Immigration law firms in Spain have told The Local that there are UK nationals without residency papers among the 800,000+ undocumented migrants in the country who are looking to regularise their status through Spain's soon-to-end migration amnesty.
Conor Faulkner - conor.faulkner@thelocal.com
Updated: Wed 27 May 2026 11:14 CET
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Around 400,000 UK nationals hold legal residency in Spain, according to official figures. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP) /
Immigration law firms in Spain have told The Local that there are UK nationals without residency papers among the 800,000+ undocumented migrants in the country who are looking to regularise their status through Spain's soon-to-end migration amnesty.
The plan, which could see 500,000 people apply, makes Spain an outlier as anti-immigration sentiments fester in Europe.
The process will be available to foreign nationals without a criminal record who can prove they lived in Spain for five months…
The Secretary of State for Migration revealed the state could handle up to one million applications
BARCELONA: Spain’s government announced Tuesday it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants…
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said migrants helped "build the rich, open and diverse Spain that we are and to which we aspire".
Move affecting those who have been in Spain five months or more runs counter to anti-migration policies across Europe
