Family of a Spaniard: a Route of Its Own, With No Means Test in the Definition
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Haiti on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
91 exceptions recorded across 34 countries · none match Haiti to Spain · Residency through marriage
A non-EU family member of a Spanish national does not use the ordinary family reunification chapter. Chapter VII of the Reglamento gives them their own authorisation, and the definition is deliberately wide: the relationship counts whatever the place and moment it was created, provided it is maintained and the person accompanies, joins or reunites with the Spaniard in Spain. The list of who qualifies covers the spouse, a registered partner, an unmarried partner with twelve continuous months of life together - waived where there are children in common - and children under twenty-six, or older if dependent or disabled. Only one spouse may ever hold this authorisation, whatever the personal law of the applicant allows.
At a glance
- Who it is for
- A non-EU family member of a Spanish national
- When the relationship was formed
- Irrelevant - any place, any moment, if it is maintained
- Unmarried partner
- Twelve continuous months of life together, or registration in a public register
Article 94(1)(b) and (c). The twelve months are waived where there are children in common.
- More than one spouse
- Never - only one may hold this authorisation
Article 94(1)(a), whatever the applicant's personal law allows.
- Children
- Under twenty-six, or older if dependent or needing support for their legal capacity
- Second marriages
- Only if the earlier marriage was dissolved by a procedure settling housing and maintenance
Requirements
- A family relationship with a Spanish national of a kind listed in article 94
- Living together, or an intention to live together in Spain
- For an unmarried partner: registration in a public register in the Union, the EEA or Switzerland, or twelve continuous months of life together duly proved
- That the relationship is maintained and was not created in fraud of law
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Haiti
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«Se encontrará en situación de residencia temporal la persona extranjera que, obteniendo una autorización conforme a lo previsto en este capítulo, no posea la nacionalidad de uno de los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea, ni de otro Estado parte del Acuerdo sobre el Espacio Económico Europeo ni de Suiza y tenga con una persona de nacionalidad española una relación familiar de las que se incluyen en este capítulo, independientemente del lugar y el momento en que se cree el vínculo, siempre que se mantenga y le acompañen, se unan o se reúnan con él en territorio nacional, salvo en el caso previsto en el artículo 94.1 h) del presente reglamento en cuyo caso podrán hacerlo en cualquier circunstancia.»The definition, and the sentence that makes the place and moment of the marriage irrelevant.
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Spain's official state gazette, which also publishes consolidated texts carrying their own amendment history.
Standing: Issues the instrument
Cannot be cited for: A deadline set by Council of Ministers decision rather than written into a statute will not appear in the consolidated text at all, which is exactly the case with the Democratic Memory Law's option period. The statute gives the mechanism; the date that mattered to applicants lives in a separate decision we have not read.
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«El cónyuge mayor de dieciocho años, siempre y cuando no haya recaído acuerdo o declaración de nulidad del vínculo matrimonial o divorcio y no se haya celebrado en fraude de ley. En ningún caso podrá acceder a esta autorización más de un cónyuge, independientemente de que la ley personal de la persona extranjera admita esta modalidad matrimonial. En cuanto a la persona de nacionalidad española residente que esté casada en segundas o posteriores nupcias, sólo podrá acceder a esta autorización el nuevo cónyuge y sus familiares relacionados en este artículo si acreditan que la disolución de sus anteriores matrimonios ha tenido lugar tras un procedimiento que fije la situación del cónyuge previo y sus familiares con relación a la vivienda común, las eventuales pensiones al cónyuge y a los hijos menores o mayores dependientes.»The spouse limb, the one-spouse rule, and what a second marriage has to show.
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Spain's official state gazette, which also publishes consolidated texts carrying their own amendment history.
Standing: Issues the instrument
Cannot be cited for: A deadline set by Council of Ministers decision rather than written into a statute will not appear in the consolidated text at all, which is exactly the case with the Democratic Memory Law's option period. The statute gives the mechanism; the date that mattered to applicants lives in a separate decision we have not read.
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«La pareja extranjera no casada mayor de dieciocho años que mantenga con la persona de nacionalidad española una relación estable debidamente probada. En todo caso, se entenderá por pareja estable debidamente probada aquella que acredite suficientemente una relación de convivencia análoga a la conyugal, dentro o fuera de España, de, al menos, doce meses continuados. No será exigible el periodo de convivencia previa si la pareja cuenta con descendencia común siempre que se mantenga el vínculo.»The unmarried-partner limb: twelve continuous months, or none at all where there are children in common.
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Spain's official state gazette, which also publishes consolidated texts carrying their own amendment history.
Standing: Issues the instrument
Cannot be cited for: A deadline set by Council of Ministers decision rather than written into a statute will not appear in the consolidated text at all, which is exactly the case with the Democratic Memory Law's option period. The statute gives the mechanism; the date that mattered to applicants lives in a separate decision we have not read.
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Practical notes
This chapter is for family of a Spanish national. A non-EU family member of an EU citizen living in Spain is under a different instrument, Real Decreto 240/2007, which this record does not reach.
The requirements for the authorisation - means, housing, insurance - are later in the chapter. Articles 93 and 94 define who may apply, and that is what is quoted here.
- issuesReal Decreto 1155/2024, artículos 93 y 94
Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado
About this source
Spain's official state gazette, which also publishes consolidated texts carrying their own amendment history.
Standing: Issues the instrument
Cannot be cited for: A deadline set by Council of Ministers decision rather than written into a statute will not appear in the consolidated text at all, which is exactly the case with the Democratic Memory Law's option period. The statute gives the mechanism; the date that mattered to applicants lives in a separate decision we have not read.
We re-read it every 180 days. More about this source