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Special Work Permit after Long Residence

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

In the original 1992 text, the special permit was a type of work permit for employment by another (cuenta ajena). Ley 6/1999 modified article 19, and the amended article lists the employee permits as A, B Initial, B Renewed and C, with no special permit; the 2023 budget fee table lists agricultural, A, B Initial, B Renewed, C, permanent, own-account and informal permits, also with no special permit.

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Limits of the record
  • Whether any later class (e.g. the permanent permit in the 2023 fee table) replaced it is not stated in the captured sources.
  • The captured text is Ley 6/1992 as amended by Ley 6/1999 (Boletín compilation hosted by the ILO); whether these provisions remain in force under current labour legislation is not shown in the captured sources.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

Under the original 1992 text, employee (cuenta ajena) work permits, which then included the special permit, were granted on a prior job offer matched with the corresponding demand at the Employment Office of the locality where the employer resides or where the worker will provide services.

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Limits of the record
  • The special permit appears only in the original 1992 article 19; Ley 6/1999 rewrote article 19 and its permit list does not include it (evidence in this via's R1 answer), so this is not shown to be a current route.
  • The captured text is Ley 6/1992 as amended by Ley 6/1999 (Boletín compilation hosted by the ILO); whether these provisions remain in force under current labour legislation is not shown in the captured sources.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

Under the original 1992 text, the special permit was granted only to foreigners who had been working in Equatorial Guinea for more than ten consecutive years.

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Limits of the record
  • The special permit appears only in the original 1992 article 19; Ley 6/1999 rewrote article 19 and its permit list does not include it (evidence in this via's R1 answer), so this is not shown to be a current route.
  • The captured text is Ley 6/1992 as amended by Ley 6/1999 (Boletín compilation hosted by the ILO); whether these provisions remain in force under current labour legislation is not shown in the captured sources.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Under the original 1992 text, the special permit was individual and valid in any workplace.

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Limits of the record
  • The special permit appears only in the original 1992 article 19; Ley 6/1999 rewrote article 19 and its permit list does not include it (evidence in this via's R1 answer), so this is not shown to be a current route.
  • The captured text is Ley 6/1992 as amended by Ley 6/1999 (Boletín compilation hosted by the ILO); whether these provisions remain in force under current labour legislation is not shown in the captured sources.
  • The captured sources do not state the family position.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Under the original 1992 text, the special permit was valid for two years and renewable.

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Limits of the record
  • The special permit appears only in the original 1992 article 19; Ley 6/1999 rewrote article 19 and its permit list does not include it (evidence in this via's R1 answer), so this is not shown to be a current route.
  • The captured text is Ley 6/1992 as amended by Ley 6/1999 (Boletín compilation hosted by the ILO); whether these provisions remain in force under current labour legislation is not shown in the captured sources.
  • No longer-term residence direction is stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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