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By July 2017 the government of Spain had registered about 4,300 applicants who had begun the process, and about 1,000 had signed before a notary public and filed their documents officially. A hundred, from various countries, had been granted citizenship, with another 400 expected within weeks.
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. [1] The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations excludes citizenship that is automatically acquired (e.g. at birth) or is acquired by declaration.
Marriage in Spain may be contracted via the religious or civil authorities. Minors may not marry unless they are emancipated minors. Both foreigners and Spanish citizens may marry in Spain. [1] Same-sex marriage in Spain has been recognized since 3 July 2005. [2]
As of 2024, there were 9,193,988 foreign-born people in Spain, making up to 18.78% of the population, including 5,308,314 (11.14%) born in a non-European country. Of these 6,735,487 (13.76%) did not have Spanish citizenship. [4] This makes Spain the 4th country in Europe by immigration numbers and the 10th worldwide.
Jus sanguinis (English: / dʒ ʌ s ˈ s æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n ɪ s / juss SANG-gwin-iss [1] or / j uː s-/ yooss -, [2] Latin: [juːs ˈsaŋɡwɪnɪs]), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents.
Many countries (United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Canada) allow citizenship by marriage only if the foreign spouse is a permanent resident of the country in which citizenship is sought; others (Switzerland, Luxembourg) allow foreign spouses of expatriate citizens to obtain citizenship after a certain period of marriage, and sometimes also ...
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Some countries have regulations against so-called sham marriages (e.g., the US), and some revoke the spouse's citizenship if the marriage terminates within a specified time (e.g., Algeria). Citizenship by naturalization. Citizenship by adoption. A minor adopted from another country when at least one adoptive parent is a citizen. [10]