Spain Receives Over a Million Applications for its Regularization Program
As reported earlier on the ImmProf Blog, the Spanish government has approved an extraordinary administrative regularization program for migrants already residing in Spain.
The program is designed to provide lawful status for those present in Spain prior to January 1, 2026 who can show at least five months of residency in Spain.
As the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) recently found, nearly 1.2 million people applied to regularize their status under the program by the deadline of 30 June 2026. According to MPI's analysis, approximately 91 percent of "the estimated 838,000 unauthorized immigrants in Spain as of early 2025" were from the Americas, with migrants from Colombia, Peru, and Honduras present in the greatest numbers.
