In most immigration and citizenship procedures it is necessary to provide documents that come from abroad. In other words, you need to submit documents that have been issued by an organ, administration or registry outside Spain to the Ministry of Justice.
In this case, for those document to be valid and recognized in Spain, it is necessary to resort to the process of legalization or obtaining the Hague Apostille. Otherwise, the specific document that does not undergo such a procedure will not be recognized or valid in our country.
Both procedures have the main goal: tolegalize foreign documents in Spain.
As you know, when you apply for your visa or residence permit, you need to submit several documents.
For example, if you want to request the arraigo social or the family reunification, you must present, among other documents, the criminal records of your country of origin.
Therefore, in order for these documents to be recognized by the corresponding Office, it is necessary that these documents be legalized/apostilled in their country of origin.
Otherwise, they will not be able to be valued for the purpose of receiving their residence or nationality and, therefore, they can be denied.
In that sense, doing one thing or the other will depend on your country of origin. Let’s see each of them individually.
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