Spanish Citizenship Application Question

 Hi All,

Do you mean you have applied for Spanish nationality  or for residenica ?

I realise that this may seem a strange question, but normally a person needs to be resident in Spain for 10 year in order to apply.

2) Citizenship by virtue of residence:

This way of acquisition of citizenship requires the individual to be legally resident in Spain for a continuous period of ten years immediately prior to the application. There are cases in which the required period of residence is reduced, to wit:

• Five years: to grant Spanish citizenship to individuals who have obtained refugee status;
• Two years: for nationals of Ibero-American countries, Andorra, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea or Portugal, or individuals of Sephardic origin;
• One year for:
o Those born within the Kingdom of Spain;
o Those who have not duly exercised their right to acquire Spanish citizenship by option;
o Those who have been legally subject to guardianship (under the charge of a guardian), keeping or fostership (the fostership that allows reduction of the term of legal residence required to one year is that in which there is a resolution by the public entity established in each territory in charge of protecting minors and for judicial recognition of fostership) by a Spanish citizen or institution for two consecutive years, even if that situation were to continue at the moment of application;
o Whoever, at the time of the application, has been married to a Spaniard for one year and is not separated de iure or de facto;
o The widow or widower of a Spaniard if, at the death of the spouse he or s is not separated de iure or de facto;
o An individual born outside of Spain with a father or mother or a grandfather or grandmother, originally Spanish.
Moreover, the individual concerned must prove good civic conduct and sufficient degree of integration in Spanish society.
Who may apply
• The actual individual concerned, as long as over 18 years of age, or if emancipated;
• Individuals over the age of fourteen, aided by their legal representative;
• The legal representative of individuals under the age of fourteen;
• Those incapacitated acting alone, or the legal representative of the individual incapacitated, depending on what is set forth in the incapacitation ruling.

 Hi john, 

Thanks for the reply

Applied for citizenship. And my case would be: 

2) Citizenship by virtue of residence:

I only need one year, because I'm married.

However, i think my question still stands in regards to evidence I am working for myself

Ben

 Evidence you are working for yourself, I would think your registration as self employed or a tax return would be accepted?

Yes, I think that would be the best. But that would mean registering as an autonomo. 

I've had a bit of a read of the requirements to register as an autonomo, and the idea of paying more or less 250 euros + extras is not possible due to my low income!

 This is why you have a problem, you can not tell the authorities you work for yourself as a freelance and accept monies that you don't declare for tax. Without some form of income you will struggle to get through the system.

 It seems there is a new Law for promoting Self Employment and Enterpreneurship coming in....  let´s see.

In the meantime, as you are waiting, submitt incomes to your country system. Is this possible?