The Government he refused one renewal of residence and work to breach theobligation to accredit Catalan. The resolution, of September 30is the only unfavorable one among the 2,077 first renewals subject to this requirement requested up toNovember 3. This is how she detailed it Minister of Justice and Interior, Ester Molnéin a written response to the General Counselor of Concordia Maria Ángeles Achépublished yesterday in Bulletin of the General Council.
A total of 2,051 applicants had accredited the knowledge required according to each case. Instead, 23 files still were within the additional period of ten working days granted by the administration to complete the documentation, while two others had a proposal for denial pending resolution. The data may vary with the arrival of new requests.
Only 196 of the 2,077 people they had to provide the official A1 diploma. These are those who requested and obtained authorization from theOctober 1 of this year or of September 25 in the case of professional athletes. For permits requested before these dates, the transitional regime allowed the requirement to be met with a thirty-hour course of basic knowledge of Catalan or with an exemption from the Language Policy. The standard requires the A1 in the first renewal of permits requested and obtained from October 28, 2024but the transitional regime has reduced the obligations to present the diploma. Molné placed in this context the fact that there has only been one refusal in which the lack of knowledge of Catalan was among the reasons.
Two refusal proposals have been opened for not providing the title
The answer details what happens when proof of Catalan is not attached to the application. The administration grants the interested person ten business days to complete the file and, if he does not, a proposal of denial is opened against which he may present allegations. Until the November 3 twelve such proceedings had been initiated: nine ended with a favorable resolution because those affected proved their Catalan during the complaints procedure; two were still in training and the remaining was resolved unfavorably.
The DA amendment aims to make the requirement more flexible in very specific cases
Despite this small number of refusals, the Government go advocate introducing exceptions to the requirement of level A1. Molné he explained that the official examinations and the inquiries received by Linguistic Policy have made it possible to identify people who need the certificate to renew their permit, but who have not obtained it due to literacy or learning difficulties. The exam has an oral and a written part that you can present different difficulties depending on the profile or the applicant’s educational background.
The amendment raised by yes would allow to renew the permit for the first time to those who have taken the exam during the validity of the initial authorization, have not passed it and accredit the registration in a Catalan course that meets the regulatory requirements. It also proposes to study individual exceptions when there are objective personal circumstances that make it manifestly impossible to achieve theA1. Each situation would be assessed individually to determine if the impossibility of achieving the required knowledge is justified. The proposal also includes certain professional activities with high geographical mobility and planned stays of limited duration a Andorrain which a second renewal is not foreseen. The Government it wants to assess the proportionality of the requirement. The exceptions, however, would be limited to the first renewal: anyone requesting a second one would have to prove the level A2. Molné maintains that it is preferable to anticipate these situations before they result in new denials. In the meantime, remember that in September an extraordinary call was made forA1 exams and that this November there is another one open.
