Nietos Law: what Spain’s measure is about so that more Argentines obtain citizenship

In fact, the consul general of Spain in Argentina, José María Ridaoassured: “For us it is a challenge that we try to respond to as quickly and effectively as possible. I do not call for resignation, but for the understanding of a very clear phenomenon.

“One thing is the recognition of the right, which all people who have a Spanish ancestor have, and another is thel exercise, application and logistical development of that file,” he asserted.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain reported that the new Grandchildren Law allows the children and grandchildren of people born in Spain and exiled during the Franco regime to acquire dual nationality directly, without the need to live in the country for a certain minimum period.

It is that previously Only children of Spanish citizens could apply for it.a situation that greatly limited access to it.

It also includes those people who have born outside Spain to a Spanish mother who has lost nationality due to having married a foreigner before December 29, 1978.

The same happens for the people of legal age who are children of a Spanish father or mother to those who have had their nationality of origin recognized by virtue of the right of option of Law 20/2022 (Democratic Memory Law) or with the Additional Provision 7 of Law 52/2007 (Historical Memory).

What is the required documentation

• Act of option for Spanish nationality: It is enabled on the website of the Spanish consulates in Argentina
• Birth certificate of Spanish parents: in case it is not recorded in the Civil Registry of the Consulate or in a Civil Registry. The document must be two years old and is obtained through the Spanish Ministry of Justice
• Applicant’s birth certificate: given by the Argentine Civil Registry, it will have to be legitimized by the Ministry of the Interior (Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the case of those born in CABA) and have the apostille of The Hague
• Parents’ marriage certificate: if there is no this document, you will have to show the birth certificate of the father or mother who does not have Spanish nationality
• Spanish passport or death certificate of the Spanish parent
• Argentine ID of the Spanish parent
• Argentine ID of the applicant

What are the requirements to obtain Spanish citizenship

• There is no age limit
• The applicants They will have two years to be granted citizenship. With a one-year extension for those who request it.
• Those who will be considered they lost their nationality for marrying foreigners before the 1978 Constitution.
• Be children and grandchildren of people born in Spain and exiled during the Franco regime.
• Be of legal age and being children of a Spanish father or mother to those who have had their nationality of origin recognized with the law of democratic or historical memory.
• Requirements for direct children of Spaniards
• People who have born before 9/1/1985father or mother with a birth outside of Spain and who have obtained nationality before the person was born;
• The citizen must have less than 21 yearsand the father or mother must have been born outside of Spanish territory and have Spanish nationality prior to the applicant being born,
• The applicant must be under 20 years oldand the father or mother was born outside of Spain and acquired Spanish nationality after the applicant was previously born at the age of 18.