Cuba and Argentina concentrate most of the Spanish nationality requests submitted to the protection of the Democratic Memory Lawthe Spanish minister responsible for that area, Ángel Víctor Torres reported Friday.
On the whole, Both countries exceed 53 % of the requests recorded to datean agency’s office said EFE.
According to official data, The Spanish government has granted 237 145 nationalities to descendants of Republican exiles After the civil war and the Francoist dictatorship, of a total of 876 321 applications received.
More than 95 % of the efforts have been processed in consulates located in Latin America and in the General Consulate of Miami, United States.
In Argentina, the country’s five consulates concentrate 40 % of applications, while Havana is among the consulates with a higher volume of files in the world.
The Democratic Memory Law, approved in 2022, opened the road so that children and grandchildren of exiles They can obtain Spanish nationality.
The rule also contemplates cases of descendants of Spanish women who lost their citizenship when marrying foreigners before 1978.
The initial period of two years to submit requests was extended one more year, until next October 24, 2025.
Cubans and Argentines are the ones who most request Spanish nationality for exile descendants
