Hello,

I’ll try to make this short and to the point. I’m American and moved to Puerto Rico three years ago to go to grad school. I got married last year to a Puerto Rican girl, whose father is Dominican. We’re both interested in applying for Spanish citizenship as to work within the EU, but as Puerto Rico is a US territory, we’re not sure if we’d have a better chance applying through a Spanish embassy in PR or DR.

Any advice is welcome. My wife is entitled to Dominican citizenship, and that could be another path to reclaim Spanish citizenship.

Please, all comments are welcome.

Les digo muchas gracias por adelantado!!

Best regards,

Adam

I’d say almost certainly through the DR would be easier, but then again I’m not sure what path you’re talking about really. I know some central/south american countries have agreements with Spain to grant easy visas and reduce time to gain residency status, but I’m not sure if the DR or PR fall into those categories. What else have you found out?

Hello,

I’ll try to make this short and to the point. I’m American and moved to Puerto Rico three years ago to go to grad school. I got married last year to a Puerto Rican girl, whose father is Dominican. We’re both interested in applying for Spanish citizenship as to work within the EU, but as Puerto Rico is a US territory, we’re not sure if we’d have a better chance applying through a Spanish embassy in PR or DR.

unless you are trying to have spanish citizenship passed on to you from either your spanish citizen grandparent or parent or apply for spanish citizenship thru carta de naturaleza (like what Ricky Martin did) you cannot apply for spanish citizenship at the Spanish consulate.

Any advice is welcome. My wife is entitled to Dominican citizenship, and that could be another path to reclaim Spanish citizenship

was she a former spanish citizen?

your wife as a US citizen born in puerto rico, does not have to renounce her US citizenship if she gets spanish citizenship thru either Residency or Carta de Naturaleza.