2023-06-08 19:22:26
Precisely for those who want to reach the Iberian country, there is more than one possibility to do so, but there is an opportunity that has been taken advantage of by many because since 2015 the Spanish Government allowed some people to acquire nationality as long as they have a surname of Jewish origin, since this sector was expelled from the European country since 1492.
Thus, this law accepts the descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Spain in the XV century to obtain the nationality of that country more easily.
According to the same site, González is very easy to find in countries like Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and Paraguay; Hernández stands out in Honduras, Mexico or El Salvador, while Da Silva is common in Brazil.
Besides, Colombian citizens with the following surnames might apply for nationality to obtain Spanish citizenship. However, despite the long list of surnames, some specific requirements must be met to obtain the document:
A: Abraham, Acevedo, Acosta, Aguado, Aguiar, Aguilar, Alarcón, Alba, Aldana, Alcalá, Alegre, Alfonso, Alfaro, Almeida, Alonso, Álvarez, Friend, Beloved, Amaya, Aranda.
B: Baltasar, Báez, Barral, Barrios, Beato, Benavente, Benítez, Bernal, Bravo, Bueno, Bermejo.
C: Cabrera, Calvo, Camacho, Campo, Cantos, Carrasco, Carrillo, Carvajal, Castellanos.
D: Delgado, Diego, Díez, Díaz, Duque, Domínguez, Durán, Dorado, Duarte.
E: Enrique, Enríquez, Espejo, Esperanza, Espinosa, Escudero, Esteban.
F: Fajardo, Fernández, Ferrer, Ferrero, Figueroa, Flores, Fuentes, Fuertes.
G: Gálvez, García, Gato, Garzón, Gil, Gimeno, Giménez, Gómez, Granado, González, Gutiérrez.
H: Haro, Henríquez, Hernández, Heredia, Holgado, Herrera, Huerta, Hurtado.
I: Ibanez, Israel, Left.
J: Jaen, Jimenez, Jimeno, Jorge, Juarez, Julian.
L: Lázaro, Leal, Lara, Larios, Leiva, León, Lima, Linares, Lobato, Lobo, López, Lorca, Lorenzo.
M: Madrid, Madrigal, Macías, Machado, Manuel, Márquez, Marchena, Marcos, Martínez, Marín.
N: Najera, Navarro, Navas, Nieto, Nunez.
O: Ocampo, Ochoa, Olivos, Olmos, Oliva, Ordóñez, Olivares, Orellana, Ortega, Ortiz.
P: Pacheco, Padilla, Palma, Palomino, Pardo, Paredes, Couple, Parra, Paz, Pascual, Pedraza, Peña, Pérez.
R: Ramírez, Ramos, Real, Rey, Reina, Ribera, Ricardo, Rivero, Robles, Roca, Rivas, Rodríguez, Ruiz.
S: Salgado, Salinas, Rooms, Salazar, Salcedo, Salvador, Sánchez, Sancho, Serra, Serrano, Sierra, Silva.
T: Talavera, Toledo, Torre, Torres, Wheat.
U: Ubeda, Uría, Urrutia.
V: Valero, Valle, Vara, Varela, Vargas, Vázquez, Vega, Velázquez, Vera, Vergara, Villanueva, Vidal.
Z: Zalazar, Zaragoza, Zuniga.
To access Sephardic status, you must have the certificate of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE). On the FCJE portal you can consult any information and present the documents.
You can also obtain it if you have the certificate of the president of the Jewish community of the area of residence or hometown of the person concerned or the certificate of the rabbinic authority of the country of residence.
Another requirement is the use of ladino or “haketía” as the family language, which can be accredited with a certificate from a competent entity recognized by the Los Angeles authorities. In addition, the birth certificate or the “ketubah” or marriage certificate stating its celebration according to the traditions of Castile.
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