Spain's immigration policy is soft, and it is difficult for many overseas Chinese to apply.

According to Spain's Oulang. Com, since 2009, although Spain's immigration law has not changed much, some soft regulations of the Ministry of Labor, such as: applying for a permanent residence contract, applying for family reunion status of Spanish relatives, requiring proof of integration, and providing original passports or police reports of loss when overseas Chinese apply for permanent residence, etc ... A series of soft regulations seem to reveal a message to all immigrants: Spain's immigration policy is getting stricter and stricter.

Overseas Chinese who apply for or change their roots must provide the original passport before they can change it.

Yang (pseudonym), an overseas Chinese in Barcelona, lost his passport in 2006 because of a thief. After reporting the case to the police station, registering the loss report and changing his passport through the consulate, Yang did not expect to change his residence again five years later, because he did not keep the police report, and he would face great trouble. According to Yang, he told reporters: "This year is just my turn to change my residence that has been rooted for five years. If the passport is lost or changed according to the previous regulations on changing the place of residence, when applying for changing the place of residence, you only need to fill in the reasons for changing the passport and the original passport number on the corresponding form. As a result, this time I submitted it according to the previous procedure. The staff of the Ministry of Labor asked me not only to fill in the reason and number of passport replacement, but also to provide a copy of the original passport. Otherwise, I have to provide proof of the lost alarm form of the police station. "

This regulation of the Ministry of Labor made Yang, an overseas Chinese, feel embarrassed: due to negligence at that time, the lost certificate that was reported to the police four years ago because of the loss of his passport had already been lost, and now the Ministry of Labor has asked him to provide relevant certificates, which makes Yang very worried.

In this regard, the reporter interviewed a Spanish law firm in Madrid on the relevant situation. According to the staff of the law firm told reporters: "There was basically no such situation before. Although the new immigration law has not been formally implemented, all the laws in Spain will be implemented and put into trial operation for a period of time before they are formally implemented, and whether the laws can be formally passed depends on the social response and effect. Therefore, judging from the recent period, it is best for overseas Chinese who have changed their passports to keep their original passports or their passports lost to the police station when applying for taking root or changing their roots. After all, the Ministry of Labor needs to provide these documents when applying for and changing residence. "

However, the soft requirement of the Ministry of Labor that "foreigners must provide the original passport or the police report the loss" makes many "black households" overseas Chinese who came to Spain through illegal channels but accidentally lost their passports quite embarrassed: if they go to the police station to report the loss according to regulations, they will only be trapped; However, if you don't apply for losing your passport, it will be even more unfavorable for you to apply for legal status if a legal clause in the new immigration law formally replaces this soft clause three years later. Therefore, judging from the soft requirements implemented by the Ministry of Labor, the Spanish government not only tends to strictly examine and approve immigrants' legal status applications, but also strictly controls the existence of illegal immigrants through various means to a great extent.

The application for family reunion must be included in the report.

In addition to the soft rule that "foreigners must provide the original passport or the police report of loss reporting when applying for a new passport or a change of residence", the Spanish Immigration Bureau is increasingly demanding family reunion. Not only do applicants for family reunification need to meet the monthly income standard of 830 euros, but Spanish applicants also need to provide community integration reports and language tests before submitting their applications.

It is understood that there was no such requirement in the application procedure for family reunion in previous years, but since this year, the Immigration Bureau has begun to require applicants to provide relevant integration report materials according to the applicant's location and situation. According to a reporter from a law firm, "Not long ago, I brought a client to the Ministry of Labor to apply for family reunion. The client's husband and children are already in Spain. We provided the Immigration Bureau with the proof of husband and wife, income certificate, work certificate and other materials as required before, but it was not long before the Immigration Bureau returned them. At that time, the answer given by the Immigration Bureau was: if the applicant applies for family reunion in Spain, he must apply for an integration report from the social worker at home, and the applicant's language ability should be evaluated. This provision does not exist in Spanish law, but it is already a soft provision of the Immigration Bureau. We don't know for the time being whether it can officially become a law and regulation in the immigration law in the future. "

At the same time, the staff of the law firm particularly emphasized that it is not common for applicants to apply for family reunion in Spain, and the immigration bureau needs to ask the applicants whether to make an integration report according to the applicant's region and the applicant's situation.

Permanent contract has become one of the important conditions for applying to take root.

Hu, an overseas Chinese, has been actively collecting all kinds of time information since he came to Spain in 2006. He is going to apply for legal residence in accordance with the requirements of the Spanish government in three years. 20 10 1, Hu began to actively prepare to submit an application to take root in Spain after three years. According to Hu told reporters: "I collected enough time and materials and made a good report. I applied with a company contract signed once a year provided by my boss. Three months later, I received a refusal letter from the Ministry of Labor. At that time, because my language was not very good, I thought that my refusal was caused by the semi-security workers in the boss's company. "

In desperation, after receiving the refusal letter, Hu once again took the contract issued by his friend and submitted the application for root-seeking through various channels. But three months later, I received a refusal letter from the Ministry of Labor. I saw that many friends around me successfully applied for root-seeking, and even if they were refused visas, they successfully obtained legal status through appeals. Hu couldn't help being angry and anxious, and went to the lawyer's building for consultation.

According to Hu told reporters: "Later, when I arrived at the law firm, the staff carefully read my two refusal letters, saying that the reason why the labor department refused to sign was that the company contract did not meet the requirements. At that time, I asked the other party what kind of work contract was needed to meet the requirements of delivery. The lawyer told me that although there is no mandatory requirement in law, it is generally required to submit a permanent contract, so that it can be successfully approved. "

The examination and approval of materials that change the residence time also tends to be more strict.

In addition to trying to implement the laws and regulations of the new immigration law that have not yet been implemented, and setting soft rules to strictly apply for immigration, the Spanish government's approval procedures in the whole process of applying for and replacing the legal status of immigrants are becoming more and more strict.

Zhao Nvshi, an overseas Chinese from Madrid, obtained legal residency in Spain in his early years. However, since her parents have not yet come to Spain to reunite with her family, Miss Zhao, who has a successful career in Spain, takes time to return to China to visit relatives every year. However, this year, Miss Zhao changed her residence for five years, but she got into a headache because of a small problem with her passport. Miss Zhao told the reporter: "A few years ago, I went back to Spain from China to visit my relatives, and my exit visa was not stamped. I didn't notice it then either. When I changed my residence this year, the government staff raised questions and asked me to explain the situation of leaving China without a visa. "

Miss Zhao, who left China without an exit stamp, was dumbfounded at the questions raised by the staff. She didn't know how to explain them. Seeing Miss Zhao's puzzled face, the staff also knew that it might be the work mistake of the outbound personnel, which led to the loss of a visa stamp in Miss Zhao's passport. So the staff asked Miss Zhao to fill out a relevant form, and then asked Miss Zhao to change her passport on time after it expired. Only then did I accept the time materials of Miss Zhao's root change and approved her application for root change.

Postscript:

The Spanish law enforcement process is completely different from that of China. In Spain, the passage of any law requires not only the discussion of the parliament, but also the trial operation of various provisions of the law in the society for a period of time, and then it is decided whether the law will maintain the original law or change the legislation through the effect of the trial operation of the law and the attitude of the people. Therefore, before the "new immigration law" was proposed to be revised and rested, many soft regulations formulated by the Spanish Ministry of Labor and the Immigration Bureau were only a trial measure before the "new immigration law" was revised.

Judging from the various soft rules for submitting and replacing applications for root-seeking and family reunion, Spain's immigration policy is still tightening. Moreover, in terms of strictly controlling illegal immigrants, although the Spanish government allows illegal immigrants to obtain legal status after living in Spain for three years, it has intensified its efforts to crack down on and suppress the living space of illegal immigrants not only through various administrative means, but also through laws and channels in daily life. Therefore, some lawyers concluded that "Spain's immigration policy is changing with each passing day". As for whether Spain's new immigration law will be promulgated before next year's general election, although no one knows yet, at least the content of this new immigration law will be more demanding than the original immigration law.

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