is an advanced TEFL course aimed at those who already have some TEFL training / work experience and want to deepen their subject knowledge and brush up on their skills.
It involves a mixture of in-person workshops, senior teacher observations, webinars, reflective tasks and independent study.
You will also gain access to our active community of Barcelona teachers, to share advice, job opportunities, guidance on Spanish bureaucracy, flat share opportunities and more.
150€ per month or 1500€ for 1 year
This course has all the benefits of the Developing Teacher course, plus 10 hours per week of Cervantes accredited Spanish classes in our partner school.
Studying Spanish for 10 hours per week will take you from complete beginner to fluency in under 12 months. Gain another skill and get the most out of your experience in Spain with this option!
275€ per month or 3000€ for 1 year
Detailed guidance on how to gather all the necessary paperwork.
Help completing the Spanish application form.
Special discount on health insurance for TEFL Iberia students
Courier delivery of your school enrolment letter.
Fast delivery of your school enrolment letter.
96% success rate in processing student visas and minimal rejections.
We will book your TIE appointment for you (read more about the TIE here). These appointments are notoriously hard to come by and we’ll save you alot of hassle.
A contact from the school will personally accompany you to the foreign office to help with paperwork and translations.
The school will give you ongoing guidance on how and where to get all the necessary documents to get your student card (TIE - Tarjeta de identidad de extranjero).
Student card (TIE) and housing register (empadronamiento) booking and accompaniment to appointments have an additional cost of 200€.
The Spanish consulate requires the following documents:
Passport, valid for 6 months beyond your stay in Spain.
Spanish student visa application form (downloadable pdf)
2 x passport photos.
Enrolment letter from the school (you get this from us once you are accepted onto the course).
Criminal background check.
Proof of course payment in full.
Medical certificate.
Medical insurance.
Proof of sufficient funds to support yourself during your stay.
Proof of address in your home country.
If you would like to discuss the process in more detail you are welcome to contact coordination@tefl-iberia.com with questions or book an appointment to talk at the school / video call.
If you would like to read about recent, first-hand experiences we highly recommend joining the Barcelona TEFL Teachers’ Association page or TEFL Teachers in Seville page on Facebook. They are very active online communities with tons of non-EU teachers and TEFL trainees sharing their experiences. If you use their search function on the top right-hand corner of the page to search, for example, ‘student visa’, you’ll find lots of active discussions.