Spain creates Electronic Register of Extranjería Collaborators to speed up immigration filings
EU Justice & Home Affairs Council outlines Schengen-border priorities; Spain backs faster voluntary returns
Finnish interior minister blasts Spain’s mass regularisation, warns of ‘Schengen risk’
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Spanish opposition files congressional motion to scrap extraordinary regularisation and tighten arraigo rules
A motion published in the Congress Bulletin on 5 March 2026 shows Spain’s Partido Popular pushing to cancel the upcoming migrant regularisation and replace existing arraigo and family-reunification routes with a stricter, points-based system. While not yet law, the proposal highlights the polarised politics that could reshape corporate immigration strategy after future elections.
Beckham Law guide updated: what inbound professionals need to know in 2026
A comprehensive update published on 5 March 2026 re-confirms that Spain’s Beckham Law still offers a 24 % flat tax rate and foreign-income exemption for six years, extending to digital-nomad visa holders and start-up founders. The refreshed figures allow mobility and payroll teams to refine 2026 cost projections for inbound staff.
Latin-American communities cheer Spain’s mass-regularisation plan as Nicaraguan migrants prepare paperwork
A long-awaited decree to regularise roughly half a million undocumented migrants is imminent. A report on 4 March highlights Nicaraguan migrants—potentially 42,000 people—as among the chief beneficiaries. The scheme offers two-year work/residence permits, boosting Spain’s labour supply but posing administrative challenges for already stretched immigration offices.
Spain solidifies top-three global ranking for conference tourism, eyes 15.4 billion-euro MICE market in 2026
ICCA data published 4 March show Spain holding the world’s No. 3 position for international congresses, with the sector generating €14.3 billion last year and projected to hit €15.4 billion in 2026. Barcelona leads worldwide by delegate numbers, while 57 Spanish cities now host ICCA-qualified events. Corporate travel buyers should expect tighter room supply and higher rates, but can leverage Spain’s new fast-track visas for event participants.