LisaPizza

Hey,

We are wanting to move to Spain this year. My hubby is a HGV technician (truck mechanic). Does anyone know if there would be work available for him in the Torrevieja kind of area? Also I don't know how taxes will work with what I do. I do typing work from home at the moment, currently doing subtitles for an online company. I am also in the process of getting a TEFL qualification and will be teaching online for this too so this kind of job I can do anywhere in the world as long as I have access to the internet so I was just planning to continue doing this in Spain. I would have to register as self employed then wouldn't I?

Thanks all x

spainrico

Lots of useful info here

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-i...rking-in-spain

bfg69bug

Addressing the first question:

I would imagine that finding work as a uk qualified english speaking hgv mechanic would be almost impossible.

LisaPizza

chrisjolly

Hi Lisa, a good idea to write to the forum but advice about work is always difficult to answer as there are many Spanish unemployed already. Finding work for anyone is difficult but some people manage it. Very often it is a case of being here and knowing someone so I would advise you to come and rent for a month or so to see how you get on. Once you have work then you can discover the wonders of the Spanish system for self employed but there are many TEFL teachers here already. Good luck.

Ronnyone

To work in torrevieja in this line of work would require fluent Spanish.How could it be done without it? TEFL teaching online is a possibility but I don't think it would provide an income plus you would need to be automino which means a minimum monthly payment of aprox. 270 euros . Working is spain is hard. 40 hours a week is what most people do just to survive. There are few benefits compared to UK. Unemployment in and around Torrevieja is very high even with Spanish so be careful if you think that finding work will be easy.