Emigrate to Spain: these are the surnames that will help you get citizenship in 2025

More and more Argentines are choosing to look for new opportunities in other countries or at least get informed to take them into account in the future. The most common thing is to opt for the possibility of Italian citizenship as long as there is ancestry that makes it possible, but also There is the possibility of looking at Spain.

And this country released important information about the possibility of obtaining legal documentation to live and work there, or at least speed up the process at the embassy. To be able to access this benefit you must carry a surname from the list provided by the authorities, that have Spanish origin and would make this situation possible.

Emigrate: list of surnames with which it will be easier to obtain Spanish citizenship

Spanish surnames abound in Argentina. In most provinces, both González, Gómez and Díaz, among others, are the most repeated, but those who have the benefit of speeding up the procedures for obtaining citizenship are not those three, but the following:

In any case, not everyone ensures that the applicant can obtain citizenship.

How to obtain Spanish citizenship: the four possible ways

However, there are 4 ways to obtain this documentation. First of all, you can access the Nationality by Residencewhich consists of living continuously for 10 years through a naturalization process. On the other hand, there is the Nationality by Marriage which is obtained by living together for a year and marrying a Spanish citizen.

Third, the call Nationality by choice and people who are or have been under the parental authority of a Spaniard or people whose father or mother are Spanish by origin can obtain it. Lastly, there is the nationality by descentfor the children of Spaniards, but also, with the new grandson laws, they can also obtain it descendants of exiles during the Civil War and the Franco dictatorship.

Emigrate to Spain: the requirements to obtain citizenship through the Democratic Memory Law

The main thing is to present the form at the Consulate corresponding to your place of residence. Additionally, applicants must approve the exile status of an immediate family member. For this the following documents are necessary:

• Documentation that proves having been a beneficiary of the pensions that the Spanish Administration granted to exiles.
• Documentation issued by the United Nations International Refugee Office and by the Refugee Offices of the host countries that assisted the Spanish refugees and their families.
• Certifications or reports provided by political parties, unions or other entities recognized by the Spanish authorities or the host country of the exiles.

But these documents must also be presented along with one of these certifications:

• Passport
• Certification of registration registration from the Spanish Consulate.
• Certifications from the Consular Civil Registry that demonstrate residence in the host country