Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:16 am-
Hi! I'm here living with my UK boyfriend in Barcelona. I'm sorry to say, but there is no actual way of you getting a NIF/NIE number in Spain. The governments of Spain and Canada do not have any sort of agreement for working visas and without a EU passport you will be unable to receive a working number. However, I've been here for the past 7 months (obviously overstaying my tourist visa) and working under the table. I hear that some bars and clubs will hire servers under the table, but I know that a lot of them are quite nervous about doing so. I teach English here in BArcelona and I go into people's homes and offices and give private lessons through an agency in the city. I'm not too sure about the demand in the Canary's but you might be able to do something like this. Also, some families like to hire English speaking baby-sitters to take care of their children for a few hours each day and speak English to them. Check out the website "loquo" for some job opportunities. Hope you have a good move to the Canary Islands.