The 2015 law allowing descendants of Sephardic Jews to claim Spanish citizenship closed to new applicants on 1 October 2019, with applications lodged before that date having a long appeal tail still being processed through 2024-2025. Included here for movers assessing ancestral citizenship routes to Spain.
Diaspora descendants of Sephardic Jews; no current ancestral route under this law.
Primary: Boletín Oficial del Estado ↗
Corroborating: Gobierno de España — La Moncloa ↗
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