# Part A: Right to work

> The legal routes that let you work as an autónomo, how to renew them, and where to get free legal help.

- Page: https://autonomo.eus/parts/a

## Pages in this part

1. [Check your right to work](https://autonomo.eus/steps/right-to-work.md): Find the legal basis that lets you work as an autónomo in Spain, and the page that explains your route.
2. [Register as an EU citizen](https://autonomo.eus/steps/eu-citizen.md): How EU, EEA and Swiss citizens staying more than 3 months get the EU registration certificate, which shows their NIE.
3. [Get a family residence card](https://autonomo.eus/steps/family-card.md): Spouses, registered partners and some other relatives of EU or Spanish citizens can apply for a residence card that allows work as an autónomo.
4. [Apply from abroad as a non-EU citizen](https://autonomo.eus/steps/apply-from-abroad.md): Compare the three permits that let a non-EU citizen living abroad move to Spain and work as an autónomo, and see where to apply.
5. [Change your status from inside Spain](https://autonomo.eus/steps/change-status.md): Three routes to a permit that lets a non-EU citizen already living in Spain work as an autónomo.
6. [Work under international or temporary protection](https://autonomo.eus/steps/protection.md): When asylum applicants and people under EU temporary protection can work as autónomos in Spain.
7. [Get free legal help](https://autonomo.eus/steps/legal-help.md): Where to get free legal advice on immigration in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa before you apply for a permit.
8. [Renew your residence permit as an autónomo](https://autonomo.eus/steps/renew-permit.md): How a non-EU autónomo renews a residence and work permit: the 2-month window, form EX-07, the two fees, Mercurio, and the new 4-year permit.

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