The interest in applying for
Spanish citizenship
has always been latent in Argentine society, but social discontent in the face of the economic and financial crisis that the country is going through made it a necessity for many.
Eighty Argentines per day
ask for nationalization.
It is that since the Law of Democratic Memory of Spain came into force, known in these latitudes as the Law of Grandchildren - which was published in the Spanish Official Gazette on October 20, 2022 - applications for nationalization have
increased
.
The regulations made it possible to repair the chain of transmission of nationality from parents to children that had been broken during the Dictatorship and the Spanish Civil War.
Thus, with the aim of repairing a "historical injustice", the children and grandchildren of emigrants
were included in the new legislation, approved on October 21, 2022
.
"From those who could not access in 2007, what could happen was projected. For this reason, the number of applications received is within the forecast," says a source from the Consulate.
The previous reform had been sanctioned in 2007. It allowed Argentine descendants of Spaniards who had suffered persecution
under the Franco dictatorship
, which lasted until 1978, to gain Spanish citizenship.
Also, that the children born abroad to Spanish women who lost their nationality by marrying foreigners before the entry into force of the 1978 Constitution.
According to official data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the first three months of application of the law, 24,729 applications were submitted worldwide, of which 12,862 were approved and 6,668 new nationalities were registered.
The country with the highest number of presentations was Argentina (7119)
.
As Clarín
learned
, "they are approving a little more than half and they are disapproving a little less than half."
The process lasts an average of between
6 and 7 months
.
Therefore, the number of applications submitted and approved in 2023 is likely to be known as of June, July, or August.
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