In force 1 Oct 2019
Sephardic citizenship law closed; ongoing appeals backlog
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.
Who it affects: Diaspora descendants of Sephardic Jews; no current ancestral route under this law.
Boletín Oficial del Estado ↗ · Gobierno de España — La Moncloa ↗ · verified 2026-04-21