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Immigration Lawyers in Madrid

In an increasingly globalised world, and with new possibilities in the field of employment that make it possible to work even outside the country where the company is located, immigration occupies an important place nowadays and having lawyers specialised in immigration law increases the chances of success of applications.

In our office, you will have the best attention and specialisation in immigration law to find the path that best suits your situation and that will lead you to achieve your migratory objectives, with the alternatives that Spanish immigration law offers at all times, as we cannot forget that the rules are constantly changing, and daily practice in the field means that our lawyers have a perfect command of them, thus acting in the benefit of our client.

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Immigration Lawyers

Law firm specialised in immigration law

At Winkels Abogados in Madrid, you will find a team of lawyers specialised in immigration law who will analyse your needs to provide you with the solution or solutions that may exist in your situation and guide you through the process until we attain our established goal.

More than twenty-five years of experience in immigration law, guarantee the successful track record that the immigration department has accredited, and in which the expert professionals assigned are lawyers with extensive professional and academic experience.

Our formula for success consists of actively listening to our clients, evaluating their personal, work and family circumstances, in order to find the solution that best suits their needs, and accompanying them throughout the entire procedure, from the evaluation and examination of the situation, to obtaining the authorisation that will allow them to stay in Spain, and always with the knowledge that we have of immigration law.

After assessing the situation, our lawyers will seek to ensure that it fits within the Spanish immigration law in any of its options, and we will prepare the file, supervising the necessary documentation and completing the necessary forms and fees. When everything is ready, we will submit through the electronic platforms in which we are registered to send the applications as quickly and directly as possible to the Spanish administration responsible for the resolution of the file, being at all times aware of the evolution of the same, and receiving on behalf of the client the administrative notifications to avoid problems of deadlines and requirements. This is why we can not only take care of the files in Madrid, since the filing system derived from the agreements to which we are attached, allow us to do so throughout the national territory and even in diplomatic or consular

representations, as the lawyers are in telematic communication with the Spanish public administrations.

Once we have received the answer, we will also take care of requesting and obtaining the necessary appointments for fingerprinting, card collection, etc., at the police stations in Madrid and the rest of Spain, which are in charge of immigration procedures.

Within the solutions we propose, we take into account the client’s needs, their intentions to stay in Spain for a determined or undetermined period of time, the family circumstances surrounding them and how they can keep the whole family together in a short period of time, and the work circumstances and how this can affect the final outcome of the procedure, using the extensive knowledge of our immigration lawyers to find these solutions.

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In the immigration department of Winkels Abogados, we cover all the existing processes in the Spanish regulations. We specialise in visas for investors or entrepreneurs, such as the Golden Visa, including modalities such as real estate investor, Spanish public debt and bank investor. We also manage permits for remote workers and digital nomads, highly qualified personnel, intra-company transfers and innovative business projects. In addition, we process residence certificates for EU citizens and residence authorisations for their family members, as well as non-profit residence permits and self-employed and employed work permits. We handle applications for exceptional  circumstances such as social, work and family roots, as well as residence permits for studies and internships, and job searches.

We also offer assistance in applications for international protection and asylum, renewals of authorisations, and applications for Spanish nationality. We handle border rejections and recoveries of long-term residence authorisations, as well as sanctioning procedures in immigration matters, including expulsions. In addition, we process the Foreigner Identification Number in Madrid and handle contentious-administrative proceedings before the Administrative Courts, High Courts of Justice, the Central Administrative Court, the National Court and the Supreme Court.

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Residences on the basis of Arraigo

Residence permit on the grounds of social ties

This is one of the ways that exist for those foreigners who have been in Spain irregularly for three years, and who have a work contract or sufficient economic means to be able to reside in a regular manner. In this way, the situation of irregularity is reversed and legal residence can begin.

Residence permit on the grounds of family ties

Aimed at those foreign citizens in an irregular situation in Spanish territory who are the parents of a

Spanish citizen, or who are the children of a father or mother who were originally Spanish. In this type of authorisation it is not necessary, as in other types of authorisation, to prove a previous stay in Spain in an irregular situation.

Residence permit on the basis of employment roots

This is the route that allows, for example, holders of an expired study permit who have worked while they were students, or asylum seekers whose applications were rejected but who had been authorised to work, to gain access to a residence and work permit, and thus comply with the migration inregulations on by returning their irregular situation to one of administrative regularity.

Other residences

Residence permit for students

Student residence permits allow you to come to Spain to study and, if certain conditions are met, this permit can later be converted into a work and residence permit in accordance with Spanish immigration regulations. In this type of residence permit, immediate family members are allowed to accompany the holder for the duration of the permit. If, for example, a student arrives in Madrid without a visa, our lawyers can help him/her in his/her objective of studying in Spain if he/she is still in the period to apply for it and without the need to start the procedure in his/her country.

Residence permit for the purpose of seeking employment

This is the way that exists in the law on foreigners (ley de extranjería) so that students who, at the end of their studies, have not converted their residence permit for studies because they do not have a work contract, can stay long enough in Spain to find a job offer that will transform their stay for studies into a residence and work permit.

Residence permit for unmarried partners

Depending on whether our partner is Spanish or EU citizen, or if he or she is a foreigner from outside the EU, we may have access to one type of permit or another. In fact, in the case of Community or Spanish couples, it is even allowed that there is no marriage or common-law relationship to apply for it, and the authorisation is granted if it can be demonstrated that they have been a couple for at least one year, and they continue to maintain this relationship.

Residence for Work

Self-employed work permit

With this type of immigration procedure, the applicant can work in Spain by proving that he or she is going to set up his or her own business or carry out a professional activity. Normally, the process must be initiated in the country of origin, and our lawyers are responsible for preparing the dossier to be presented at the Spanish consulate in the country of origin. Subsequently, the process must be completed in Spain in order to start your professional work, at which point you can also call on our lawyers to advise you on the administrative and tax formalities.

Work permit for employees

If you have a job offer in Spain, this is the way to obtain a residence and work permit as a foreigner. The process starts with the application from the employer in Spain, whom our lawyers will advise and accompany in the process, and when this has been granted continues with the application for the visa in the country where the worker is located. The process ends with the entry into Spanish territory and the application for the foreigner’s identification card, a process during which there will also be a lawyer in charge of ensuring that the process is carried out effectively and smoothly.

Non- Profit Residence

Non-profit residence permit

In this type of immigration permit, we take care of the preparation of the dossier before the residence visa is applied for at the Spanish consulation (consulado) in the country of origin, and follow up on the application to ensure that it is granted. Once the visa has been granted, we finalise the process with the applicant already in Spain.

It is a route contemplated within the immigration law for those people who do not need to work in Spain to support themselves and who have sufficient economic resources.

Residence for Community Residents

Whether you are a citizen of a European Union country or a family member of one, we can take care of applying for your residence permits in Spain. In the case of family members, these can be either the EU citizen or their spouse, and unregistered partners are allowed to apply.

It is also a process that can be carried out for any point in Spain without the interested party being in Madrid. Our lawyers will advise and guide you on the most reliable and effective way to succeed in the application from among the options that exist in Spanish immigration law.

Residency by Investment

Residence permit for investment. Golden visa

This route is one of the least time-consuming in order to be authorised to reside and work in Spain. There are several ways to access this type of process, such as:

  • Investor in real estate.
  • Investor in Spanish public debt.
  • Bank investor.
  • Remote worker or digital nomads.
  • Highly qualified personnel.
  • Intra-company transfers.
  • Innovative business project or of interest to Spain.

Our lawyers can advise not only on immigration matters, but also on the process of acquiring property in Spanish territory, in order to carry out the real estate transaction with the greatest possible security.

Nationality

Spanish nationality application

The firm’s lawyers are accredited for the presentation of applications for Spanish nationality through the platform of the General Council of Spanish Lawyers, thus avoiding unnecessary waiting for an appointment. The file is reviewed and certified at the Madrid Bar Association.

In the majority of immigration cases, this process is the one that the interested parties seek to leave the field of immigration. As our lawyers are contemplated as beneficiaries of the aforementioned agreement, we can present this type of application in any province of Spain, without the need for it to be in Madrid, and avoiding the need for the applicant to travel.

In many cases, the beneficiary will be able to maintain both his or her original nationality and Spanish nationality, if there is an agreement between the two countries, which will avoid the renunciation of his or her original nationality.

Immigration legal advice services

Immigration law is the legal practice that allows the phenomenon of immigration to be dealt with in an orderly manner. There are important changes in this practice on an almost monthly basis, as even the administrations in charge of its application issue instructions to clarify the procedures. Having a specialised and expert lawyer, who can guide us in our situation, is a guarantee of success, whether our intention is to obtain residency due to roots or investment, the most effective way to do so is to count on the specialised lawyers of our firm.

Even if the problem has arisen subsequently, and the applications have been rejected, our team of expert lawyers can assess the resulting situation, evaluating the quickest way to reverse the situation and, if necessary, even going to court to have the violated rights or situations not administratively protected recognised.

We are also experts in contentious-administrative procedural practice, and our experience in this area and in relation to immigration extends from the contentious-administrative courts to the

Supreme Court, including the High Courts of Justice of the autonomous communities, the central contentious-administrative courts, and the National High Court.

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