Resolution DNM No. 081/2026

HAVING SEEN: Memorandum D.N.M./D.A.J. No. 12/2026 dated 23 January 2026 from the Legal Advisory Directorate addressed to the General Secretariat, forwarding Opinion DAJ/DAL No. 11/2026, 23/01/2026, concerning the amendment of the Annex to Resolution DNM No. 710/2024, for the preparation of the corresponding administrative act; and, WHEREAS: Opinion DNM/DAJ/DAL No. 11/2026 dated 23 January 2026 of the Legal Affairs Department of the Legal Advisory Directorate states: in accordance with the reasoning set out in the analysis of this opinion, this office considers it feasible to SUGGEST to the National Director that, by administrative act, the amendments to Article 5 of Annex I of Resolution DNM No. 710 of 14 June 2024, ”WHICH REGULATES THE CRITERIA FOR GRANTING RESIDENCE UNDER THE SPECIAL REGIME, AND PERMANENT RESIDENCE UNDER MIGRATION LAW 6984/22”, and its amendment Resolution DNM No. 124/25, be approved, as requested by the General Directorate of Foreign Nationals in Memo DGE No. 24 dated 20 January 2026. Whereas, Migration Law 6984/22 establishes in Article 55, Grounds for cancellation of residence: ”...The Dirección Nacional de Migraciones may cancel a residence permit it has granted... 2) Unjustified absence from the country for more than 1 year in the case of a temporary resident...” Whereas, Migration Law 6984/22 establishes in Article 82, Functions of the National Director: ”...3) To regulate specific matters supplementary to migration rules...” Whereas, the same article also provides, in ”...13) Any others established by special laws or those necessary for the correct functioning of the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones”. Whereas, it falls within the competence of the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones not only to grant and cancel residence permits, in accordance with items 12 and 16 of the same article cited above, but also to regularize the migration status of foreign nationals falling within the grounds for cancellation due to absence exceeding the legal period, easing its administrative decisions with alternatives less severe than cancellation, directing them instead toward an extension of their temporary residence for the same period, in accordance with Articles 46 and 51 of the migration law, as a prerequisite for the granting of their permanent residence. THEREFORE, in exercise of his legal powers, THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE DIRECCIÓN NACIONAL DE MIGRACIONES RESOLVES:

AMEND Article 5 of Annex I of Resolution DNM No. 710, ”WHICH REGULATES THE CRITERIA FOR GRANTING RESIDENCE UNDER THE SPECIAL REGIME AND PERMANENT RESIDENCE UNDER MIGRATION LAW 6984/22”, and its amendment Resolution DNM No. 124/25, so that it now reads as follows: ”Article 5: ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CHANGE OF CATEGORY FROM TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE: In addition to the requirements set out in Article 52 of Law 6984/22, the following requirements apply to the change of category: a) Reliable documentation proving the profession, activity or occupation declared at the time of the application for temporary residence, in accordance with Article 6 of these Regulations. b) In the event of a change to other personal data declared in the Temporary Residence application, submit documentation proving that change. c) A Migration Movement Report, issued and signed by the Head/Officer in charge of the area, which shall carry no additional cost, noting which of the following options applies: 1. If the migration movement report shows that the temporary resident was not absent from the country for more than 1 (one) year, the change of category to permanent residence may be requested. 2. If the migration movement report shows that the temporary resident was absent from the country for more than 1 (one) year, an extension of the temporary residence for the same period originally granted shall instead be requested, submitting the requirements set out in Article 51 of Migration Law 6984/22. d) A sworn declaration of an electronic or telematic domicile for all legal purposes.”

INSTRUCT the General Directorate of Foreign Nationals, as well as the other General Directorates and Directorates, to take the necessary measures for the proper implementation of the provisions of this Resolution.

ENTRUST the Cabinet Directorate, through the Press Department, and the Directorate of Transparency and Anti-Corruption, with the publication of this Resolution.

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