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Queues at València's registry office for extraordinary migrant regularization

The publication of the Royal Decree has led to long queues and a political debate over the management of municipal resources.

Generic image of people queuing in front of a municipal building.
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Generic image of people queuing in front of a municipal building.

The publication of the Royal Decree for the extraordinary regularization of migrants in the Valencian Community has caused long queues at València's registry offices, affecting nearly 100,000 people seeking to obtain residence and work permits.

On Wednesday, April 15, 2026, the publication in the Official State Gazette of the Royal Decree on extraordinary migrant regularization marked the beginning of a complex bureaucratic process. This procedure will allow individuals in irregular situations or those who have applied for international protection to access a legal residence and work authorization, with an initial validity of one year, renewable, provided they meet the established requirements.
From early morning, many people have approached municipal offices to verify the necessary documentation for the online application process, which will open on Thursday, April 16. The in-person application, which will require a prior appointment also available from Thursday, April 16, will begin on April 20.
The endless queues at the municipal registry have been a source of confrontation between political parties. The spokesperson for the Socialist Municipal Group in the València City Council, Borja Sanjuan, denounced that María José Catalá and Vox are “boycotting the regularization of migrants in the city” and demanded that they “reinforce the staff of this service to be able to attend to people”.
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"Catalá and Vox are not expanding the registry's resources to create long queues and discourage people who have the right to papers in our country from exercising that right."

Borja Sanjuan · Spokesperson for the Socialist Municipal Group in València City Council
Sanjuan described the situation as “a real shame” and suggested it “could be called institutional racism,” recalling that the city council “has been reducing resources for migrant assistance.” He mentioned the removal of the lawyer who advised on immigration issues and the obligation to queue to hinder compliance with deadlines.
For their part, municipal sources responded that the accusations from the PSPV “always distort the truth with the sole objective of shifting to the city council an issue that is solely and exclusively the responsibility of Pedro Sánchez's government.” They lamented that the Government initiates a regularization process without clearly defining criteria or providing sufficient information, placing all the pressure on city councils without additional resources. “This causes uncertainty and an increase in demand that no municipality can absorb immediately without state support,” they affirmed.

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