- Program ended not set 2025-10-22
- Application fee (USD) 112 not set
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Spanish Citizenship by Democratic Memory Law
Discontinued
Dual citizenship
EU
Spain · Ley de Memoria Democrática — Nacionalidad Española · Citizenship by Descent · processing 180-730 days
Minimum cost
—
Timeline
180-730 days
processing
Visa-free access
186
passport rank #3
Dual citizenship
Allowed
Path to citizenship
- Apply180-730 days
- Citizenshipgranted
Overview
- Country
- Spain
- Program
- Spanish Citizenship by Democratic Memory Law
- Local name
- Ley de Memoria Democrática — Nacionalidad Española
- Type
- Citizenship by Descent
- Status
- Discontinued (ended Oct 22, 2025)
- Processing time
- 180-730 days
- Dual citizenship
- Allowed
- Visa-free countries
- 186 destinations
- Passport rank
- #3 (Henley Index)
Time-limited option to Spanish nationality under the eighth additional provision of Law 20/2022. Eligible categories included certain foreign-born children or grandchildren of originally Spanish people who lost or renounced nationality after exile, children born abroad to Spanish women who lost nationality through marriage before the 1978 Constitution, and certain adult children of people who acquired Spanish nationality under earlier memory laws. The application window closed on October 22, 2025; timely requests continue to be processed.
Fees and costs
- Passport fee
- $32
Eligibility and requirements
- Police clearance not required
- Medical exam not required
- Oath required
Ancestry requirements
- Generational limit
- 2 generation(s)
- Ancestor citizenship
- Must have been citizen
- Application deadline
- Oct 22, 2025
Passport and mobility
- Passport rank
- #3 (Henley Index)
- Visa-free access
- 186 countries
- Passport validity
- 10 years
- EU citizenship
- Yes
- Schengen access
- Yes
- US E-2 treaty
- Yes — eligible for US investor visa
How to apply
- Method
- Consulate
- Apply from abroad
- Yes
- Application type
- Deadline
- Official website
- www.boe.es
- Legal basis
- Law 20/2022, Ley de Memoria Democrática (October 19, 2022), Disposición Adicional Octava
Notes and caveats
The option period under the eighth additional provision of Law 20/2022 ended on October 22, 2025. Consular offices no longer accept new appointment requests under this route. Applicants whose appointment requests were recorded within the statutory period may receive appointments and submit documentation later under the official transition procedure. Eligibility depended on the specified Spanish-origin parent/grandparent and exile, sex-discrimination or derivative-option categories; this was not a general route for all grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
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Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Last changed Oct 9, 2026 Source