Democratic Memory Law

Individuals born outside of Spain to a father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, who were originally Spanish, and those born outside of Spain to a father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, who were originally Spanish and who, as a result of having suffered exile for political, ideological, or beliefs-related reasons, or due to sexual orientation and identity, have lost or renounced Spanish nationality.

Sons and daughters born abroad to Spanish women who lost their nationality by marrying foreigners before the entry into force of the Constitution of 1978.

Adult sons and daughters of those Spaniards to whom their original nationality was recognized under the right to opt in accordance with the Democratic Memory Law (Law 20/2022) or the so-called Historical Memory Law (Law 52/2007).

Likewise, individuals who, being children of a father or mother originally Spanish and born in Spain, have opted for Spanish nationality not of origin in accordance with Article 20.1.b) of the Civil Code, as well as minor children of those who acquired Spanish nationality under the Historical Memory Law, who, in turn, opted for Spanish nationality not of origin by exercising the right to opt provided for in Article 20.1.a) of the Civil Code because they were under the parental authority of a Spaniard, may now also avail themselves of the option provided for in the eighth additional provision of the Democratic Memory Law in order to obtain subsequent Spanish nationality of origin.