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BOE-A-2026-1640 ·23 January 2026 ·Instruction Low impact
Immigration

Civil Registry consular offices: new jurisdictional criteria for procedure management

The Instruction of 9 January 2026 establishes the jurisdictional criteria to be applied by Civil Registry consular offices in the performance of their duties. This regulation is issued in accordance with Article 26 and Final Provision 9 of Law 20/2011 to regulate the actions of said consulates (ref. BOE index).

In 1 key point

  1. Regulation of the jurisdiction of Civil Registry consular offices (ref. indice BOE)

How it affects those involved

For individuals carrying out nationality or civil registry procedures abroad, the regulation delimits which consular offices are competent to manage their files. This aims to provide legal certainty regarding consular actions and the use of electronic registries (ref. BOE index).

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2026-01-23PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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