Tag: Civil registry
Spanish judge rules parents can’t name child with Basque word for ‘semen’
A FAMILY in Spain’s Basque Country has vowed to take legal action after a judge refused to allow their newborn daughter to be named...
Dozens of arrests across Spain over newborn baby nationality scam aimed at getting residency for Moroccan women
THE Policia Nacional have busted a scam using newborn babies of pregnant immigrants as a way to get Spanish residency.
Moroccan women paid up to...
Priest avoids jail time after approving marriages of convenience in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain
A former Murcia City parish priest has avoided time in prison after being convicted of carrying out 16 marriages of convenience between 2001 and...
Corrupt Costa Blanca official demanded €20 bung from Venezuelan teenager to speed up Spanish citizenship application
A 54-year-old Civil Registry worker at San Vicente del Raspeig demanded a €20 payment from a Venezuelan woman who wanted to become a Spanish...