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See below an updated version of this document. Our thanks to our Spanish nationality team for all their painstaking hard work.
Please note that we do not give legal advice; we try to share accurate information about administrative procedures affecting Britons in Spain. If you have any experiences which contradict anything written here, please write to us at eurocitizens2016@gmail.com.
Information
(available in Spanish languages and English):
https://www.mjusticia.gob.es/cs/Satellite/Portal/es/ciudadanos/tramites-gestiones-personales/nacionalidad-residencia
*Exemptions
for over 70s
· No such exemption
exists (except for Sephardic Jews), but older applicants who feel they are not
in a condition to take an exam could apply to their doctor for a certificate to
this effect, in e.g. cases of impaired memory.
**Translation
of documents
· Police disclosure and birth
certificates must be translated by a sworn translator (traductor jurado) and
accompanied by the corresponding ‘apostilles’ (see ‘Legalisation of documents’
below). The apostilles do not need to be translated.
· Marriage certificate
(if not in Spanish) must also be translated by a sworn translator.
· Cost €35-€60 approx. (IVA inc.) for each document.
The translator may need a colour scan of any documents to be translated.
***Legalisation
of documents
· UK police disclosure
and birth certificates must be legalised through the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office in London, which attaches an ‘apostille’
certifying their authenticity. This means sending originals through the post or
by courier.
· Allow up to 14 days for
them to be sent back (although the website says 2 days…).
· Cost £30 GBP per
document plus £15 GBP if you want them sent back by courier = £75-£90 GBP.
****Requirements
for Police Disclosure Certificate
National Criminal Records Office
Have everything ready
before you start filling in the document as you cannot save it.
· Last address in the UK (with post code)
· Address history for the past 10 years.
· National Insurance number.
· Name, phone number and email of a guarantor (someone
who has known you for at least 2 years)
You need to scan and
attach (NB: no doc can be more than 2 MB)
· Proof of current
address (e.g. utility bill)
· Recent passport style
photo
· Colour copy of passport
(just the information pages, not the whole passport)
Cost: Standard - £45 GBP, Premium - £80 GBP+ postage / courier charge
Disclosure Scotland
· Address details for the past 5
years
· National
Insurance number (if you have one)
· Passport
number (if you have a passport – it can be from any country)
· Driving license
number, for either a full or provisional license (if you have a license).
[If your license
is Spanish, better not to mention it because the system doesn't understand
Spanish numbers!]
· Non-UK identity card number
(if you have one)
Cost: £25 GBP + postage / courier charge
To retrieve a lost NI number:
Presenting documents
a) Online
·
Follow instructions given
here according to whether you have an electronic signature or not:https://sede.mjusticia.gob.es/cs/Satellite/Sede/es/tramites/nacionalidad-espanola
·
Then go to this link
for detailed instructions: https://www.mjusticia.gob.es/cs/Satellite/Portal/es/ciudadanos/tramites-gestiones-personales/nacionalidad-residencia?param1=3
b) In person
·
Follow this link for
detailed instructions: https://www.mjusticia.gob.es/cs/Satellite/Portal/es/ciudadanos/tramites-gestiones-personales/nacionalidad-residencia?param1=1
·
This link will show the
nearest Oficina de Registro Administrativo to present your application:https://administracion.gob.es/pag_Home/atencionCiudadana/encuentraTuOficina/OficinasRegistro.html#.Xacz-vZuLIU
