Foreigner Procedures

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Refusal of entry into Spain.

Control of compliance with the requirements established in the current regulations for entry into national territory.

  • Foreigners who do not comply with the requirements for entry will be denied a reasoned and informed decision, with information about the remedies that may be filed against them, the time limit for doing so and the body to which they must be formalized, as well as their right to legal assistance, which may be ex officio in the event that the interested party lacks sufficient financial resources and, where appropriate, an interpreter, who will start at the moment of control at the border post.
  • Foreigners who are refused entry in Frontera in accordance with article 26.2 of Organic Law 4/2000, will be obliged to return to their point of origin.
  • The resolution of the Refusal of Entry will entail the immediate adoption of the necessary measures for the foreigner to return as soon as possible.
  • If the return is to be delayed by more than 72 hours, the Authority that refused entry shall contact the Investigating Judge to determine the place where they are to be detained until that time.
  • Places of detention for foreigners shall not be penitentiary, and shall be provided with social, legal, cultural and health services. Interned foreigners will be deprived only of the outpatient law.
  • The foreigner during his internment will be at all times at the disposal of the judicial authority that authorized him, and the latter must be informed by the governmental authority of any circumstances in relation to the situation of the interned foreigners.
  • The detention of a foreigner for the purpose of returning as a result of the refusal of entry shall be communicated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the Embassy or Consulate of your country.
  • The foreigner who is refused entry into the national territory by the officials responsible for the control, in accordance with the provisions of the international agreements signed by Spain, will be stamped on the passport with a cross of indelible black ink, and must remain in the facilities intended for that purpose at the border post until, as soon as possible, he returns to the place of origin or continues to travel to another country where he is admitted.