JUSTICE MINISTRY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Press Release.
Council of Ministers
The Government amended the Civil Code grant nationality to Spanish attesting to the status of Sephardic The Bill amends today approved article 23 expedite the double nationalization , since they can keep the country source February 7, 2014 – .
Council of Ministers , on a proposal from the Minister of Justice , Alberto Ruiz- Gallardón, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, José Manuel García- Margallo , has approved today is a Draft Law amending Article 23 of the Civil Code is amended for streamlining the granting of nationality by letter nature Sephardic citizens who want it.
the reform allow dual citizenship , that is, that the new Spanish also retain their pre , as with Some countries like the Latin Americans.
Today, the Sephardim may acquire the Spanish nationality in two ways: after serving two years residing in Spain ( as nationals of Latin America, Portugal and Philippines) or by naturalization .
However, this second channel to the be a resolution of the Council of Ministers which value the exceptional circumstances of his relationship with Spain , was the discretion of the respective governments.
By this Draft provides that the circumstances concur in itself exceptional in those foreign nationals Sephardic proving that condition and its special relationship with our country , even if they have legal residence in Spain , whatever their ideology, religion or beliefs.
The condition of Sephardic and special relationship with Spain will certified by the civil registrar of the domicile of concerned, either in Spain or in the appropriate consular and credited by a series of evidence rated as a whole.
Such evidence presentation is supported by a certificate issued by the General Secretariat of the Federation of Jewish Communities Accrediting Spain ‘s membership of the Jewish community interested Sephardi , or the production of a certificate of rabbinic authority competent , legally recognized in the country of habitual residence applicant , or other documentation that it could consider suitable for this purpose .
Valid aspects are also considered as surnames holds the person, their family language or other evidence to demonstrate the belonging to this cultural community.
Similarly , it is permissible justification for inclusion, or offspring Direct person included in the list of protected Sephardic families by Spain referred Decree-Law of 29 December 1948 , or any other similar list .
It also includes those obtained by special naturalization via the Royal Decree of 20 December 1924 .
It will also be accepted justification for linking Applicant or collateral kinship with persons or families referred to in those paragraphs .
In case of the application to the civil registrar Consular domicile of the person concerned, that will take into account any Applicant sign of belonging to the Spanish community of their demarcation.
However , interested parties should formalize its application in a term not exceeding two years from the entry into force of the Act , which It may be extended up to one year as determined by agreement Council of Ministers.
As for the application process , a model is established normalized by the Ministry of Justice , to be submitted by writing, his face being accurate ratification with the manager Relevant consular or municipal Civil Registry.
The applicant shall provide the necessary documentation for the processing of the application and how deems necessary to establish its special relationship with the Spanish culture and customs.
in this sense for attendance will be taken into account especially or social and charitable activities .
Similarly, the Directorate General of Registries and Notaries may collect reports corroborate the veracity of the conditions provided by institutions such as the competent rabbinic authority and Jewish community of origin , as well as organizations that can prove the absence of criminal record of the person concerned .
Moreover, the reform states that these same people may retain their nationality of origin, although the case of countries with until now there was this possibility. The text includes a single transitional provision amending the Sephardim who have applied for Spanish citizenship prior to this legislative reform and still not been resolved may continue process it with the procedure adopted by this Act, in which case they must expressly request and provide the necessary documentation for it .
The draft bill approved today highlights the special relationship of the Sephardic community with their expulsion from Spain in 1492 and have been symbolized by the keys which retain many of their homes in Sefarad ( Spain in Hebrew ) .
They have maintained intact their culture, customs and language , despite the time elapsed.
Also highlighted his contributions to literature and the law , as proved by the entries of King Alfonso X , the Wise, written largely by Sephardim in the castle of Monteagudo , Murcia and the contributions of this community to the discovery of America. Memory and fidelity of these ” Spanish stateless ” made them in 1990 worthy of the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord .
but no This was the first example of the existence in Spain of a stream of Sephardic favorable review. Already in the time of Elizabeth II were allowed to have their own cemeteries and synagogues open .
As Minister of State Fernando de los Ríos was studied grant it the Sephardim from Morocco, but eventually the project was frustrated .
In 1886 Matthew Práxedes pulsed Sagasta and in 1900 , Senator Angel Pulido , an approach started Sephardic culminating in the authorization to open synagogues, the founding of the Alliance Hispano- Hebrew in Madrid ( 1910) and the establishment of the Universal House of Sephardim in 1920.
In 1924 a Royal Decree intended to grant citizenship the ” old Spanish protected or descendants of these , and Generally individuals belonging to families of Spanish origin ” , which not expressly appoints the Sephardim , but allowed the WWII save many of the gas chamber through humanitarian mission that carried Spanish diplomats as Angel Sanz Briz in Budapest , Sebastián Romero Radigales in Athens, Miotta Bernardo Rolland in Paris , Julio Palencia in Sofia, Javier Martínez de Bedoya in Lisbon, José Eduardo Rojas in Bucharest or Propper de Callejon in Bordeaux .
הודעה לעיתונות מטעם משרד המשפטים
בדבר קבלת הצעת החוק על ידי ממשלת ספרד
תרגום ההודעה לאנגלית
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Press Release.
Council of Ministers
The Government amended the Civil Code grant nationality to Spanish attesting to the status of Sephardic The Bill amends today approved article 23 expedite the double nationalization , since they can keep the country source February 7, 2014 – .
Council of Ministers , on a proposal from the Minister of Justice , Alberto Ruiz- Gallardón, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, José Manuel García- Margallo , has approved today is a Draft Law amending Article 23 of the Civil Code is amended for streamlining the granting of nationality by letter nature Sephardic citizens who want it.
the reform allow dual citizenship , that is, that the new Spanish also retain their pre , as with Some countries like the Latin Americans.
Today, the Sephardim may acquire the Spanish nationality in two ways: after serving two years residing in Spain ( as nationals of Latin America, Portugal and Philippines) or by naturalization .
However, this second channel to the be a resolution of the Council of Ministers which value the exceptional circumstances of his relationship with Spain , was the discretion of the respective governments.
By this Draft provides that the circumstances concur in itself exceptional in those foreign nationals Sephardic proving that condition and its special relationship with our country , even if they have legal residence in Spain , whatever their ideology, religion or beliefs.
The condition of Sephardic and special relationship with Spain will certified by the civil registrar of the domicile of concerned, either in Spain or in the appropriate consular and credited by a series of evidence rated as a whole.
Such evidence presentation is supported by a certificate issued by the General Secretariat of the Federation of Jewish Communities Accrediting Spain ‘s membership of the Jewish community interested Sephardi , or the production of a certificate of rabbinic authority competent , legally recognized in the country of habitual residence applicant , or other documentation that it could consider suitable for this purpose .
Valid aspects are also considered as surnames holds the person, their family language or other evidence to demonstrate the belonging to this cultural community.
Similarly , it is permissible justification for inclusion, or offspring Direct person included in the list of protected Sephardic families by Spain referred Decree-Law of 29 December 1948 , or any other similar list .
It also includes those obtained by special naturalization via the Royal Decree of 20 December 1924 .
It will also be accepted justification for linking Applicant or collateral kinship with persons or families referred to in those paragraphs .
In case of the application to the civil registrar Consular domicile of the person concerned, that will take into account any Applicant sign of belonging to the Spanish community of their demarcation.
However , interested parties should formalize its application in a term not exceeding two years from the entry into force of the Act , which It may be extended up to one year as determined by agreement Council of Ministers.
As for the application process , a model is established normalized by the Ministry of Justice , to be submitted by writing, his face being accurate ratification with the manager Relevant consular or municipal Civil Registry.
The applicant shall provide the necessary documentation for the processing of the application and how deems necessary to establish its special relationship with the Spanish culture and customs.
in this sense for attendance will be taken into account especially or social and charitable activities .
Similarly, the Directorate General of Registries and Notaries may collect reports corroborate the veracity of the conditions provided by institutions such as the competent rabbinic authority and Jewish community of origin , as well as organizations that can prove the absence of criminal record of the person concerned .
Moreover, the reform states that these same people may retain their nationality of origin, although the case of countries with until now there was this possibility. The text includes a single transitional provision amending the Sephardim who have applied for Spanish citizenship prior to this legislative reform and still not been resolved may continue process it with the procedure adopted by this Act, in which case they must expressly request and provide the necessary documentation for it .
The draft bill approved today highlights the special relationship of the Sephardic community with their expulsion from Spain in 1492 and have been symbolized by the keys which retain many of their homes in Sefarad ( Spain in Hebrew ) .
They have maintained intact their culture, customs and language , despite the time elapsed.
Also highlighted his contributions to literature and the law , as proved by the entries of King Alfonso X , the Wise, written largely by Sephardim in the castle of Monteagudo , Murcia and the contributions of this community to the discovery of America. Memory and fidelity of these ” Spanish stateless ” made them in 1990 worthy of the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord .
but no This was the first example of the existence in Spain of a stream of Sephardic favorable review. Already in the time of Elizabeth II were allowed to have their own cemeteries and synagogues open .
As Minister of State Fernando de los Ríos was studied grant it the Sephardim from Morocco, but eventually the project was frustrated .
In 1886 Matthew Práxedes pulsed Sagasta and in 1900 , Senator Angel Pulido , an approach started Sephardic culminating in the authorization to open synagogues, the founding of the Alliance Hispano- Hebrew in Madrid ( 1910) and the establishment of the Universal House of Sephardim in 1920.
In 1924 a Royal Decree intended to grant citizenship the ” old Spanish protected or descendants of these , and Generally individuals belonging to families of Spanish origin ” , which not expressly appoints the Sephardim , but allowed the WWII save many of the gas chamber through humanitarian mission that carried Spanish diplomats as Angel Sanz Briz in Budapest , Sebastián Romero Radigales in Athens, Miotta Bernardo Rolland in Paris , Julio Palencia in Sofia, Javier Martínez de Bedoya in Lisbon, José Eduardo Rojas in Bucharest or Propper de Callejon in Bordeaux .