Overview
- The Ministry of Inclusion reported 1,174,978 total applications and said 609,737 files—about 52%—have been admitted to trámite, which grants provisional residence and work authorization.
- The registration impact is immediate: the Social Security snapshot for June 30 shows 159,097 new affiliates linked to provisional permits, concentrated in hospitality, commerce and construction with most contracts recorded as permanent.
- Authorities have mobilized a Policía Nacional 'plan de choque' with extra documentation units, evening and weekend shifts and paid overtime to issue ID cards, while unions and CSIF warn roughly half a million dossiers still need data entry into the Mercurio system.
- The Supreme Court has raised doubts about the measure’s compatibility with EU law and may refer questions to the Court of Justice of the EU, a legal step that the government says it will try to skirt by accelerating admissions to trámite.
- Applicants are mostly young adults from Latin America (about 67%), with Colombia, Morocco and Venezuela the top nationalities and over half of requests filed in Catalonia, Madrid and Valencia, prompting unions and employers to call for regional integration pacts and resources to manage long-term effects.