You can now schedule an appointment for in-person registration: 400 offices throughout Spain

Starting this Monday, April 20, the special regularization process for migrants can also be completed in person. The government has opened 400 locations throughout Spain so you can submit your documentation in person. But be aware: you cannot show up without an appointment. You must schedule one in advance—online, by phone, or via a web form.

Online applications opened on April 16, and in the first 24 hours, 19,633 appointments were booked and 13,500 online applications were submitted. Starting now, in-person options are available: 60 Social Security offices (from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.), 371 post offices (from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.), and five Immigration Offices in Madrid, Alicante, Valencia, Almería, and Murcia (also from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.).

Who is eligible? Anyone who arrived in Spain before December 31, 2025, including asylum seekers who applied for protection before that date. You’ll need to prove that you’ve been here for at least five consecutive months—using your municipal registration, medical reports, rental agreements, or utility bills, for example. You must also have no criminal record, either in Spain or in your home country. If you cannot obtain the certificate from your home country within one month, the government will pursue it through diplomatic channels for up to three additional months; if it still does not arrive, you are given another 15 days to try to obtain it yourself. Without that document, the process is closed.

Those in an undocumented status may also be eligible if they can prove prior legal employment, have dependent minor children, elderly family members with disabilities, or first-degree ascendants, or are in a situation of vulnerability. For the latter case, the certificate of vulnerability must bear the stamp of Social Services or of organizations registered with RECEX. If this applies to you, make sure the document is properly stamped.

Applications are processed by the Foreigners’ Case Processing Unit (UTEX), which has doubled its staff to 600 people to prevent the system from becoming overwhelmed. Those who successfully regularize their status will receive a one-year residence and work permit; afterward, they may apply for a more permanent authorization or an annual extension if they do not meet the requirements. Stateless persons—mostly Sahrawis—and unaccompanied minors whose age has been determined by the Public Prosecutor’s Office to be that of an adult are excluded.

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