If your parents were Spanish by origin, you also have the possibility of obtaining Spanish citizenship, as long as you meet the established requirements. In this case, you must be under 18 years of age to be eligible for the application.

They will also have the right to acquire Spanish Nationality in this way:

• Those Persons who are or have been subject to the Parental Power of a Spaniard.

• Those Persons whose determination of filiation (determination of filiation means establishing who the Parents of a Person are) or birth in Spain occurs after eighteen years of age. In this case, the period to apply for Nationality is two years from the date the parentage or birth is determined.

• Those Persons whose adoption by Spaniards occurs after the age of eighteen. In this case, the right to choose exists until a period of two years has elapsed from the constitution of the adoption.

Law 20/2022 on Democratic Memory in Spain, approved in 2022, includes provisions that facilitate the acquisition of Spanish nationality for certain groups of people.

• Those born outside of Spain whose father or mother, grandfather or grandmother are or have originally been Spanish.
• Those born outside of Spain whose father or mother, grandfather or grandmother had lost or renounced Spanish nationality due to exile.
• Those born outside Spain to Spanish women who lost their Spanish nationality by marrying a foreign citizen before the entry into force of the 1978 Constitution.
• The sons and daughters of those who opted for Spanish nationality under the Historical Memory Law 52/2007 or under this Law 20/2022.
• People who, being children of a father or mother who were originally Spanish, can return home having obtained nationality through art. 20.1 a) and 20.1.b of C.c.