Are you from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia or any other non-EU country? You can still make your dream of teaching in Spain a reality with our student visa programme! Qualify with the 4-week Trinity CertTESOL, then study Spanish in the mornings and teach in the afternoons.
Both start with the 4-week Trinity CertTESOL in Barcelona, followed by intensive Spanish classes at our Instituto Cervantes accredited partner Spanish school. You pay in full before you apply for the visa, so you always get our early bird price on the CertTESOL.
For a full year in Spain: get qualified, get a 12-month student visa and become fluent in Spanish.
| Trinity CertTESOL | €1,750 |
| Spanish course, 11 months | €5,500 |
| Premium Visa & Bureaucracy Service (optional) | + €250 |
For a shorter stay. 7 months is the minimum you need for a long-term student visa.
| Trinity CertTESOL | €1,750 |
| Spanish course, 6 months | €3,200 |
| Premium Visa & Bureaucracy Service (optional) | + €250 |
Sign up for the Spanish course on its own. It qualifies for the same long-term student visa and comes with the same visa support, and the visa service is available as an optional add-on.
There are many types of Spanish visa, but the one that suits English teachers is the long-term student visa. You get it by enrolling on a course of at least 20 hours a week that lasts 7 to 12 months, at a recognised school. We recommend starting around 5 months before you’d like to arrive, because waiting times are different at every consulate.
All the classes take place in the morning, from 09:30 to 13:30, as most English teaching work is in the afternoon.
TEFL Iberia is accredited by Trinity College London, and your Spanish classes are at our Instituto Cervantes accredited partner Spanish school.
A course of 7 to 12 months gives you a long-term visa. Anything shorter gives you a short-term visa, which doesn’t allow you to work or to renew your visa from Spain.
You can work up to 30 hours a week once your employer gets a work permit for you. We’ll help you both with the paperwork.
New to teaching English in Spain? Read our complete guide to teaching English in Spain.
Brianna and the coordination team check every document with you before your consulate appointment, send your enrolment letter the week you pay, and, if you take the visa service, book your TIE appointment when you arrive. You can ask as many questions as you like so you are clear on the visa process.
Complicated Spanish forms, strict requirements, impossible-to-get appointments and unhelpful civil servants all make Spanish bureaucracy a headache. Let us take the pain out of the process with our Premium Visa & Bureaucracy Support Service.
We strongly recommend this service. Between impossible-to-get appointments, confusing government websites and endless paperwork, handling Spanish bureaucracy on your own can be a real headache.
What our graduates say about the visa help.
Kounik Sankar BhattacharyaOctober 2025The instructors were supportive and professional throughout the entire course. Additionally, the administrative team was extremely helpful, especially in guiding me through the visa process, and also with providing support to find a job after the completion of the certification.Posted on Google
Marina SanchezMay 2023I’m more than grateful to TEFL Iberia for the invaluable experience I had while doing the Trinity CertTESOL with them in February. The staff in general is really helpful, Jayde’s guidance with the visa process was amazing, accommodation was nicely set up and Mirna at reception made my days much nicer with her smile.Posted on Google
Daria SMarch 2021I’ve been with TEFL Iberia for 3 years and it has been a great experience through and through. Couldn’t be happier with the tutors who are extremely knowledgeable and helped me every step of the way. The coordinators were extremely helpful as well, couldn’t have figured out my first student visa application without them.Posted on Google
The Spanish consulate requires the following documents. Every consulate is slightly different, so please check with yours too. We check every document with you before your appointment.
Documents, timings, costs and the mistakes that get applications refused, written by the team that handles our students’ visa applications. Choose your country and we’ll email you the right guide.
You apply at the consulate for the place where you legally live, not your passport’s country or the nearest office. In the USA, the UK and South Africa you hand your application in at a BLS International centre. And you can’t switch to a student visa from inside Spain, so this is sorted before you fly.
Find Your ConsulateIf you’d like to talk through the process in more detail, you’re welcome to email coordination@tefl-iberia.com or book an appointment or video call.
