Understanding Common Requirements for Spanish Nationality Acquisition

UNIT 13 Common Requirements for the Derivative Acquisition of Nationality: Article 23 states that the common requirements for the validity of the acquisition of Spanish nationality by option, certificate of naturalization, or residency are the following:

1. That the individual is over 14 years old and able to make a statement on their own, swearing or promising allegiance to the King and obedience to the Constitution and the laws.
2. To declare that the same person is renouncing their former nationality.
3. The acquisition must be registered in the Spanish Civil Register. These requirements must be met by an appropriate declaration before the civil registrar concerned.

ITEM 14 The Acquisition by Civil Neighborhood Residence: Art. 14.5 states that through habitual and continuous residence in a territory other than the civil neighborhood mentioned above, any Spanish citizen can acquire a new civil neighborhood. According to the cited article, "The regional citizenship is acquired:

1. For two years of continuous residence, provided that the person concerned expresses their will.
2. For ten years of continuous residence, without a declaration to the contrary in the meantime. Both statements would be reflected in the Civil Registry and need not be repeated."

ITEM 17 The Plurality of Persons in Associations: The essential basis for the birth of the association is the union of several people who associate together to achieve a goal.

• The Constitution says nothing about the minimum number of partners.
• In Organic Law 1/2002, it states that natural persons and legal persons, whether public or private, may form associations and become part of the same.

Art. 5.1. "Associations are established by agreement of 3 or more natural or legal persons legally constituted." An association, organized in structure, is an outgrowth of the right of association recognized for citizens. Since the Constitution does not distinguish between legal and natural persons, legal persons can also form an association. Article 3 of the Act states that those wishing to form an association must have legal capacity. It seems somewhat dubious as it pertains to youth associations, cultural, student, and children who are incorporated in them by themselves, as it allows in some cases, by Art. 162.1 of the CC for certain acts relating to rights of personality.