Employment and work for foreigners in Spain

Working as a foreigner: homologation and recognition of qualifications (including healthcare ones), training and employability programmes for migrants.

• Accreditation of work experience in Spain: get your skills officially recognised Accreditation of work experience in Spain: skills recognised without taking the course. Needs a valid residence permit, age 18 or 20 and experience.
• Care worker certificate Spain: free SSCS0108 and SSCS0208 courses and who can take them Care worker certificate Spain: SSCS0108 (home care, 600 h) and SSCS0208 (care homes, 450 h). Who can take them free, how to find one, arraigo rules.
• Cleaning certificate Spain: SSCM0108 course, hours and who can join Cleaning certificate Spain: SSCM0108 is level 1 and has 230 hours. Who can enrol for free, where to find it, and other cleaning certificates.
• SEPE appointment (cita previa): how to book it as a foreigner SEPE appointment (cita previa): book it online or by phone for unemployment benefit, not to register as a job seeker. What to bring with a NIE or TIE.
• COOPLAB Cádiz: free entrepreneurship programme for women, 18 places COOPLAB Cádiz: free entrepreneurship programme for women, September to December 2026, 18 places. Run by DISMOV with the Provincial Council of Cádiz.
• Forklift licence Spain: there is no official one, what counts and free courses Forklift licence Spain: there is no official one, the employer decides. What counts (COML0110, UNE 58451), who can join SEPE courses and where.
• Free courses for immigrants in Spain: by job, region and status Free courses for immigrants in Spain: run by the SEPE and each region, they require the right to work. A map by job, region and status.
• Free courses Madrid unemployed: who can join and how to apply Free courses Madrid unemployed people can take: who qualifies depending on your status, how to apply for a place and what aid exists.
• Free courses in Andalusia for unemployed people: who can join and where to look Free courses in Andalusia for unemployed people: who can enrol, how to register with the SAE, and how to search by province for in-person or online courses.
• Free LABORA courses Valencia: who can enrol and how to sign up Free LABORA courses Valencia: who can enrol (resident, temporary protection, asylum), how to add a course to your job-seeker record and where to search.
• Free SEPE courses Spain: who can enrol and how to find them Free SEPE courses Spain: you must be registered as a job seeker and, if you are not from the EU, have the right to work. Where to find the courses.
• Free courses in Spain without a residence permit: CEPA and NGOs Free courses Spain without residence permit: SEPE courses need the right to work. Open: adult education (CEPA), NGO programmes and arraigo training.
• Free SOC courses Catalonia: who can join and how to apply Free SOC courses Catalonia: subsidised except private certificates, for registered job seekers with the right to work. How to pre-enrol.
• Free hospitality courses Spain: kitchen, restaurant and bar Free hospitality courses Spain offers with a certificate: HOTR0108 (kitchen), HOTR0208 (restaurant and bar). Who can enrol, where to look, food handler card.
• Free care training in Cádiz: Cuidar con Futuro, 100 hours Free care course in Cádiz, Cuidar con Futuro: 100 hours (32 in person and 68 online), 30 places, diploma and job pool. Runs until December 2026.
• Healthcare qualification recognition in Spain: exams for non-EU specialists Theoretical-practical exams to recognise (homologate) non-EU healthcare specialist qualifications in Spain. A prior assessment report is required; up to 2 attempts.
• Register as a job seeker in Spain as a foreigner: NIE and work permit Register as a job seeker in Spain as a foreigner: you need a NIE and the right to work. It is free and opens guidance, job offers and free courses.
• Unemployment benefit in Spain for foreigners: who qualifies, how long and how much in 2026 Unemployment benefit in Spain for foreigners: 360 days of contributions, losing your job without quitting, a valid permit. Duration, 2026 amounts.
• SARA programme (CONVIVE Fundación CEPAIM): employment pathway for migrant women SARA programme by CEPAIM, funded by the Instituto de las Mujeres: an employment pathway for migrant women aged 16+. 2026 centres and how to check conditions.
• Real Decreto 325/2026: minimum training requirements for the recognition of EU healthcare qualifications (nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine) Spain updates the minimum training requirements for automatic recognition of EU qualifications in nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine (RD 325/2026).
• Regulation (EU) 2026/1047 establishing an EU Talent Pool The EU creates the Talent Pool: a platform matching workers from outside the EU with shortage-occupation jobs. Each member state joins voluntarily.

General information, not individual legal advice. Check the official source and consult a professional for your case.