(Xinhua) -- Under a new Spanish law which offers the Spanish citizenship to children or grandchildren of Spaniards who fled the country since the beginning of the Spanish civil war (1936-1939) till 1955, about 150,000 Mexicans are entitled to the Spanish citizenship. The Spanish embassy in Mexico said on Tuesday that with the approval of the "Law of Grandchildren" by Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government, some 150,000 Mexicans, who were children or grandchildren of Spaniards who fled their country during that period, could get the Spanish citizenship.
Hundreds of Mexicans are expected to go to the Spanish Consulate to apply for the Spanish citizenship, and the embassy has beefed up human resources to provide the service.
The law has been effective since Monday, but so far the application procedure has not started yet in Mexico as most of the Mexicans who came for consultation do not have all required documents, said the Spanish embassy in Mexico.