Achieving Spanish Nationality Through The Democratic Memory Law

The new law, the Democratic Memory Law introduced in Spain on 21 October 2022, also called the "Law of Democratic Memory" allows the many descendants of Spanish parents and grandparents who were targeted and forced out under General Franco's fascist dictatorship, to obtain Spanish nationality. As well as individuals who are children of a Spanish mother married to a foreigner before 1978 and the children and grandchildren of Spanish parents and grandchildren, provided they fulfil some of the following conditions:

• Being the child or grandchild of a person who is Spanish.
• Being the child or grandchild of a Spanish citizen that had to leave Spain during the Civil War and the subsequent dictatorship