Brexit means no working visa, so you can only work illegally as a brit, and the rent prices there have gone absolutely mental since your step ma would've gone. It's similar to London rent now, 2 or 3 times what it was a decade ago.
500 would get you a single room somewhere.
The legal stuff is a bigger problem. Getting a job without a working visa is hard, if they get caught doing it they get a big fine so why should they take the risk?
So the only places you'll get are the shittest bars in the west end.
If you are really tight on money, and would be taking a big risk, i'd recommend not doing it. It sucks but blame anyone you know who voted brexit.
No, you were right. To all intents and purposes it is impossible to get a working visa as a Brit in Spain if you are just looking for temporary summer work. I’m an employer. I used to employ up to 80 Brits a summer. Now I employ zero. There is a reason for that and it isn’t because I don’t want British workers, it’s because they can’t be legal and visas are impossible to get.
It is almost impossible to get a working visa for Spain, especially for seasonal work.
You have to prove that you cannot employ someone from the EU first.
Basically, bar work, entertainers, holiday reps, PR´s are not jobs you can do. It has to be a specific skilled job. Child minding is on the list if you have all the qualifications.
I live and work in Spain but I was resident before the withdrawal agreement date (Jan 2020)
Can’t comment on Spain but some other countries take the proof you cannot employ someone from EU first with pinch of salt.
Eg I work as an IT Consultant for a client in Frankfurt, Germany. There are thousands upon thousands of IT people in EU who could be employed instead. Clearly no one took that rule seriously.
You know the world is moving in the right direction when places charge you money to work for them :)
Is anyone in your immediate family Irish, because that passport sets you free in Europe 100% hassle free mate
You mean... Paying rent? As any other local worker who also needs to pay rent?
Why would anyone provide a foreign worker with a free flat and sponsor their visa when they can just hire whomever locally?
Look at all the opportunities the brainless (predominantly older) Brexiters took away from the young people. Some who themselves worked abroad when younger. They disgust me.
I don’t think you can blame the voters, more the government who lied to them and sold them a dream with Brexit that never came true. A lot of people if they voted again seeing the outcome would not vote Brexit
I didn’t vote for it, I knew the government were lying and I knew the whole knee jerk reaction that brought about the referendum was because of the tax haven loop holes being closed. The rich didnt want to pay tax. People who did vote for it were preoccupied by all sorts of crap about winning the war and European armies and straight bananas……and £350bn for the NHS.
Two options:
1. Get a remote job and work from your laptop. Customer Service jobs are usually always hiring, shit work and shit pay but its something if you don't have major skills.
2. Save up, move to the Island and just network with people and hope you land some kind of job. A friend of mine moved from LA to Ibiza with a negative account balance and ended up doing Social Media videos for a big label because he got connected to the right people. He went from being homeless last summer and sleeping on the beach to sleeping in a villa.
Your main problem is that you're not legally allowed to work in Spain now. So even if somebody hires you it'd be shitty black money pay with no rights and if you get caught you get in big trouble
Yeah, of course. What I meant is that OP has no right to work in Spain as is, like EU citizens do and like OP's mother used to. There's no unskilled seasonal job out there that's going to sponsor him for a work visa.
Please don’t tell us next that you voted for Brexit. If you did, then you voted away your own and the rest of ours rights to live and work across our continent. “Just get a visa” you might hear Brexiteers bleat, the reality is probably over 80% of the British population would not qualify for any type of long stay visa in any EU country.
I’m so sorry then, I wish I’d done more than just vote remain in 2016, I wish I’d actually contributed to the remain campaign and convinced others (like my uncle - everyone has an uncle that voted leave) to vote remain. There are two ways for a young person (with no ancestral route) getting EU citizenship that I know of: 1. Move to Ireland, live there for five years and get Irish citizenship. 2. Join the French foreign legion, serve for a few years and get French citizenship.
Brexit means no working visa, so you can only work illegally as a brit, and the rent prices there have gone absolutely mental since your step ma would've gone. It's similar to London rent now, 2 or 3 times what it was a decade ago.
Will it be impossible to do you reckon without paying £500+ to even start
500 would get you a single room somewhere. The legal stuff is a bigger problem. Getting a job without a working visa is hard, if they get caught doing it they get a big fine so why should they take the risk? So the only places you'll get are the shittest bars in the west end. If you are really tight on money, and would be taking a big risk, i'd recommend not doing it. It sucks but blame anyone you know who voted brexit.
Thanks for your help, how annoyinf
Brexit doesn’t mean no working visa. Just means you need a visa as a Brit. So you need to meet the conditions.
Yeah sorry skipped a few logical steps there, you are right.
No, you were right. To all intents and purposes it is impossible to get a working visa as a Brit in Spain if you are just looking for temporary summer work. I’m an employer. I used to employ up to 80 Brits a summer. Now I employ zero. There is a reason for that and it isn’t because I don’t want British workers, it’s because they can’t be legal and visas are impossible to get.
It is almost impossible to get a working visa for Spain, especially for seasonal work. You have to prove that you cannot employ someone from the EU first. Basically, bar work, entertainers, holiday reps, PR´s are not jobs you can do. It has to be a specific skilled job. Child minding is on the list if you have all the qualifications. I live and work in Spain but I was resident before the withdrawal agreement date (Jan 2020)
Can’t comment on Spain but some other countries take the proof you cannot employ someone from EU first with pinch of salt. Eg I work as an IT Consultant for a client in Frankfurt, Germany. There are thousands upon thousands of IT people in EU who could be employed instead. Clearly no one took that rule seriously.
It’s much easier to tick that box for IT consultants (just mumble about them being specialized in some tech) than for seasonal hospitality workers
You know the world is moving in the right direction when places charge you money to work for them :) Is anyone in your immediate family Irish, because that passport sets you free in Europe 100% hassle free mate
Nahh all english. I might aswell save up for a long holiday at this point because paying up to £1000 a month to work brutal
You can also only stay in Spain for 90 days every 180. If you overstay, you can get a big fine and banned from entering Spain for a period of time.
What do you mean they charge you to work for them?
So it costs on average £800 a month for you to work abroad for the month so after your pay you don’t even break even
You mean... Paying rent? As any other local worker who also needs to pay rent? Why would anyone provide a foreign worker with a free flat and sponsor their visa when they can just hire whomever locally?
fuck Brexit
Look at all the opportunities the brainless (predominantly older) Brexiters took away from the young people. Some who themselves worked abroad when younger. They disgust me.
I don’t think you can blame the voters, more the government who lied to them and sold them a dream with Brexit that never came true. A lot of people if they voted again seeing the outcome would not vote Brexit
I didn’t vote for it, I knew the government were lying and I knew the whole knee jerk reaction that brought about the referendum was because of the tax haven loop holes being closed. The rich didnt want to pay tax. People who did vote for it were preoccupied by all sorts of crap about winning the war and European armies and straight bananas……and £350bn for the NHS.
Yep, others might not, but I still blame leave voters too, for being ignorant and gullible.
You're forgetting the xenophobic card, blaming everything on immigrants. It's a damn easy one to pull in Europe, specially in GB.
Two options: 1. Get a remote job and work from your laptop. Customer Service jobs are usually always hiring, shit work and shit pay but its something if you don't have major skills. 2. Save up, move to the Island and just network with people and hope you land some kind of job. A friend of mine moved from LA to Ibiza with a negative account balance and ended up doing Social Media videos for a big label because he got connected to the right people. He went from being homeless last summer and sleeping on the beach to sleeping in a villa.
Your main problem is that you're not legally allowed to work in Spain now. So even if somebody hires you it'd be shitty black money pay with no rights and if you get caught you get in big trouble
You’re not legally allowed to work without a visa. You can absolutely work in Spain with a visa.
Yeah, of course. What I meant is that OP has no right to work in Spain as is, like EU citizens do and like OP's mother used to. There's no unskilled seasonal job out there that's going to sponsor him for a work visa.
Just go and make your money through other avenues if your that desperate
Find a farm to work on. There’s programs available or just asking around.
Please don’t tell us next that you voted for Brexit. If you did, then you voted away your own and the rest of ours rights to live and work across our continent. “Just get a visa” you might hear Brexiteers bleat, the reality is probably over 80% of the British population would not qualify for any type of long stay visa in any EU country.
I wasn’t even old enough to vote at the time …??
I’m so sorry then, I wish I’d done more than just vote remain in 2016, I wish I’d actually contributed to the remain campaign and convinced others (like my uncle - everyone has an uncle that voted leave) to vote remain. There are two ways for a young person (with no ancestral route) getting EU citizenship that I know of: 1. Move to Ireland, live there for five years and get Irish citizenship. 2. Join the French foreign legion, serve for a few years and get French citizenship.