Getting work permit in Barcelona

It is pre requisite that if someone decides to work in Barcelona, Spain it is mandatory that he/she should have a valid work contract from issuing authority. There are two types of work permit in Barcelona; and the first one of the category is cuenta ajena where the company offering the job will issue one contract and they will pay the amount for the social security. The second option for the work permit is cuenta propia. Here the person will be treated as an autonomous person and paying his/her security by his own expense. This kind of contract is also known as autonomo.

In most of the institutions of Spain, it is the permit of cuenta propia is the most deserved work permit for the employees. With the first type of contract it is the company who is providing the recruitment takes the cream out of it and in lieu of the social security payment , the candidate needs to settle in less amount of remuneration than the expectation or  lower than the  market standard.

But getting a work permit like cuenta propia is mostly impossible because issuance of this type of permit is beyond the policy of this place. The starter needs to start with a cuenta ajena contract and afterward can change it into the cuenta propia type.

To get this type of work permit one needs to follow some routine formalities and needs to go through some paper works.
The copy of the passport along with the visa
The application form for registration it is called solicitude
The present work-permit copy and relevant papers
A detailed application needs to be written stating the activity profile of the candidate and the relevance of the permit to the work profile.

One main factor need to remember that once a person gets a valid contract in hand with e social security payment contract by the company, after continuing for one year with the contract the candidate can apply for the autonomo type of permit.