Transcript · Spanish → English
Struggles with Residency Denial in Spain
I've been in Spain for 22 years, since I was six.
They have just denied me residency as well,
for no reason, because there is no reason.
They told me it's the tax agency, and
I went personally to the tax agency
and the girl told me it has nothing to do with it.
But to deny it, they must give you a reason.
We came here. I've been here since I was little.
I studied. I got my driver's license.
I developed diabetes here. I've worked legally.
I've been self-employed. I went back to work.
I've tried to open a business.
And I have to close the doors of that business
without having opened it. Opened,
because I can't keep paying for a business,
rent for a business
where I cannot open my doors,
because they've just denied me and it has just arrived
a letter in which I have to leave the country in 15 days.
Obviously, we have sent the appeal.
But that's not the problem, the problem is the exhaustion,
it's that you're fed up, that you're on your couch
because they have denied you residency
thinking about how you're going to pay all your debts.
And meanwhile, Sánchez is saying that if you swim over,
they will give you residency.
As she says, they are giving residency to people who have criminal records.
I am completely clean.
I studied here at the university.
I have absolutely everything to prove it.
I have 22 years of registration.
And even so,
they are kicking me out to a country where I don't know how to write,
and that is a disgrace.
And it's the exhaustion of constantly,
it's the second time they've denied my residency in five years.
And I start over, and I'll probably have to start all over again.
I've tried to be an entrepreneur,
to open a business, and I haven't even managed to open it
because I was waiting for them to issue the resolution
to be able to be self-employed.
But here we are, and it's pure helplessness.
All our friends ask us, but why?
If you've been here your whole life,
why haven't they given you a passport?
Because you can't get a passport if they constantly deny you residency
for no reason, and they send you back to your country,
because there is war in your country.
Meanwhile... they are giving it away to everyone else.
I have always worked, and I've worked since I was 15,
illegally or legally, depending on the status of my papers, but
this... this is a disgrace, and you can't go on like this.
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Original transcript (Spanish)
Yo llevo 22 años en España, desde los 6 años. Me acaban de denegar a mí también la residencia, sin ninguna razón, porque no hay ninguna razón. Me han dicho que es la agencia tributaria y yo he ido personalmente a la agencia tributaria
y la chica me ha dicho que no tiene nada que ver. Pero para denegar hay que darle una razón. Nosotros venimos aquí. Yo he venido desde pequeña. He estudiado. He sacado el carnet de conducir. Me han salido las diabetes aquí. He trabajado legalmente.
He sido autónoma. He vuelto a trabajar. He intentado abrir un negocio. Y tengo que cerrar las puertas de ese negocio sin haberlo abierto. abierto, porque no puedo estar pagando un negocio,
un alquiler de un negocio en el que yo no pueda abrir mis puertas, porque me acaban de denegar y me acaba de llegar una carta en la que yo me tengo que ir en 15 días del país. Obviamente hemos mandado la apelación.
Pero el problema no es ese, el problema es el cansancio, es de que estás harto, que estás en tu sofá porque te han denegado la residencia pensando en cómo vas a pagar todas tus deudas. Y mientras tanto Sánchez está diciendo que si tú vas nadando,
te van a dar la residencia. Lo que dice ella, están dando residencia a personas que tienen antecedentes penales. Yo estoy limpia en todo. He estudiado aquí en la universidad. Tengo absolutamente todo para demostrar.
Tengo 22 años de empadronamiento. Y aún así, a mí me están echando a un país en el que yo no sé escribir, y eso es una vergüenza. Y es el cansancio de constantemente,
es la segunda vez que me deniegan en cinco años la residencia. Y comienzo de nuevo, y seguramente me va a tocar volver a comenzar de nuevo. He intentado ser emprendedora, abrir un negocio y no lo he llegado a abrir porque estaba esperando a que me dieran la resolución
para poder ser autónoma. pero aquí estamos y es la impotencia. Todos nuestros amigos nos dicen, pero ¿por qué? Si llevas aquí toda la vida, ¿por qué no te han dado el pasaporte?
Porque no puedes coger el pasaporte si constantemente te deniegan la residencia sin ninguna razón y te echan a tu país, porque tienes guerra en tu país. Mientras tanto... al resto de la gente se lo están regalando. Yo siempre he trabajado y he trabajado desde los 15 años
ilegal o legalmente dependiendo de la situación de mi documentación pero esto esto es una vergüenza y así no se puede.
