I am seeking some advice on a move to Madrid that my mother and I are considering.

First let me briefly explain our situation, I am 22 currently enrolled in college full time as well as working full time. My mother is a instructor at University of Houston.We both have had plans for sometime, that would would eventually end up in Europe. After an event like Hurrican Rita (which we were lucky enough to get a flight to Cali to escape) we really started to consider what was important to us, especially in respect to life goals etc (yes I know this sounds cliched).

We came to the conclusion "what are we waiting for?". Nothing is tying us to Houston, and it would certainly be easier for us both to be there and able to support each other than to go separately.

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Now to the Logistics (and where we need advice)
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1) What would you guys recommend for finding jobs in Madrid (our friends are going to help us on this but, we need all the help we can get)

My mother is a college instructor with almost 30 years of teaching experience in the Early Childhood Education Field.

I work in the IT support/management field ,I have an associate degree, working on the B.S. (I have a good relationship with my Department Head and he would most likely to let me do a mixture of online courses and independant study to finish up)

2) Best Options for Getting Visa:

I know my mother would need a Work Visa and she would need a job offer from a University/School or other company there to get a visa.

I would love to go on a work visa aswell if I could find a job aswell (since the student visa does not allow you to work and they are only for 6 months)

What would be your advice/tips for this process.



Any other advice you guys can think of would be appreciated. At this point we would like to make the move sometime next summer (giving us 9 months or so to get prepared)


Thanks for any help!