The Spanish newspaper Levante-EMV has published an article about delays in the processing of Spanish nationality applications and the difficulties applicants face when trying to secure an appointment to take the oath of allegiance at Civil Registry offices.
The article, published on October 26, 2026, under the headline “Civil Registry overwhelmed: waiting times of up to nine months as nationality applications triple in two years,” features comments from Álvaro Rodríguez, an immigration lawyer at ARC Legal Abogados. In his contribution, Álvaro Rodríguez explains how processing times for Spanish nationality applications have increased in recent years, from approximately three to five months to as long as eight months in certain cases.
The article also addresses the difficulties applicants encounter when trying to secure an appointment to take the oath of allegiance (jura de nacionalidad) after receiving a favorable decision on their nationality application.
You can read the full article published by Levante-EMV below (in Spanish):
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