The Spanish Consulate in Havana reports that the Grandchildren Law "decayed"

The Spanish Consulate in Havana reported that the Grandchildren Law, intended for thegranting of Spanish nationality, has not resulted after the dissolution of parliament.

According to onenote issued According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain, the Nietos Law or “law proposal No. 122/55” was in the process of being processed in “the corresponding commission of the Congress of Deputies.” However, it “declined” with the recent “separation of the general courts.”

The objective of the Grandchildren Law was to grant nationality to descendants born abroad of Spanish parents. The regulations were an extension of the Historical Memory Law, enacted in 2007 by the government of José Luis Rodríguez, which opened the door for nearly 150 thousand Cubans

In June the Senate had approved this legislative proposal with a view torepair unfair situations and legal loopholes of its predecessor. In essence, it would allow people who meet any of these requirements to obtain Spanish nationality:

1. Grandchildren of Spanish women married to a Cuban (or any other foreigner) before the entry into force of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 since until that time, Spanish women lost their nationality when marrying a foreigner.
2. Relatives of Spanish parents who did not obtain nationality when the Historical Memory Law was implemented due to age.
3. Grandchildren of Spanish emigrants, who left Spain for economic reasons, and lost their Spanish nationality before their children were born.
4. Grandchildren of Spaniards who had Spanish nationality as minors, but lost it when they were older for not ratifying it

At that time, legal sources estimated that the statute would come into force within a year. However, after the current Spanish president,Pedro Sánchez, called early elections, the approval of the Nietos Law was “up in the air.”

For the elections to take place on April 28, the upper and lower houses had to be dissolved before March 5. The Grandchildren Law could only have gone ahead if it had been admitted before that date, which did not happen.

It is estimated that more than 200 thousand Cubans could have acquired Spanish nationality through this regulation.