Transnational families in Spain. Marriage, nationality and gender

• Authors: Biernacka Maja
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper is dedicated to immigration and transnational families in Spain. The author presents legislative aspects, discusses social phenomena and analyzes crucial INE data which hinge on the intersection of immigration and family issues. The data include: 1/the number of marriages which are referred to as matrimonios mixtos, i.e. the ones which are contracted between a Spaniard and the other spouse being a foreigner, 2/the number of marriages contracted in Spain between foreigners and 3/their share in the total number of nuptials. Legislative aspects relate to the formal conditions which need to be fulfilled by foreigners in order to enter into wedlock and the requirements concerning documentation on the part of a Spanish citizen and a foreigner. What is important, the Spanish law allows a marriage to be contracted between a Spanish citizen and a foreigner regardless of the status of the latter. That is to say, the future spouse may be in a so-called irregular situation which grants the right for undocumented immigrants to get married in Spain and eventually obtain a residence permit.

Keywords

EN

SPAIN; TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES; IMMIGRATION; (UN)DOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS; DIFFERENT/SAME-SEX MARRIAGES; LEGISLATION; NUPTIALS

• Publisher: Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego oraz Polska Akademia Umiejętności
• Journal: Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 2 (168)
• Pages: 189–201

Contributors

author

Biernacka Maja

• University of Bialystok