The flow of authorisations, registration certificates, EU-EFTA family member cards and EIT-Withdrawal Agreement granted to foreign nationals during 2024 is 1.466.639.
The Statistics on the Flow of Residence authorizations granted to foreign nationals (annual flow) is compiled from files extracted from the Central Register of Foreign Nationals and shows the number of residence documents issued during the reference year to citizens benefiting from the EU-EFTA free movement regime (registration certificates or family cards) or the Withdrawal Agreement as a consequence of Brexit (TIE-Withdrawal Agreement), and the residence permits granted to foreign nationals subject to the general aliens regime, including those issued under Law 14/2013.
These data have been published annually since 2014.
The data from the last periods may be affected in subsequent publications due to the incorporation of new information.
Obtained through complete enumeration of original administrative data
Geographical scope
National
Level of territorial disaggregation
National, regional, and provincial
Population under study
Annual flow of residence authorisations granted to foreign nationals, registration certificates issued to EU-EFTA nationals and family cards of such persons, and Alien Identity Cards (EIC) issued under the Withdrawal Agreement to UK nationals and their family members.
Sociodemographic variables
Nationality, place of birth, ccaa/province of residence at the time of grant, age group, sex
Classification variables
Type of documentation, type of authorization, reason for granting
Involvement of other organizations
General Directorate of Police (Ministry of the Interior)
