The Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid (ICAM) confirmed on Tuesday that more than 400 practitioners, judges and government officials will convene from 30 September to 2 October for its second Extranjería Congress under the banner “Citizenship, Regularisation and the New European Migration Framework.” Speakers include Spain’s Secretary of State for Migration, Pilar Cancela, and senior police and regional-government officials responsible for foreigner offices. Top of the agenda: how Spain should transpose the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum into national law, the looming reform of the 2000 Foreigner Act and the practical impact of recent Supreme Court rulings on residence permits. Dedicated panels will explore mobility trends that matter to multinationals, such as telework visas, fast-track residence for high-growth start-ups and the planned Entry/Exit System roll-out at Spanish airports. A workshop on digitalisation will demo ICAM’s new online platform that pre-validates residence applications before submission to provincial extranjería offices—a step that could cut processing times by 20 percent, according to pilot data from Málaga and A Coruña. For HR and global-mobility teams, the congress offers an early glimpse of how administrative practice may change once the government’s draft organic law—currently in public consultation—reaches Parliament later this year. Insights from the Madrid and Melilla foreigner offices will be particularly relevant for companies that rotate staff through Spain on short-notice projects. ICAM will publish session recordings after the event; registered attendees gain CPD credits recognised by the General Council of Spanish Lawyers, underscoring the congress’s growing influence on immigration practice nationwide.
Source: Europa Press
