The decision
How the matter was handled
Being related to a Spanish national does not, on its own, give the right to live in Spain. A permit of one’s own has to be applied for — temporary residence as the family member of a Spanish citizen — and the Immigration Office has to be shown both the family link and every requirement of Organic Law 4/2000 and its Regulation, approved by Royal Decree 1155/2024.
We prepared the initial application and filed it with the Madrid Immigration Office in August 2026.
The Government Delegation in Madrid decided in October 2026: 56 days from filing. It granted the permit for five years.
The decision is not yet the card. Its effect stays suspended until the visa is obtained at the consulate — it must be applied for within one month of notification — and the holder enters Spain; from entry, there is another month to apply for the Foreigner Identity Card (TIE), by appointment at the police unit. This is the second case on this route the firm publishes.
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.