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What Armenian citizens can and cannot use
Open, through an employer: the general residence and work permit procedure. It has no nationality condition, but the employer must meet one of the two tests described below: the occupation is hard to fill, or the employer shows that no local worker was found. For highly-qualified workers, the EU Blue Card is also open to any nationality.
Possible only as an exception: Spain's hiring-at-origin programme (GECCO), including its seasonal model. The 2026 order directs offers preferably to 20 listed countries, and Armenia is not one of them. The Directorate-General for Migration Management may authorise offers to other countries, so Armenia is not excluded, but such an offer needs that authorisation, and a named offer to a specific worker in a country without an agreement, such as Armenia, also needs a report explaining the exceptional circumstances.
Not allowed: a seasonal permit held by a temporary work agency. Spanish law does not let a temporary work agency hold a seasonal residence and work permit, so seasonal work in Spain has to be directly with the employer.
The general route: the employer must pass one of two tests
Under Spain's immigration regulation (Royal Decree 1155/2024, Article 75), the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) publishes a catalogue of hard-to-fill occupations every quarter. If an occupation is on that catalogue, the employer can apply for an initial residence and work permit for a worker who lives abroad.
The catalogue is short. The edition for the third quarter of 2026 lists 27 occupations: 18 merchant-navy occupations, 2 sports occupations (professional athletes and coaches) and 7 others valid in every province: metal, aluminium and PVC joiners and fitters (doors, windows), electricians and crane operators. It does not include farm work, general hotel and restaurant work, care work or general construction labour.
If an occupation is not on the catalogue, the employer can still hire from abroad by showing that it could not fill the post locally. It files the job offer with the public employment service for the area, which circulates it to job seekers for eight days and then issues a certificate if not enough suitable candidates came forward. The immigration office (Oficina de Extranjería) takes that certificate into account.
The first permit lasts at most one year and is normally limited to one region and one occupation. When renewed, it lasts four years and those limits no longer apply. Every step depends on a Spanish employer applying for you; a candidate cannot start this procedure alone.
Hiring at origin (GECCO): Armenia is not a priority country
Each year Spain's Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration adopts an order, known as GECCO, for the collective hiring of workers in their own countries. The 2026 order (Orden ISM/1547/2025) applies from 1 January to 31 December 2026. Each offer must cover at least ten jobs, and selection takes place in the workers' country before departure.
The order directs offers preferably to the countries that have migration agreements with Spain (Colombia, Ecuador, Morocco, Mauritania, Ukraine, Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala), and after them to twelve countries with other cooperation arrangements. Armenia is on neither list. The Directorate-General for Migration Management may authorise offers aimed at other countries. A named offer to a worker in a country without an agreement needs that office's prior authorisation and a report describing the exceptional circumstances; the lack of an agreement is not in itself an obstacle.
GECCO's seasonal (circular) model uses Spain's seasonal permit, which lasts four years and allows up to nine months of work in each calendar year. The worker returns home after each season, and the employer can call them back for the next one. Official figures show that 25,767 people took part in these programmes in 2025, from 17 countries and mostly in agriculture.
Selection through GECCO must be free for workers, and for seasonal hiring the employer organises the journeys and normally pays for them. For an Armenian candidate the practical point is simple: this route needs a Spanish employer willing to request, and obtain, an exception for Armenia.
Highly-qualified workers: the EU Blue Card
Spain's EU Blue Card is governed by Law 14/2013 rather than by the general regulation. It has no nationality list and no labour-market test. It requires a higher-education qualification of at least three years (or, where the law allows, equivalent professional experience), an employment contract or firm offer of highly qualified work for at least six months, and a salary above a threshold set by regulation, which changes over time.
What we do not have yet
We have no verified employer or agency in Spain, and there are no vacancies on this page. Every Spanish route for an Armenian candidate starts with a named employer, and we have not yet verified one.
For Spanish employers: if the occupation is on the current hard-to-fill catalogue, or you are prepared to run the labour-market test, send a workforce request with the occupation, region and timing. If you plan to use GECCO, tell us whether you already have authorisation to direct the offer to Armenia or intend to request it.
Verified vacancies in this country
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Job categories explained on this site
These pages describe each type of work in general. They are not a list of jobs open to Armenian citizens in this country: the sections above explain which routes are open and which are not.
- Factory and production roles explained
- Warehouse and distribution-centre work
- Construction sites and trade requirements
- Welding, fitting and trade qualifications
- Driver licences, Code 95 and haulage jobs
Questions about this country
Is Armenia part of Spain's GECCO programme?
Not as a priority country. The 2026 order names 20 countries it prefers, and Armenia is not among them. The Directorate-General for Migration Management may authorise offers to other countries, so it is not impossible, but it needs a Spanish employer to make such an offer and the authorities to approve it. Nobody can promise you a GECCO place from Armenia.
What is circular migration?
It is Spain's seasonal model: you work in Spain for part of the year, return home, and can come back the following season under the same permit. The permit lasts four years and allows up to nine months of work in each calendar year, and you commit to returning home after each season. Because Armenia is not a GECCO priority country, taking part through GECCO would need special authorisation.
Does my occupation have to be on an official list?
No, but it makes the employer's application simpler. If the occupation is on the quarterly hard-to-fill catalogue for that region, the employer can apply directly. If not, the employer must first advertise the job through the public employment service and show that not enough suitable local candidates came forward. The catalogue is short and reissued every quarter: in the third quarter of 2026 it listed 27 occupations, most of them at sea.
Armenian Workers is a private company. It is not part of any government, embassy or immigration authority and cannot influence permit or visa decisions. Last reviewed: 16 September 2026. Requirements may change. Always check the official source linked on the page.
