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Passport strength
2019: Citizenship request takes 10 years to live in country
2013
Spain is leader in EU on granting citizenship to foreigners
According to the results of 2013, about Spain a quarter of cases of granting citizenship to foreigners of the countries included in the composition account for. EU It is the highest in Europe, according to Eurostat. Of the approximately 1 million European passports, almost 23% (225,800) are Spanish. The second place is occupied by the United Kingdom with an indicator of 207,500 passports (21%).
Most foreigners receiving Spanish citizenship came to the country from non-EU states. Immigrants from other countries European Union were only one percent among them. The largest group are Colombians (17.2%). They are followed by Ecuadorians (17%) and Moroccans (13.4%).
However, the number of positive decisions on such cases turned out to be higher in Sweden, Hungary and Portugal, where at least 6 people out of 100 foreign residents received citizenship. Spain trail them by a narrow margin and a reading of 4.5.
Despite all of the above, the Iberian Peninsula is much less open to refugees. So, Spain accounted for only 1% of asylum cases of the total number of such decisions on the EU[1].
In 2015, the country decided to grant dual citizenship to descendants of Sephardim expelled from Spain during the years of the Inquisition about five centuries ago.
71,000 immigrants have applied for citizenship. Ecuadorians lead the way
In 2013, 71,383 immigrants who requested citizenship took the oath in notary offices. Spain All petitioners vowed to remain loyal to the king and obey the Constitution.
According to the General Council of Notaries, the citizens of Ecuador (11,336), Colombia (10,973), Morocco (7,346), Peru (7,336), Bolivia (6,673) and the Dominican Republic (4,427) are leading in the number of applications submitted. 221 applications were received from citizens of the Russian Federation.
As for the age of immigrants, men and women aged 31 to 35 account for 13,412 and those aged 36 to 40 account for 13,063. Almost half of them (33,968) are in a registered marriage, and the other half (33,863) are single or unmarried.
Most petitioners (62,853) wished to keep their name, while 10,653 decided to change it. 1,704 of them were Colombian, 1,459 were Ecuadorian, 1,128 were Peruvian, 998 were Moroccan, and 619 were Dominican citizens. Finally, most immigrants (51,181 people) decided not to renounce their first citizenship, and 15,958 people made the opposite decision.
The leader in the number of signed oaths was Catalonia with an indicator of 32,267 people. It is followed by Madrid (20,506), Valencia (4,543), Andalusia (3,373), the Balearic Islands (1,776) and Castile-La Mancha (1,453)[2].
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