Overview
- The extraordinary application window closed on Tuesday with registry counts and reporting showing well over one million submissions, far above the government's April estimate of roughly 500,000.
- The Spanish Supreme Court has given parties five days to decide whether to ask the Court of Justice of the European Union to rule on possible conflicts with EU migration rules and warned it may suspend tramitations while legal questions are resolved.
- Many applicants already admitted to trámite hold provisional residence and work permits but cannot formally work because they still lack NIE numbers or Social Security IDs, delaying contracts and pay.
- In response the government announced a Plan de Integración y Ciudadanía with about €505 million for the first year and created an Agencia Estatal de Movilidad Humana to coordinate legal labour recruitment and integration measures.
- Municipalities and NGOs played a central role by issuing over 60,000 vulnerability reports in Catalonia and running reception operations, and the process has deepened political division with calls for deadline extensions and warnings about cross‑border EU effects.