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Chidren not born in Spain and who came to Spain after, are entitled to apply for residence but not right away!​

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The process to give residence permit to children not born in Spain is a bit similar to the process of petition. The different is that the child is already in Spain. 

 

Requirements

 

The child needs to live in Spain at least 2 years

One the parents need to have already legal residence in Spain 

The parents need to have a house on their name (rent, buy)

The parents need to have a work contract

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Documents required

 

• Full passport of the child (all pages)

• Full passport of the parents (all pages)

• NIE of the parents

• Birth certificate (less than 6 months old) + apostille * 

• Historico de padron of the child

• Volante de convivencia

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*foreign documents apostilled or legalized and apostilled if not in spanish

 

​When to present the application?

When the child is already 2 years in Spain.

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Do I need to have a house to petition my family members?

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Yes, having a house (rent or own) is necessary to be able to present the application. The reason is that the government wants to know that your family member will have a place to stay when gets the residence permit 

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Important:

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• The house needs to be really a house (a local for example is not valid)

• The process can start as soon as you rent the house (no need minimum time living there)

• It is ok that other members live in the house too but that might diminish the person that you can petition.

• It is ok that other members are join in your house contract but that might diminish the number of persons that you can petition.

 

​How long is the proces?

The process can take a few months depending on the speed of the government. 

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Documents required

 

Step 1: The process start by presenting an application to visit your house to obtain an informe de vivienda that will state that your house is ok for your family member.

 

For that application we need:

 

• House Contract. It is ok if you just moved in or if other people are in the contract too.

• Volante de convivencia (Ayuntamiento). It shows all the people living in the house.

• NIE o the parents or resguardo of renewal

• Full passport of the parents (all pages)

• Full passport of the child (all pages)

• Last rent receipt. If you just moved in proof of down payment

• Last utilities receipt (water, electricity etc..) It is ok if they are not in your name

 

Step 2: Once we obtain your informe de vivienda, the next step is presenting the documents in the foreign office and for that we need the followind documents:

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• Birth certificate + Apostille (translation we can do)

• Nóminas 6 latest of the parents

• Work contract of the parents

• Nóminas of all the other people empadron in your house (if other people living with you)

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​If the parents don't have papers can the child get papers?

Unfortunatelly no. First the parents (at least one) need to have residence permit (at least one) and then the children. 

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​If the child gets papers can the parents get papers?

Yes but not right away. First the child need to get residence, then apply for spanish nationality and after is aproved the parents can obtain working permit.

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When can the child can apply for spanish nationality? 

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After 2 years of living in Spain legally (having NIE)

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In this link you have for information about spanish nationality process for children.

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What service do our office provide?

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Our lawyers are national based so we present applications from all Spain. 

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• Informing about the requirements and steps

• Preparing the house visit application

• Tracking the house visit application

• Preparing the application and taxes for the foreign office

• Tracking the application 

• Informing you of the result

• Preparing the documents for the finger print

• Getting the cita for the finger print

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​​How to give us the documents?

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We present applications for applicants in all Spain and abroad) so you can bring your documents to our office and we will be glad to greet you personally or you can send to us your documents via email to info@msmlegalconsulting.es or via whatsapp.

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