Another 1.3 million are waiting for an appointment. The avalanche of applications in the final months before a deadline expired could delay the process for years. Most applicants come from Argentina, followed by Cuba and Mexico
A total of 2.45 million descendants of Spaniards in several countries have requested appointments to apply for citizenship under the law, approved in June 2022 despite opposition from the right
The governing socialists tried to remove references to the Sahrawi people from the bill to avoid irritating Morocco, which controls much of the former Spanish colony
