Query about Spanish citizenship
My wife's father is Spanish and he moved to the Philippines in the '30s because of the Spanish Civil War. He eventually met a Filipina, got married, applied for Philippine citizenship and then settled here permanently till his death.
My wife was born in the '50s after her father secured his Philippine citizenship naturalization papers. Thus, following existing laws at that time, she was born as a naturalized Filipino.
Can she apply for Spanish citizenship automatically now or will she be subjected to the 2 year residency rule? What about our children?
Thank you.
Query on Spanish citizenship
Thank you for your feedback.
I recently heard of a ruling that, if a Spanish citizen fled the country due to the civil war at that time (i.e. 1930's), and resided in a different country, all of his direct descendants up to the third (?) degree will be exempted from the two (2) year residency requirement when applying for Spanish citizenship. In my case above, this ruling impacts my wife as well as our children.
I would like to verify/confirm that there is such a ruling.
Thank you.