The Barcelona City Council has announced the opening of four reception and service centers across the city dedicated to accelerating the process of regularizing undocumented migrants, as part of a plan aimed at simplifying administrative procedures and reducing waiting times for applicants. <\/p>\n\n
The decision comes as part of preparations for the implementation of Spain<\/a>\u2019s collective regularization program, which is expected to benefit tens of thousands of residents in irregular situations, with a focus on facilitating access to documents and essential services.<\/p>\n\n The Deputy Mayor for Social Rights in Barcelona explained that the four centers will directly assist applicants by providing services related to file preparation, issuing required certificates, and guiding migrants<\/a> through administrative procedures. <\/p>\n\n The new centers include:<\/p>\n\n These centers will receive applications and provide assistance until the end of the application period set for June 30.<\/p>\n\n Local authorities in Barcelona<\/a> expect a large number of irregular residents<\/a> to benefit from the program, amid estimates suggesting that thousands of people are eligible to submit their applications during the current period.<\/p>\n\n The city aims, through these centers, to avoid administrative congestion and speed up file processing, especially with expectations of a rise in applications in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n\n The new centers operate on a walk-in service system, allowing applicants to obtain essential documents such as registration certificates and social status reports more quickly, in addition to providing administrative support for preparing regularization files. <\/p>\n\n Coordination between different centers in the city will also be strengthened to ensure that applications are processed within a shorter timeframe, drawing on previous experience in managing similar regularization programs. <\/p>\n\n The Barcelona City Council confirmed that these centers will continue providing services until June 30, which is the expected deadline for the application intake phase under the current program. <\/p>\n\n It also noted that other service centers in the city will continue receiving applications through an appointment-based system to ensure organized flow and reduced waiting times. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Barcelona City Council has announced the opening of four reception and service centers across the city dedicated to accelerating the process of regularizing undocumented migrants, as part of a plan aimed at simplifying administrative procedures and reducing waiting times for applicants. The decision comes as part of preparations for the implementation of Spain\u2019s collective …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[398],"tags":[408],"class_list":["post-12866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-spain-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12867,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12866\/revisions\/12867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}New centers to bring services closer to migrants<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n
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Growing pressure due to applicant numbers in Spain<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n
Direct support to reduce administrative pressure<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n
Service continues until the end of June<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n