Surely you know people who come from other countries. Perhaps they live in your building and are your neighbors, or take care of your elderly parents, or the children of one of your friends. Or it is possible that it is a relative, either because you have formed a family with him or her, or because it is the partner of one of your relatives… These people are already part of society and contribute to enriching it. They work and pay taxes. However, their rights are not always recognized.
The ways to get a residence and/or work authorization are not easy. And once obtained, it is easy for these people to lose it. When this happens, they are in irregular administrative situation. And this implies not being able to open a bank account, sign a work contract, rent a house or go to the doctor.
And this is so because Aliens Law current.
For this reason, we have joined many other entities to launch a popular legislative initiative. Our signatures are very important, because if we gather enough, 500,000, we will be able to knock on the door of Congress and ask the deputies, that, in this case, modify the First Transitory Provision of Organic Law 4/2000 of January 11, on the rights and freedoms of foreigners in Spain and their social integration. What we are asking for with this modification is that an extraordinary regularization of immigrants be carried out, specifically: that the Government, by means of a Royal Decree, establish, within a period of 6 months, a procedure for the regularization of foreigners who are in Spanish territory before November 1, 2021.
If you are a Spanish citizen and of legal age, your signature is your way of participating.
If you want to sign and learn more about the legislative initiative, you can do so at:
If you are interested in what it means for people to be in a situation of sudden irregularity, you can access the material prepared by Cáritas:
