28/01/2026
BREAKING NEWS: The Spanish Government announces that it will regularize all illegal immigrants who are in Spain from before December 31, 2025 (about 600,000) and all deportation orders will be canceled.
All people who were in Spain before December 31, 2025 and who can demonstrate at least five months of residence will have papers. And they can do it with enrolment but also with other means such as a medical report, a light contract or a certificate of remittance.
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🇪🇸 SPAIN | EXTRAORDINARY REGULATION OF MIGRANTS
The Spanish Government announced an extraordinary regularization that could benefit about 500,000 people, following an agreement between the PSOE and Podemos, confirmed by the MEP Irene Montero.
📌 Who will be able to regulate?
People who were in Spain before December 31, 2025
They believe at least five months of residence
No criminal record
dem How to show residence?
Not just with boarding. They will also be accepted:
Medical reports
Electrical supply contracts
Certificates of Money Transfer
A key flex for those who couldn't access the municipal standard.
⚖️ Immediate effects:
Admission to the process grants residence and work permit for one year
Suspends expulsions and return orders for administrative reasons
After that year, you can apply for an ordinary authorization according to the foreign regulations
🏛️ Parliament's approval is not required
When passed as a real decree, the Executive avoids the legislative blockade and executes a measure that, according to the Ministry of Immigration, seeks to provide legal security to an existing social reality.
This initiative recovers the spirit of ILP backed by more than 600,000 signatures, which had been stalled in Congress for months. It's not an isolated fact: Since the 1980s, Spain has applied eight similar processes to reduce irregularity and combat the submerged economy.