# Second-chance residence

Source: https://iberfacil.es/en/services/second-chance-residence
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**In short:** Second-chance residence: the new route in the 2024 Regulation for someone who held a residence permit and could not renew it. We handle it ourselves from start to finish, with professionals from our network, with a written quote before we start and your case visible in your client area. We ask for the previous permit, the proof of residence since then and the criminal record certificate.

## You had a permit and lost it

 First consultation, viability study and quote:  **Free until 5 January 2027**  Tell us about your case

The new route in the 2024 Regulation for someone who held a residence permit and could not renew it.

 First consultation, viability study and quote:  **Free until 5 January 2027**  [Tell us about your case](https://iberfacil.es/en/contact)

### The service at a glance

#### What is included

- Checking your history fits the second-chance route
- Reconstructing the documentary record of your earlier status and how it was lost
- Filing the application and following it up

#### Price

Closed price

€508.20 VAT included

€420.00 + €88.20 VAT (21%)

 Price valid until November 23, 2026.

Prices include VAT. Public fees are separate, in your name and without a mark-up.

### WHAT IS INCLUDED AND WHAT IS NOT PROMISED

RD 1155/2024 created this route for exactly the case that previously had no way out: you lost your permit when a renewal failed, and returned to irregularity after years in order. The first step is checking your situation fits.

What it includes: checking your history fits the second-chance route; reconstructing the documentary record of your earlier status and how it was lost; filing the application and following it up. What it does not include: we cannot guarantee the permit or speed up the authority: the immigration office or the ministry decides in its own time.

#### DOCUMENTS YOU WILL NEED

- Full valid passport.
- Municipal registration certificate, historical if you have it.
- Residence card or earlier decision, if any.
- Earlier grant decisions and the refused renewal.
- Employment history for the period when you were in order.

#### INDICATIVE TIMING

We answer your enquiry within 1 working day and send the written quote within 2 working days.

Once your documents are complete, we prepare the file between 6 and 14 working days.

Legal deadline: 3 months from entry in the competent office’s register, with silence meaning refusal. Reconstructing the earlier record usually takes longer than the decision itself.

See [the pricing page](https://iberfacil.es/en/pricing) for how we charge this kind of matter.

### How it works

Estimated duration: 14 days.

1. **WE IDENTIFY THE EXACT PROCEDURE** We check that your history fits the case: having held a permit, having lost it and having the required period of residence since.
2. **DOCUMENT LIST AND QUOTE** We ask for the previous permit, the proof of residence since then and the criminal record certificate. Price agreed, fee apart.
3. **FILING AND RECEIPT** We rebuild your previous situation with documents and file the application electronically with a receipt.
4. **TRACKING AND CORRECTIONS** We follow the decision at the immigration office and prepare any correction within the deadline.

#### What to have at hand

- Full valid passport
- Municipal registration certificate, historical if you have it
- Residence card or earlier decision, if any
- Earlier grant decisions and the refused renewal
- Employment history for the period when you were in order

### Frequently asked questions

IS THIS NEW?

Yes, the 2024 Regulation introduced it. This case previously had no route of its own.

I LOST MY PERMIT A LONG TIME AGO.

How long and why matters. We check before charging you for an application that does not fit.

DOES IT WORK IF MY RENEWAL WAS REFUSED OVER A CRIMINAL RECORD?

It depends on the record and whether it has been spent. It is one of the first things we check.

### RELATED SERVICES

People who come for “Second-chance residence” often need one of these Public administration procedures too. If your case mixes several, it goes in a single file with a single quote.

- [2026 extraordinary regularisation: follow-up and alternatives](https://iberfacil.es/en/services/extraordinary-regularisation-2026)
- [Initial residence and work permit](https://iberfacil.es/en/services/initial-residence-work-permit)
- [Residence and work renewal](https://iberfacil.es/en/services/residence-renewal)
- [Long-term residence](https://iberfacil.es/en/services/long-term-residence)

[See everything we do in Public administration](https://iberfacil.es/en/services/public-administration)

 This content is informative and educational: it is not legal advice and does not replace consulting a professional. If you need advice on your own case, [get in touch](https://iberfacil.es/en/contact).