Your Spanish nationality process, explained calmly.
Reviewed guides, search across the whole site, and a community walking the same path. No invented data: where there are no numbers yet, we say so.
For now, search covers the guides. Consulates and community join once they have real data.
Guides
See all guidesHow to answer a requerimiento without losing your place
The consulate has written asking for documents. What it means, how long you have, how to get your answer right the first time, and what happens if you do not reply.
After a favourable decision: registration, passport and DNI
You have been granted Spanish nationality. What is still needed for it to be valid, how to get your first passport at the consulate, and why the DNI is only issued in Spain.
Democratic Memory Law: where your application stands now the window has closed
The window to apply for Spanish nationality under the Democratic Memory Law closed on 22 October 2025. What that means for your application, what happens next and how to protect yourself.
Consulates, Community
Consulates
When it opens: wait times by consulate and by route — median and middle range, always with the number of people behind each figure. No data is published yet; we don't invent numbers here.
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When it opens: groups by consulate, by city and by route, to share real experience. No groups or conversations are published yet.
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