Overview
- The Interior Ministry meeting, which convened Wednesday, set a one-week target to issue passports and required papers before Spain’s registration window.
- Officials estimate about 15,000 Pakistanis could qualify under Spain’s Regularisation Scheme, which offers legal status to undocumented migrants who can prove identity and good conduct.
- Pakistan’s embassy in Madrid and the consulate in Barcelona reported about 10,000 authority letters already issued to help applicants complete files.
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi directed the embassy’s passport section to add staff to speed processing under rules that bar passports for convicted or wanted individuals.
- The National Police Bureau simplified checks so police character certificates now move on a priority track, which applicants must submit to Spain as part of their cases.