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by liksah » Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:21 am
You will certainly be able to look for a job and find work. I'm not 100% sure about the legality of starting to work (most likely your employer will wait for the residence card to come through..) while your residence card is under process. However, spouses of european citizens exercising free movement have the right to work just like their EU spouses.
My research so far says that in Germany the residence card takes just about a week or two to process whereas in Spain it can take up to 6 months. Just anecdotal stuff from google searches but the data seems to match up with what the immigration departments specify.