Necessary documentation to start the process.
- Application Form
- Proof of payment of the fee.
- Birth certificate from the country of origin, duly legalized and translated, if applicable, unless the applicant proves his refugee or stateless unless the interested party proves his/her refugee or stateless status.
4. Complete and valid passport from the country of origin.
5. Documentation regarding the degree of integration into Spanish society.
6. Criminal record certificate from their country of origin, translated and legalized, in accordance with existing international conventions.
*Marriage certificate from the country of celebration, in case of married persons, duly translated and legalized.
*In the case of legally emancipated minors, public deed of emancipation or order of the judge in charge of the civil registry.
a. Open. Registered. This means that the file was submitted without any IT issues. However, absolutely nothing has been assessed in the file.
b. Open. In process: Required. This indicates that the Administration needs some type of documentation that in its opinion is necessary to be able to give a resolution. The requirement may be to the interested party or to another area of the Administration.
c. Open. In process: In requirement. The Administration is already analyzing the documentation that was requested in the previous phase.
d. Open - Null. Thisis a status we are seeing in recent weeks. In the case of Legalteam applications, these are files that are already granted but pending signature and notification to the applicant. In our experience, they do not usually take many days in this state. We have even seen files in this status in the morning and within a few hours we receive the resolution in the Citizen Folder. It should be taken into account that since we are present as representatives in the procedure, we are notified.
EYE* Will there be any exemption in terms of passing the exam to obtain the diploma of Spanish as a foreign language?
Yes, those who have previously obtained a diploma in Spanish as a foreign language of at least A2 level, as well as nationals of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela will be exempted from the test.
Granted
In this case:
- Nationality has been granted
- The corresponding resolution of concession must be received
Once we have received the resolution, we have 180 days to make the corresponding oath of Spanish nationality Spanish nationality in the Civil Registry of our domicile.
Denied
We must also receive the denial resolution through the means indicated in the request.
NOTE*.Once notified of the same, we have several deadlines to lodge either the appeal for reconsideration or go to court and file a contentious-administrative appeal. contentious-administrative appeal.
Archived When the administration has made a request for documentation and we have not provided it. It is understood that we have abandoned our application, since we have not corrected the error in our file.
As the case may be:
Contentious-administrative appeal.
