The language is sad and the application threshold is high, so Spanish students find it difficult to renew their contracts.

According to the Spanish newspaper Ou Hua, the relationship between China and Spain in terms of state relations, politics, economic and trade exchanges and cultural exchanges is at its best in history. During the exchange of high-level visits between the two governments, it was repeatedly emphasized that "Spain is China's best partner in the EU". In fact, the interaction and communication between China and the West is indeed becoming more and more frequent, which is particularly evident in the annual Spring Festival series activities. Representatives from various departments of the Spanish government often attend, participate in and help promote and spread China culture. In addition, the number of China students studying in Spain has increased from less than 1000 two years ago to 5,000 now, a fivefold increase.

Various phenomena from top to bottom show that Spain has always maintained an open, respectful and tolerant attitude towards the cultures of China and China. However, Spain's gradually tightening immigration policy has not changed because of the friendly attitude of the government and the people. More and more China students find it increasingly difficult to renew their residence.

Moved to Madrid "completely annihilated"

In 2008, Xiao Wang, an international student, and a dozen students from all over the country came to Spain through the study agent in Beijing to study in a university in the southern city of Spain. Most of them have completed their university studies and obtained their bachelor's degrees in China. They came to Spain to study for a master's degree. However, considering the difficulty of the master's course and the high requirements for Spanish, they still applied for the undergraduate course. 20 10, 1 1 After studying for more than a year, Xiao Wang and five other students decided to move to Madrid and apply for a master's degree. After all, Madrid is the capital of Spain and the economic and cultural center. There will be more employment opportunities after graduation. But as a result, the residence applications of six students, including Xiao Wang, were all rejected. At present, they have jointly hired lawyers to appeal, but it is not optimistic whether they will be approved in the end. Moreover, the efficiency of government departments has been very low, and time delay is also helpless.

Their applications were rejected for different reasons. After investigation and analysis, the main reason is that they did not complete their undergraduate studies in Spain. However, as early as 2008, Chinese and Western academic qualifications have been mutually recognized, so it is reasonable to apply for a Spanish master's degree with a university degree from China. But in fact, when they first arrived in Spain, they applied for an undergraduate course. The reason why they didn't apply for a master's degree directly was to strengthen their language, which was not reflected in the written materials. Obviously, in the process of implementing policies and guidelines, there are still many conflicts and contradictions in details. China students who apply for schools across regions or jump from undergraduate to master's degree should be fully aware of this. There are differences between applicants and examiners in understanding the policy of mutual recognition of academic qualifications. When preparing the application materials, it is much better to attach a statement of the situation and submit it in writing than to appeal after the application is rejected and explain the reasons. I believe that with the emergence of more and more such problems, government departments will make corresponding adjustments.

? The threshold for student residence extension has been raised.

It is rare for the above-mentioned overseas students from China to be refused residence renewal at the same time, but there are also many cases in which China students studying in Madrid are refused residence renewal.

Xiao Li, an international student, studies in a language school in Madrid. Because the economic conditions at home are not very good, she has to do odd jobs to make ends meet. Therefore, Xiao Li started to work in Baiyuan Store in the second month after coming to Spain. Unexpectedly, the student was rejected when he changed his residence in the second year, because his bank deposit certificate showed that he had a fixed income every month, and he was suspected of working illegally and was rejected.

Xiao Zhang, an international student, had already completed his master's degree in Madrid, but he never found a suitable job, so he applied for a language school and prepared to use this time to continue looking for job opportunities. As a result, his application was rejected.

Although it is a bit unusual to go back to study languages after obtaining a master's degree in Spain, if this method of applying for residence was approved two or three years ago, it can be seen that the threshold for students to continue their residence is indeed gradually increasing. In addition, the examination and approval of student residence conflicts with the Spanish education system. Students who usually stay for one year need to complete nine months of study in the previous year. However, if the foreign student submits an application for change of residence in May, the actual class time will be less than nine months due to the holiday of growing up for more than three months, and the examination and approval department can only refuse the application on this ground. For the vast number of international students in China, there is no way to choose the time to change their residence. If they are lucky enough to change their residence after completing 9 months of study, the chances of successful renewal will be greatly increased.

Of course, apart from the higher requirements of the examination and approval department and stricter examination of students' residence application materials, there are also many problems for overseas students in China.

In order to prolong the students' stay, Ma Xiao, an international student, bought a fake school certificate through the introduction of her roommate. As a result, the police found that Ma Xiao was criminally prosecuted for allegedly forging and using official documents. It is unknown whether he can get it back in one piece, let alone continue to study in Spain as a student. There are still quite a few foreign students who have to spend a lot of time and energy to work because of their daily needs, which leads to poor academic performance, and even voluntarily give up their studies because they can't adapt to the learning environment and can't keep up with the progress of the course. With the increase of the number of international students, these problems are exposed more and more, and the threshold for renewing students' residence is gradually raised. It is increasingly difficult for students to approve their residence.

Education Investment and Consumption of Studying Abroad

For many parents of foreign students who are still in China, the original intention of sending their children abroad is to hope that their children can get a better education, broaden their horizons, accumulate knowledge and lay a good foundation for future employment. They are even willing to spend their life savings to let their children go abroad for further study. They regard studying abroad as an educational investment, and their only wish is that their children can achieve something. In fact, for many international students, this so-called education investment has finally become a kind of study abroad consumption.

Xiao Ye, an international student, said, "Every time I update my student's residence, I feel depressed. The hard-earned money has already paid the tuition, and I am afraid of being rejected. I don't feel bad about spending money on shopping. At least I can wear clothes, but I can't even touch the tuition I paid. Just work hard for another year, and a large part of my salary will eventually flow into the pocket of the school. "

A considerable number of international students will have similar feelings, especially those who have to buy other supporting materials to continue their stay in addition to paying tuition fees. This has become a continuous fixed consumption, and the result of consumption is nothing, and once it falls into this vicious circle, it will be impossible to extricate itself.

Even in the world, studying abroad as an educational product, China people are the largest consumer group. Education investment with good intentions eventually becomes an invalid consumption. In this process, many Spanish students studying in China are trapped in it, and everyone feels sorry for it.

Of course, the above examples do not represent the whole picture of students studying in China. Many of them are still committed to their research and have achieved success. There are also many China students who have returned to China to start businesses or stay in Spain for employment. Although the Spanish government has raised the threshold for the examination and approval of students' residence, it is increasingly difficult for students to continue their residence. However, I believe that with the recovery of Spanish economy, the continuous development of relations between the two countries and the improvement of the overall quality of international students, China international students will certainly get more opportunities and a stage to display their talents.