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2026-09-08
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Ancestry and return
2 pathwaysCulture, faith and volunteering
1 pathwaysFamily
11 pathwaysIndependent residence for a reunified family member
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Recorded route source ↗Independent residence after a family link with a Spanish citizen
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Recorded route source ↗Family member under Law 14/2013 international mobility
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Recorded route source ↗Family member of a higher-education student
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Recorded route source ↗Arraigo — family
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Recorded route source ↗Temporary residence for a family member of a Spanish citizen
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Recorded route source ↗Residence for an accompanied foreign minor born in Spain
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Recorded route source ↗Family residence in Spain linked to an EU long-term resident from another Member State
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Recorded route source ↗Residence card for a non-EU family member of an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen
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Recorded route source ↗Family reunification by a non-EU resident
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Recorded route source ↗Residence for an accompanied minor or supported disabled person not born in Spain
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Recorded route source ↗Free movement
4 pathwaysResidence in Spain for an EU long-term resident from another Member State
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EEA/Swiss free-movement stay under three months
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Recorded route source ↗Residence for Andorran nationals and qualifying family
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EEA/Swiss residence registration over three months
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Recorded route source ↗Humanitarian protection
11 pathwaysResidence for police, prosecution or judicial collaboration against organised networks
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Recorded route source ↗Residence for humanitarian reasons
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Recorded route source ↗Subsidiary-protection status
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Recorded route source ↗Refugee status
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Recorded route source ↗Residence and work for a victim of sexual violence
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Recorded route source ↗Residence and work for a victim of gender violence
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Recorded route source ↗Residence and work for a trafficking victim
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Recorded route source ↗Temporary protection for people displaced by the war in Ukraine
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Recorded route source ↗Residence for collaboration with the labour authority or court
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Recorded route source ↗International-protection applicant
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Recorded route source ↗Residence for an unaccompanied foreign minor
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Recorded route source ↗Investment
1 pathwaysLiving from your own income
1 pathwaysLong-term residence
14 pathwaysEU long-term residence
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Recorded route source ↗Arraigo — second opportunity
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent residence for an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen
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Recorded route source ↗Arraigo — socio-training
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Recorded route source ↗Arraigo — social
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Recorded route source ↗Arraigo regularisation for pre-2026 international-protection applicants — closed cohort
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Recorded route source ↗Exceptional residence at majority for a former unaccompanied minor without residence
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Recorded route source ↗Arraigo — sociolaboral
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Recorded route source ↗National long-term residence
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Recorded route source ↗Residence at majority for a former unaccompanied minor who held residence
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Recorded route source ↗Recovery of EU long-term residence
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Recorded route source ↗Arraigo extraordinary regularisation 2026 — closed application cohort
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Recorded route source ↗Recovery of national long-term residence
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent residence card for a non-EU family member of an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen
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Recorded route source ↗Medical treatment
1 pathwaysRemote work and digital nomads
1 pathwaysShort stays and visits
3 pathwaysSpecial cases
2 pathwaysStarting a business
3 pathwaysStudy
8 pathwaysEU higher-education student mobility into Spain
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Recorded route source ↗Residence authorisation for traineeships
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Recorded route source ↗Pupil-mobility programme authorisation
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Recorded route source ↗Temporary displacement of a minor for schooling
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Recorded route source ↗Long-stay authorisation for specified training activities
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Recorded route source ↗Specialised health-training stay
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Recorded route source ↗Long-stay authorisation for post-compulsory secondary education
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Recorded route source ↗Long-stay authorisation for higher education
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Recorded route source ↗Talent and merit
8 pathwaysAudiovisual-sector stay authorisation from 91 to 180 days
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Recorded route source ↗Audiovisual-sector residence over 180 days
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Recorded route source ↗EU Blue Card for a highly qualified professional
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Recorded route source ↗Residence to seek employment or start a business after higher education
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Recorded route source ↗National highly qualified professional residence
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Recorded route source ↗Audiovisual-sector professional stay up to 90 days
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Recorded route source ↗Researcher residence under Law 14/2013
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Recorded route source ↗Researcher mobility into Spain from another EU Member State
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Recorded route source ↗Transit
1 pathwaysWork
8 pathwaysEmployed cross-border worker authorisation
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Recorded route source ↗GECCO 2026 collective circular migration
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Recorded route source ↗EU intra-corporate transferee residence
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Recorded route source ↗National intra-corporate transferee residence
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Recorded route source ↗Four-year seasonal-work authorisation
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Recorded route source ↗Temporary residence with exemption from work authorisation
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Recorded route source ↗GECCO 2026 collective stable recruitment
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Recorded route source ↗Initial temporary residence and employee work
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Recorded route source ↗Youth mobility
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