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If you are an eminent football player, or an outstanding athlete of another kind, or a prominent artist or professional, the Government may give you the Spanish citizenship in a Royal Decree.
For a normal citizen, Spanish nationality may be applied for after having stayed legally in Spain (meaning with a residence permit) for a certain period of time, varying according to each case:
- as a general rule, one must have resided in Spain for 10 years
- for a person who has been staying in Spain as a refugee or obtained political asylum, the time of residency is only 5 years
- for nationals of the Latin American countries, Andorra, the Philippines, Guinea Equatorial, Portugal and the sephardies (descendants of Jews from Spain), the time of residency is only 2 years
- and only 1 year is demanded for someone born from Spanish parents, for one that has not used his right of option, for one that had a Spanish legal guardian for more than 2 years, for a person that has been married to a Spanish citizen for 1 year and for a widow or widower of a Spanish citizen.
But the residency in Spain must have taken place legally, continually and immediately before applying for the Spanish nationality. A certificate for good conduct, from the Civil Registry in your town hall, must be sent together with the application. Also, it must be proved that you have integrated sufficiently into Spanish society (meaning that you can speak Spanish).
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