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AI for residency, nationality, and visas
Manage immigration procedures with AI that consults the Immigration Act, regulations, and DGM circulars.
The problem
Immigration procedures are complex, with critical deadlines and frequently changing requirements. Required documentation varies by authorization type.
What Lexiel does
Lexiel analyzes requirements for each authorization type, calculates renewal deadlines, searches case law on denials, and generates appeals against unfavorable decisions.
Verified legal sources
LOEx (LO 4/2000)
LOEx Regulations (RD 557/2011)
DGM Circulars
TSJ and TS case law
All answers include verified citations. No hallucinations; if there's no source, Lexiel says so.
Example query
"What are the current requirements to obtain residence and work authorization through social roots under the LOEx and its regulations"
→ Lexiel answers with verified citations from official sources
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Key legal terms
Rooting permitTemporary residence authorization for exceptional circumstances for undocumented foreigners. Three types: social (3 years), labor (2 years) and family.Art. 124 RD 557/2011Administrative silenceLegal effect produced when the Administration fails to resolve within the legal deadline. Silence may be positive (request deemed granted) or negative (request deemed rejected). Generally, silence is positive in procedures initiated at the request of the interested party; negative in ex officio procedures and certain regulated ones (planning licences, activities in public domain).Arts. 24-25 LPAC (Ley 39/2015)Administrative appeal (hierarchical)Ordinary appeal against acts that do not exhaust the administrative route, filed before the hierarchically superior body. Deadline: 1 month for express acts, 3 months from negative silence. If the Administration does not resolve within 3 months, it is deemed dismissed (negative silence). Exhausts the administrative route.Arts. 121-122 LPACAPOptional administrative reviewOptional appeal filed before the same body that issued the act, prior to going to the administrative courts. Not mandatory. Deadline: 1 month from notification of the express act. Does not suspend the deadline for appeal to the administrative courts.Arts. 123-126 LPACAP
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