In fact, the Moscow consulate now often issues such visas, if you have a two-year reserve on your bank account, as the next extension in a year for two years. The source of origin of the money and current income are confirmed by certificates of 2 or 3 personal income tax, other documents for the past 3 years.
Also, you must show future passive income in the amount sufficient for family residence. To confirm the property lease agreements, the contract for remote work or something else are suitable.
Item number 6 is the most interesting and the most important, has many combinations. I am not a consultant and I will not advise you how to "make up" your story. For this purpose there are forums, special people or your sly mind. My husband worked for many years in business, small and large. He can not only count the budgets of companies, but also knows how to show them correctly and beautifully. That is, in our family it is his area of responsibility.
Item number 8: Motivational letter is very important, it is read! In a short letter you should explain: why you want to live in beautiful Spain, and most importantly, how and on what you are going to live there, and what joy and benefit from your stay will get the country and its residents. I wrote the letter. Emotions and communications are my element.
We planned a trip to Spain in the middle of June, when my son will pass the exams for the 9th grade. I chose two schools on the website and wrote my applications. Since my son only knew English, I chose schools that had English as my language of instruction and Spanish as my second language. International Baccalaureate was chosen, as in the case of the daughter, so that the children had more opportunities in choosing universities. Later on, we realized that we missed our son's school. The teaching was in three languages at once: English, Spanish and Catalan. It was very difficult for him, but now the situation is levelling off, although I am still not satisfied with the school. We wanted to change schools, but for various reasons, we left everything as it is.
Even before the trip, we started to browse the rental sites, contacted the agencies, but did not receive an answer. It turned out that it was not so easy to rent a house without a Spanish work contract. Due to the large influx of migrants and not very favorable laws, the landlords are trying to protect themselves either through the existence of a work contract as a guarantor of solvency, or take a deposit for 2-6 months, which is not a small amount.
A trip to Spain.
So, we went to Spain to relax, look around and solve three problems: to open a bank account, to be interviewed at school and rent a house. We had a good rest, we opened an account, we agreed with the school, but we could not rent a house. In the summer and wishing more and higher prices, this should also be taken into account.
Upon returning home, my son and I went to Spanish language courses and began to prepare documents for the visa. By the way, our Spanish teacher was Cuban Oscar, who told us that after 10 years of life in Moscow, he earned more money, but lost the joy of life, became gloomy, got fat and by the age of 54 feels tired. He and his Russian wife decided to return to Cuba, and then, if it works out in Miami. I hope they did it all.
I found a helper to find and rent accommodation in one of the forums. But the process of searching was delayed, September came, and we went to Barcelona on a tourist visa. We could use it to arrive in the Schengen area for another 70 days. About 2.5 weeks later, we were able to rent apartments and hostels in the same town where I wanted to live. I would also like to point out that the assistant did not fulfill all the promises. But it wasn't time for me to get into a fight, I got a contract for long-term rental of housing and flew to Moscow to apply for a visa.
The deadline for reviewing the documents was 3 months, and we had less than 60 days in stock. As a result, we submitted the documents to the Moscow Consulate in October and went back to Spain, and my husband stayed in Moscow to work for another six months. My son studied at school, I studied on my own using textbooks, Petrov, Zamyatkin, Pimsler and TV with Spanish programs and films. I was very happy when I was able to show strangers the way for the first time or talk to the shopkeepers. And we were very lucky to have the owners of the house I rented. As an elderly couple of Catalans, I love them very much and value their care for us.
Christmas holidays were approaching, the tourist visa was expiring, and I was trying to think of a plan "B" if we were denied a residence. I was looking for an opportunity for my son to live in a "host family" to make him a student visa and not to interrupt his education. I negotiated with the school to make sure that his education would be held remotely for some time, etc. But, everything happened at the last moment. On December 23rd we left for the holidays, and the approval of the residence was received the day before the departure, i.e. on December 22nd. It is impossible to describe the emotions we experienced on that day.
So, actually, a new stage of our life has begun.
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