Spain launches a guide for foreigners in the final stretch of regularization

The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda, together with the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, published this Tuesday a guide to facilitate understanding of the process of extraordinary administrative regularization.

The initiative of the Government of Spain seeks to guarantee the right of migrants to access regularization. Especially for those who have difficulties in understanding, because Spanish is not their mother tongue, because they are not familiar with administrative and legal language, or for other reasons such as being in situations of intellectual disability or low literacy levels.

To this end, the Government of Spain has prepared a document in Easy Read and publicly accessible that explains which people can benefit from the process, what administrative steps they must take, how to submit the application, what are the deadlines for submitting it, what documents must be included, and what benefits those who regularize will obtain.

This information is offered in a video in sign language to guarantee its accessibility to those who need it. You can access the video at this link.

Promoted by the Ministry of Social Rights and the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, the project has been executed through the Spanish Center for Cognitive Accessibility (CEACOG); in addition, the same content has been adapted to Spanish sign language with the collaboration of the Center for Linguistic Normalization.

This action also serves to comply with what was agreed in the United Nations Global Compact for Migration, to which Spain adhered, and which urges States to provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration and to establish open and accessible information points in a language that is understandable to the migrant person.

All information available on the web

The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration has created a web portal specifically dedicated to informing about the extraordinary regularization process.

The website compiles all detailed information about the process, including specific documentation such as application submission forms, information sheets, explanatory videos, and an extensive document of 100 technical questions that answer the most frequent doubts about regularization.

From the regularization website, it is also possible to initiate the process itself if you have an electronic certificate, request an appointment for in-person submission of the application, and make inquiries.