Spain: Information for stateless people and those at risk of statelessness fleeing Ukraine
Procedure &
rights
File a written request
(including personal details,
address for serving notices,
reasons, and family ties);
present identity or travel
documents (or justify the
lack of documentation);
interview; decision within
six months.
Pending the application:
right to remain in Spain;
document confirming
applicant’s status; medical
care; right to work if the
decision is not issued
within six months; free
legal assistance if unable to
pay; interpreter; right to
have application
communicated to UNHCR;
right to access the content
of the application file.
Rights upon
recognition
Residence permit valid for
five years; right to work;
identification and travel
documents; family
reunification; education;
healthcare; housing;
welfare and social services;
facilitated access to
naturalisation (residence
requirement reduced to
five years)
Official application form;
provide ID (passport, travel
documentation or
registration document);
certificate attesting
absence of criminal record;
documentation evidencing
the exceptional
circumstances which justify
the request for protection;
payment of relevant fees
File a request in person;
present personal
documents, travel
documents, and any other
supporting documentation;
adults accompanying
minors must present the
request on behalf of the
child
Residence permit valid for
one year; right to work
upon request
Right to reside for one year
(automatically renewed for
one more year unless it
ceases); right to work;
travel documents if need to
leave Spain; right to reenter Spain from other EU
countries; social assistance;
family reunification
For more information, see:
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Ministry of the Interior, Information about Temporary Protection Ukraine, Information for applicants of
international protection in Spain: right to asylum and subsidiary protection, Instructions for requesting
an appointment to obtain a Foreigner’s Identity Card (Tarjeta de Identitad de Extranjero)
Spanish Commission for Aid to Refugees (CEAR), Guide on protection in Spain for people affected by war
Civil society organisations: Diaconía, Movimiento por la Paz, La Merced Migraciones, Rescate
Union of Workers (UGT) / contact: (+34) 915900580/81; (+34) 915897100; contacto@cec.ugt.org
Workers’ Commission Madrid (CC.OO.) (contact: (+34) 91 536 5320; cite.madrid@usmr.ccoo.es)
European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Information Sheet
EU Asylum Agency, Who is Who in International Protection, Temporary Protection overview
EASO, Guidance on reception conditions for unaccompanied children: operational standards and
indicators
KIND & Child Circle, Note on unaccompanied children fleeing Ukraine
Right to Protection, Who are stateless persons who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion on 24 of
February, 2022
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