Four Month Visit in Spain from US for Research

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This visa seems to require being hosted by a local institution. Even before coming to specific documentary requirements, the website you found is quite explicit about that:

Visa to engage in training, research, development and innovation activities at public or private entities in the following cases:

  • Research staff referred to in article 13 and additional provision one of Act 14/2011 of 1 June on Science, Technology and Innovation.
  • Scientific and technical staff carrying out scientific research, development and technological innovation work at business entities or R&D&i centres established in Spain.
  • Researchers hosted, in the framework of an agreement, by public or private research bodies.
  • Teaching staff hired by universities, higher education and research bodies or centres, or business schools established in Spain.

Article 13 is broad but mostly covers research staff at Spanish universities and research institutions, the rest of the list extends the scope a little bit but only to researchers with some sort of link to a Spanish entity. This is quite typical, the visa is not designed to help (independent) researchers or let anybody engage in research, it's designed to support the needs of Spanish institutions.

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