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📋 ARRAIGO IN SPAIN

Types of Arraigo in Spain

A complete guide to every arraigo route to regularise your status. Requirements, deadlines and procedure updated for 2026.

Arraigo is the main route to regularise your status if you have been living in Spain without residence authorisation. There are five types (art. 125.1 of Royal Decree 1155/2024): second chance, socio-laboral, social, socio-formativo and familiar. Each fits a different profile — familiar requires no time-in-country, social does, socio-formativo ties to a registered course.

The fact sheets cover the 2026 requirements after the Immigration Regulations reform: minimum stay, paperwork, fee, processing time, and what to do if the immigration office takes longer than expected. Full legal references appear in each sheet.

For the 2026 Extraordinary Regularisation (special route with a deadline of 30 June 2026) see the dedicated guide on the blog.

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Arraigo Familiar (Family-Based Residence)

Residence authorisation via arraigo familiar. Since RD 1155/2024 it covers parents, mothers or guardians of a minor...

⏱️ None — "arraigo familiar shall not require any minimum period of stay" (art. 126.b), the only arraigo exempt from the two-year rule 📅 5 years. The rule is one year for every arraigo, "except by reason of arraigo familiar, whose duration shall be five years" (arts. 125.2 and 132.1) 💰 38.28 EUR — Modelo 790 código 052
✓ Work allowed ✓ Permanent residence

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Arraigo Segunda Oportunidad (Residency Recovery)

Temporary residence authorisation via arraigo segunda oportunidad (Spain's rooted residence permit for people...

⏱️ Two years. "Having remained in national territory continuously for at least the two years preceding the filing of the application" (art. 126.b). If you applied for international protection, the time it was being processed until the final decision does NOT count. 📅 1 year 💰 38.28 EUR — Modelo 790 código 052
✓ Work allowed ✓ Permanent residence

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Arraigo Social (Rooted Residence)

Temporary residence authorisation granted under exceptional circumstances via arraigo social (Spain's rooted...

⏱️ 2 continuous years in Spain 📅 1 year 💰 38.28 EUR — Modelo 790 código 052
✓ Work allowed ✓ Permanent residence

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Arraigo Socioformativo (Vocational Training Residence)

Temporary residence authorisation via arraigo socioformativo (Spain's rooted residence permit for people completing...

⏱️ 2 continuous years in Spain 📅 12 months. Renewal is NOT automatic just because you are still studying — it requires a report from the centre certifying you moved up to the second year in basic or intermediate vocational training; if you finish before the year is out, it depends on the qualification obtained and on being in active job search registered with the public employment service (art. 132.2.b) 💰 EUR 38.28 — form 790 code 052, heading 2.3.1 of Order PJC/617/2025 (BOE-A-2025-12056), which names socioformativo arraigo explicitly. The TIE is separate, EUR 16.08 (heading 4.2)
✓ Work allowed ✓ Permanent residence

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Arraigo Laboral (Employment-Based Residence)

Temporary residence authorisation via arraigo sociolaboral (Spain's rooted residence permit for employed workers...

⏱️ 2 continuous years in Spain 📅 1 year (art. 125.2 RD 1155/2024) 💰 38.28 EUR — Modelo 790 código 052 (Orden PJC/617/2025, heading 2.3.1, which names arraigo sociolaboral expressly)
✓ Work allowed ✓ Permanent residence

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ℹ️ The information on this website is general guidance. It is not legal advice. For your specific case, consult a lawyer specializing in immigration or the relevant official office. Emigra España never advises acting outside the law.