The decision
How the matter was handled
In early September 2026, an application for a long-term stay authorisation for studies — the permit that allows someone to live in Spain for the length of their studies — was refused.
A refusal does not close the file. It can be challenged before the very authority that issued it, through an administrative appeal (recurso de reposición). We studied the decision, prepared the submissions with the documents evidencing each requirement, and filed the appeal five days after the refusal.
The Government Delegation in Madrid upheld it in September 2026: 22 days between filing the appeal and signature. The decision puts it plainly: having examined the submissions and the documents, “it is verified that the requirements for the authorisation applied for are met”.
The authorisation runs until August 2030. Besides studying, it allows the holder to work, as an employee or self-employed, provided the work is compatible with the studies and does not exceed thirty hours a week, and to do curricular internships. It was all resolved through the administrative route, without going to court.
Every case is unique: it depends on its facts, its evidence and the authority deciding it. The outcome of one matter does not anticipate the outcome of any other, and the timescales given here are the ones that particular file took: they are set by the authorities, not by us.