This Tuesday marks the end of the two-and-a-half-month period that the Government enabled to request the extraordinary regularization of all immigrants living in Spain before January 1st without a residence and work permit, provided they have no criminal record.
The period to formalize the application for this measure, also aimed at those who applied for asylum before January 1st, began on April 16th for the telematic route and, four days later, in person through more than 400 enabled points among Immigration, Social Security, and Post Office offices.
The application can still be submitted today, both through the virtual platform Mercurio - accessible from the website of the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations - and in person, for which it is necessary to request an appointment.
900,000 petitions in two months
According to the latest data confirmed by the Executive, 900,000 petitions had already been registered by June 15th, of which about 360,000 had been admitted for processing, an important step that translates into a provisional authorization to reside and work in Spain.
There is no data on how many petitions have already been resolved - the Executive has up to three months to do so - but some have already received their response.
This same Tuesday, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, is scheduled to present in Madrid the *Plan for Integration and Citizenship* and the institutional campaign '*Where do they come from? They come from building the country*' in an event that will feature the testimony of immigrants who have participated in regularization processes and will be closed by the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, Elma Saiz.
Problems obtaining some documentation
The first weeks since the opening of the process saw images of long queues at the doors of municipal services and NGOs accredited to issue the vulnerability certificate, a document necessary only in some cases, but as more entities registered to offer it, the problem has been resolved.
However, obstacles have persisted for people from some countries such as Algeria, Cuba, Guinea Conakry, or Gambia in obtaining the criminal record certificate, an indispensable requirement to access the measure, although the Government has enabled the possibility of activating the diplomatic route to obtain this document, which will be tested in the coming weeks.
Faced with these access problems, social entities, the citizen platform that promoted the measure, Regularización Ya, and parties such as Sumar and Podemos have requested an extension of the deadline, something that the Executive has always rejected.