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The authorities ask me to correct my application

You have ten days to complete what is missing; if you don't, your application is treated as withdrawn.

How long you have

Ten days to correct the defect or provide the documents.

«se requerirá al interesado para que, en un plazo de diez días, subsane la falta o acompañe los documentos preceptivos»

Art. 68 · Ley del Procedimiento Administrativo Común (Ley 39/2015). Verbatim quotation from the BOE, in Spanish. Official text in the BOE

If you don't reply

Your application is considered withdrawn.

«con indicación de que, si así no lo hiciera, se le tendrá por desistido de su petición»

Art. 68 · Ley del Procedimiento Administrativo Común (Ley 39/2015). Verbatim quotation from the BOE, in Spanish. Official text in the BOE

If you need more time

You can ask for up to five more days if gathering the documents is especially difficult.

«este plazo podrá ser ampliado prudencialmente, hasta cinco días, a petición del interesado o a iniciativa del órgano»

Art. 68 · Ley del Procedimiento Administrativo Común (Ley 39/2015). Verbatim quotation from the BOE, in Spanish. Official text in the BOE

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