Social roots

Regularize your situation if you have obtained a work contract or have strong social ties

Trust NIESPANA and get your SOCIAL ROOTING

Are you in an irregular situation and have been in Spain for at least three years and want to regularise your situation because you have obtained a work contract or have strong social ties? (Social roots)

What do you need?

Complete copy of passport.

Documentation proving continued stay in Spain for a minimum period of three years. The documentation provided must contain the applicant's identification data and must preferably have been issued and/or registered by a Spanish Public Administration. For example, documents relating to registration, hospitalisation, a medical consultation in the public health system, as well as any municipal, regional or state documentation justifying presence in Spain will be taken into consideration.

Criminal record issued by the Authorities of the country or countries in which you have resided during the last five years prior to entering Spain.

Documentation proving the required family ties (updated marriage certificate or registry of couples, birth certificate or other documents), or, a social integration report issued by the Autonomous Community of the applicant's habitual residence.

Documentation proving livelihood:

Employment contract or contracts with the required characteristics, signed by the employer and employee. The following documents must also be included:

  • Copy of NIF and, where applicable, the company's bylaws to determine whether the person signing the contract is authorized to do so, from the company's deeds.
  • Copy of the training and, where applicable, the professional qualification legally required for the exercise of the profession, as well as approved qualifications and membership in a professional association if necessary.
  • Proof that the company guarantees solvency necessary, through: the declaration of personal income tax, or VAT, or Corporate Tax or the report on the company's working life (VILE).

If the contract is not submitted, proof of livelihood may be provided if the social integration report that certifies the foreigner's social integration so indicates and recommends exempting the applicant from this requirement. In this case, it is necessary to provide:

As an example and regardless of its justification by other means admissible in law, The last two sections can be accredited by the valuation report. issued by one of the following organizations:

  • Documentation proving that you have sufficient means of livelihood for their maintenance, which represents at least 100% of the amount of the guaranteed income of the Minimum Vital Income on an annual basis.
  • In cases where an activity is intended to be carried out on own account, the following documents must be submitted:
    In retail trade activities and provision of services listed in the Annex to Royal Decree Law 19/2012External link to the portal, which are carried out in permanent establishments, whose useful surface area is equal to or less than 750 square meters, responsible declaration or prior communication (in the terms of the Article 69 of Law 39/2015) and, where applicable, proof of payment of the corresponding tax. In the rest of the activities and professional services provision, List of authorizations or licenses required for the installation, opening or operation of the planned activity or for professional practice, indicating the status of the procedures for its achievement, including, where appropriate, the application certificates before the corresponding bodies.
  • Copy of documentation proving training and, where applicable, the professional qualification legally required for the exercise of the profession, as well as the approval and/or recognition for the exercise of the profession in the case of professions regulated in Spain.
  • Copy of the documentation proving the sufficiency of the investment planned for the implementation of the project and the impact, where applicable, on job creation, including self-employment.
  • National Federation of Associations of Entrepreneurs and Self-Employed Workers (ATA)
  • Union of Professionals and Self-Employed Workers (UPTA)
  • Intersectoral Confederation of Self-Employed Workers of the Spanish State (CIAE)
  • Organization of Professionals and Self-Employed Workers (OPA)
  • Union of Associations of Self-Employed Workers and Entrepreneurs (UATAE)

How we work - How we work

Choose service
Choose between the services we offer on our website
Reserve service (Payment €120)
To hire our services you must reserve and pay for one hour of professional consulting (valued at €120) with one of our lawyers or with our specialists, depending on the service. You can pay for the system you prefer using the form on this page.
We contact you
We will contact you immediately. One of our lawyers or one of our specialists will listen to your needs and arguments and offer you the best solution.
We process your documents
In agreement with you, and after studying the legal and economic requirements, we will implement all the necessary procedures to obtain the service for which you have contacted us in the shortest possible time.
Resolution and shipping
Once the procedures have been resolved, we will send you the documents online and physically through postal or courier services to the postal address you provide us.
Reserve service

NIESPANA ONLINE

Foreign Services
149
120
  • Professional consulting
  • Personalized attention
Our services