Can I Claim Spanish Nationality?

[Art]

I have all the rest of the papers in process now.

Thanks to Charolette for suggesting asking for the certified naturalization documents from the National Archives. They'll take the order over the phone, charge your credit card $22.50, and get the document out in the mail in a matter of days. Very nice!

Boy, I can almost taste it, I'm that close!

[Charolette]

I will have the apostille on my Father's birth certificate next week and then I'm ready!

[Art]

Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

If you get a chance, it would be helpful to ask if the apostilles on all those documents were required.

If you're new to this topic, you'll want to read the messages beginning with this one:
http://www.asturianus.org/forum/viewtop ... 7301#17301

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¡Buena suerte! Dinos cómo va.

Si tienes oportunidad, sería útil pedir si los apostilles con todos estos documentos sean necesarios.

Si eres principiante en este tema, sería buena idea leer los mensajes a partir de este:
http://www.asturianus.org/forum/viewtop ... 7301#17301

[Charolette]

I got my appointment! It is for June 10th. I can hardly wait.

[Charolette]

I had my appointment with the Consulate yesterday and they said everything looked good and that I shouldn't have a problem. This Consulate will send my documents to the Consulate that handles West Virginia and they will process it. She said to expect it to take 3 to 5 months. She also said that I will have 3 years to get my passport (after I recieve my birth records from Spain) or this will expire. She recomended doing it before the end of 2011 when the law expires.
All of the people at the Consulate were very nice and very helpful.

[Art]

We went in the same day!

My paperwork was accepted, but they didn't tell me much else, so I'm glad to hear what you learned. I was wondering if it was worthwhile getting a passport immediately.

Do we get a DNI (National Identity Card or Documento nacional de identidad) eventually? Or is that just for residents?

I did learn that I'll have to return to the consulate again to apply for a passport. For me, that'll mean at least three trips in total. I'd advise anyone else applying to be try to be sure you have all the documents before you go the first time.

By the way, this thread has been active for seven years now!

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¡Nos fuimos en el mismo día!

Mis documentos fueron aceptados, pero no me dijo mucho más, así que me ayudó oír lo que has aprendido. Me estaba preguntando si valía la pena pedir un pasaporte inmediatamente. Ya veo que sería.

¿Recibimos un DNI (Documento Nacional de Identidad) un día? ¿O es sólo para residentes?

Me dijeron que tengo que volver al consulado nuevamente para solicitar el pasaporte. Para mí, eso va a significar al menos tres viajes en total. Es muy aconsejable que cualquier otra persona que quiera pedir nacionalidad trate de asegurarse de que tenga todos los documentos antes de ir por primera vez.

¡Por cierto, este tema del foro ha estado activo desde hace siete años!

[Charolette]

Art
How far do you have to go to the Consulate? Mine is almost 1200 miles round trip. I hope that I can do it in two trips.
We have a small travel trailer so we have made a nice trip out of it and still are not home.
The lady that helped me only mentioned a birth record and a passport.

[Art]

Hmm, by comparison, I have nothing to complain about.

That's an amazing trip you have to make! Wow. Mine is just 50 miles, but it takes 2 hours one-way because traffic in and around Washington DC is often miserable. The other limitation is that the consulate is only open to the public on Thursday mornings.

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Umm, por comparación, no tengo nada quejarme.

¡Vaya viaje! Es increíble que tienes que viajar tanto distancia. El mío es sólo 50 millas, pero se tarda dos horas llegar porque el tráfico dentro de Washington DC y en los alrededores es a menudo horible. La otra limitación es que el consulado sólo está abierto al público jueves por la mañana.

[Manuel A Gonzalez]

Congratulations!!!!! Now we have my sister Selina, me (Manuel A. Gonzalez), and Art.

I just got my Spanish Passport and I entered and exited Germany last week with it. I still have mixed emotional feelings over the whole thing...I am Spanish, but I'm a US citizen, but I'm Spanish....It is all kinnda of confusing.

The passport was a breeze compared to getting the birth certificate from the New York Consulate...for the most part the NYC consulate was NOT helpful at all. The DNI can only be obtained in Spain and you will have to go to any police station in Spain with your new Birth Certificate to get one.

[Art]

Manuel, do we have to be residents in Spain to request a DNI?

How long should it take to receive the birth certificate (if there are no problems)?

You're right about that it feels odd thinking of two nationalities.

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¿Manuel, tenemos que estar residentes en España para solicitar un DNI?

¿Cuánto tiempo tarda para recibir el certificado de nacimiento (si no hay problemas)?

Tienes razón que es extraña pensar de dos nacionalidades.

[Manuel A Gonzalez]

My understanding of the DNI is that we simply must take our birth certificate from Spain and got to a police station and we need to have proof that we live outside of Spain and they will give you the DNI. There is a form to fill out at the Consulate to show residency in the USA for the DNI. I am not sure when I am going to Spain so I didn't do it yet. The passport was EASY, but you have to go in person. We live in Pennsylvania and although NYC isn't far it is quite an ordeal to get there in the morning, especially for a 9:00 AM appointment. I've often felt that the NYC Consulate assumes that we all live in NYC and not 3 hours away in a different state 2 states over.

My sister and I were approved in August and we received our Birth Certificates in March after fighting on the phone with the New York Consulate. I think the NY Consulate is VERY VERY difficult to deal with and at times down right nasty. For example, we made an appointment for my niece to start the process in March and the appointment is in October????

[Art]

Yes, those early morning appointments are difficult for those of us who don't live in the same city as the consulate.

So far, the only time I've needed a DNI was when I was registering for a class. Are there other times I'd need one?

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Sí, las citas de la mañana son difíciles para nosotros que no vivimos en la misma ciudad donde se localiza el consulado.

Hasta ahora, la única vez que he necesitado un DNI fue cuando me estaba registrando en una clase. ¿Hay otras veces que lo necesitaría?

[Berodia]

Poco falta en España para que se necesite incluso el D.N.I. para respirar. No puedes salir de casa sin él.

[Art]

Gracias, Berodia. No sabía que hay que llevarlo siempre. Parece un remanente de la época de franquismo. Aquí hay sentimiento exigir un DNI, pero hay bastantes razones esa idea.

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Thanks, Berodia. I didn't know that you have to carry it at all times. That sounds like a carry-over from the era of Franco. Here there are some who want to require a national identity card, but there are plenty of problems with that idea.

[Berodia]

Sí, pero quienes aún pusieron las cosas peor en ese sentido, fueron los socialistas con la famosa ley Corcuera.