The decision
How the matter was handled
Our client, from Colombia, living in Madrid, had applied for international protection in Spain. While that file runs its course, life does not stop: there are contracts to sign, a flat to rent, contributions to pay. Without a permit of her own, none of it stands on solid ground.
The Immigration Regulation approved by Royal Decree 316/2026 opened a new route for these cases: temporary residence on exceptional grounds under its twentieth additional provision. Brand new, with no earlier files to learn from. We prepared the application, evidenced every requirement one by one and filed it in April 2026.
The Directorate-General for Migration Management granted it in September 2026: 131 days between filing and signature.
The permit runs for one year, takes effect from the day of the application — not the day it was granted — and allows the holder to live and work anywhere in Spain, as an employee and self-employed alike.
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.