Foreigner Procedures
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Prohibition of Departure
Prohibition of the departure of foreign citizens in different cases previously included in the Law.
Requirements and conditions
- Foreigners involved in legal proceedings for the commission of crimes in Spain, except in the cases of art. 57.7 of Organic Law 4/2000, of January 11, when the judicial authority authorized their departure or expulsion.
- Those of foreigners convicted of crimes in Spain to the penalty of deprivation of liberty and reclaimed, whatever the degree of execution of the sentence, except in the cases of art. 57.7, of Organic Law 4/2000, of 11 January, and the application of conventions on the enforcement of penalties in the country of origin to which Spain is a party.
- Foreigners sought and, where appropriate, detained for extradition by the respective countries, until the appropriate resolution is issued.
- The cases of suffering from contagious disease that, according to Spanish legislation or international conventions, impose the immobilisation or compulsory internment in an appropriate establishment.
How to carry out the procedure
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Basic data of the procedure:
- Form of initiation: Ex officio.
- Type of procedure: Others.
- Resolution of the procedure:
- Bodies competent to resolve this procedure:
- They will be adopted individually by the head of the Ministry of the Interior, as the case may be, on his own initiative, at the request of the head of the Secretariat of State for Immigration and Emigration, of the head of the Secretariat of State for Security, of the Delegate or Subdelegate of the Government, of the health authorities or at the request of Spanish citizens and foreigners residing legally in Spain who may be harmed, in their rights and freedoms, by the departure of foreigners from Spanish territory.
- The resolution of the procedure does put an end to the administrative route.
- Regulations governing administrative silence: ORGANIC LAW 4/2000 of 11 January, on the rights and freedoms of foreigners and their social integration.
- Bodies competent to resolve this procedure:
- Resources that can be interposed:
- Replacement potestative of replacement
- Organ that resolves the resource: Organ that dictated the act.
- Period for lodging an appeal: 1 month express act, 3 months presumptive act.
- Contentious - Administrative
- Organ that resolves the resource:
- Contentious Court - Administrative.
- Central Administrative Litigation Courts; Administrative Litigation Chambers of the High Court of Justice.
- Administrative Litigation Division of the National High Court; Administrative Litigation Division of the Supreme Court.
- Period for lodging an appeal: 2 months.
- Organ that resolves the resource:
- Replacement potestative of replacement
Regulations:
- ORGANIC LAW 4/2000 of 11 January, on the rights and freedoms of foreigners and their social integration. Open a new window. External link.
- Royal Decree 1155/2024, of 19 November, approving the Regulation of Organic Law 4/2000, of 11 January, on the rights and freedoms of foreigners in Spain and their social integration. Open a new window. External link.
- Code of the procedure: 994277
All the procedures
All foreigner procedures and procedures
- Foreigner procedures
- Extension of short-term stayForm EX29
- Student Card for Foreigners(Form EX17)
- Allocation of NIE at the request of interested parties.(Form EX15)
- Registration certificate(Form EX16)
- Certificate of Resident(Form EX15)
- Certificate of non-resident(Form EX15)
- Stateless Person's Statute(Form)
- Authorization issuance letter of invitation(Form)
- EU Citizen Registration Certificate(Form EX18)
- Initial card or renewal residence or residence and work(Form EX17)
- Residence card of a family member of a European Union citizen(Form EX19)
- Authorization and renewal of temporary residence due to exceptional circumstances(Form EX10)
- Authorization of Return(Form EX13)
- Long-term residence card(Form EX17)
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- Return of Foreigners
- Prohibition of departure
- Prohibition of entry
- Refugee identity document, subsidiary protection and stateless person
- Travel document for refugee, subsidiary protection and stateless persons
- Document Letter of Invitation
- Authorization of registration of undocumented persons
- Exceptional entry authorisation
- Exceptional authorisation for a short stay
- Visa processing transit/stay at the border
- Refusal of entry to Spain
- Expulsion of foreigners
- Penalizing Foreigners
- Foreigner Tax
- Documentation and Information