Requerimiento in extranjería: how to answer a request for documents

What is requerimiento de subsanación and how it comes

Subsanación is a correction of the defects of the application and a request for a formal correction is made by the administration, and the basis of general procedural law: article 68 Ley 39/2015. If the application does not contain the required or no prescribed documents, the administration shall require the applicant to correct the deficiency or attach the documents within 10 days and shall warn that otherwise the applicant will be considered as having rejected the application, and this shall be established. decision on article 21 [1]The Aliens Regulations set their own time limits in separate procedures [2].

An electronic request or a request by the channel you choose to apply is received; electronic notification is deemed to have been received when you or a representative have opened it; if the electronic form is mandatory or selected by you and no access is available for 10 calendar days, it is considered rejected (art. 43) [1]Therefore, the requerimiento can be "received" without opening the letter. How to Check Expediente, according to UGE: UGE application status.

How many days to respond: time frames under procedures

We did not find a specific time limit in the law for UGE applications for Ley 14/2013, with common article 68 in force, and the number of days always read in the notice itself. DNV requerimiento UGEIf the notice indicates a time limit, it's more important than your outfit.

Days are generally taken to be working: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are not considered to be the same (art. 30.2); period is from the day following notification (30.3); if the last day is not working, the period is transferred to the first day of the worker (30.5). If the day of the worker is at the place of residence but is not at the place of work or vice versa, the employee is considered to be not working (30.6) [1]The dates in calendar days and months are considered to be different: Timetable.

Whether the deadline can be extended or answered later

Article 68.2: The period may be extended to five days, at your request or at the initiative of the body, when it is particularly difficult to collect documents. [1]Article 32 adds: the request and decision to extend must be made before the end of the deadline and the deadline cannot be extended; the refusal to extend cannot be appealed separately [1]If the system is not functioning due to a technical malfunction, the administration is entitled to extend the time limit which has not expired and is obliged to publish it in the sede (art. 32.4) [1].

Late reply: Article 73.3: interested parties who have failed to comply within the time limit may be declared as having lost the right to take such action, but an action taken before or on the day of the service of the decision that the time limit has passed is accepted and is in effect [1]This is a lifeline for emergencies, not a strategy: the body can make a decision before you answer.

If the document cannot be received on time (apostille, juror, certificate from another country), write to the authority before the end of the deadline: describe which document is delayed and when it is received, attach confirmation of the order and request extension.

How to Answer: How to Act

1. Open the notice and keep it all. Please write down the exact date of the notification. [1].
2. Identify the organ and the case. Case number, procedure, response address. [1].
3. Make a table. The point of request is literally that it has already been submitted, that the person who is responding is preparing, that the deadline is now in place.
4. Consider the type of comment. There is no document at all, there is a document but it does not confirm the requirements, documents contradict, lack translation or apostille, and each type needs an answer.
5. If the time is difficult, request extension before its end [1].
6. Prepare a single answer. Letter of transmittal with case number, numbered responses to the request points, annexes with understandable names [1].
7. Answer the channel from the notification: The following are the main features of the proceedings: [3].
8. Save the submission confirmation, the date and the list of annexes. If the answer went only to the mail of the intermediary, consider it not submitted.

If you or your representative is required to operate electronically and the answer is on paper, the administration will require that it be applied electronically under article 68.4 and the date of delivery will be the day of correction. [1]I want you to translate and apostile foreign documents in advance: apostille and legalization, juror transferDon't create or change the references: an error in a bank or government document is corrected legally (new certificate, explanation) rather than by editing a file.

How to Form an Explanatory Letter

Escrito explicativo (explanatory letter) is needed when documents do not correspond to the request literally; it usually contains five parts: the number of the requester and the applicant ’s data; the date and content of the request; the list of annexes by request; the explanation of discrepancies (gross and net, currency-to-date and exchange rate, payment through the platform, change of name on transliteration); the signature of the applicant or representative with confirmation of credentials. Representative must confirm representation: under article 5 Ley 39/2015, this is an apud acta, an electronic representative registry entry or other reliable method [1]A lack of confirmation of representation does not in itself prevent action if you confirm it within 10 days (art. 5.6) [1].

Requerimiento, desistimiento and waiver: What are the different consequences

Requerimiento is not a substantive decision: the case remains in the process and you can supplement it. If you have not responded in time, the administration is entitled to decide on the request (decisitiento) and the rules for a number of procedures state: "se procederá al archivo del expediente" (case to be archived), with the corresponding decision [1][2]. The type of decision and the term of appeal are indicated in the document itself. What desistimiento means and when it differs from caducidad: desistimiento and caducidad.

The time limit for the consideration of an application may be suspended between notification and execution of the request (art. 22.1.a), but this does not change the time limit for response. [1]If a decision is made on desistimiento or a refusal, you can show him to his lawyer: the deadline for appeal is from the day of notification. Reposión, alzada and courtA new statement is not to be submitted in lieu of a response without an analysis of the consequences: it may affect the timing, validity of the previous authorization and duty, and there is no general answer.

Typical Errors

• Do not open the notice: 10 calendar days later, it is considered rejected and the deadline for response is set [1].
• Some of the points are answered: others are the basis for a new request or refusal.
• The same documents as the ones that were filed are sent instead of those required: a re-sentence will not explain the origin of the funds if that is the question.
• Postponed on the last day: the sede failure does not automatically extend the period [1].
• They send a reply by mail or messenger to the agency, not through the channel from the notice.
• No extension is requested: no extension after the extension [1].
• The documents are not submitted in accordance with the submitted documents (other sum, date, post).
• Edits notes or scans.

When Individual Review Is Needed

A review is needed if the request is not paper-related, but substantive (sufficient means, type of relationship, reality of communication), the time frame for several items is different, the document cannot be received in time, the representative has no access to the sede, the notice has come long ago and you do not know the exact date, or the request has already been refused. The answer depends on the procedure and the facts.

What can we help you with?

The NEXO team in Barcelona reads requerimiento with you, counts the time limit, determines which points are closed and which ones are explained, prepares an explanatory letter and follows the response. Corrections and re-supplies are included in the cost of escorts, the appeal is not included. The legal part is run by the team's lawyer, the administrative gendarme. ConsultationIII. Service page: Documents and records of the agencies.

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