Your result
Spain — Citizenship by Descent
Likely
You are already a Spanish citizen. Nothing in the current legal challenge changes that.
A nationality granted under the ley de nietos is granted. The Supreme Court measure from September 2026 suspends registration on the electoral roll for Spaniards abroad — it freezes the vote from outside Spain while the case is decided — and it expressly does not annul nationality that has already been conferred. If you have been registered in the Civil Registry as Spanish, you are Spanish, with a right to a passport and to live and work anywhere in the European Union.
The one practical thing you may notice is the voting suspension. If you want to keep the vote while the case runs, the exception is for people who can produce a certificate from the consular registry specifically evidencing that the ancestor you claimed through was exiled for political, ideological, religious, or sexual orientation or identity reasons. If you have that evidence, it is worth putting in front of your consulate.
Beyond that, the useful next steps are the ordinary ones: apply for your Spanish passport if you have not, get your DNI if you plan to spend time in Spain, and register with the consulate for where you live. If you have children, look at whether they are Spanish too — a child born after you became Spanish is generally Spanish from birth, and one born before is not, which surprises people.