DELE candidates
The Cervantes Institute accepts applications for the general DELE exams from all candidates who pay the registration fee, irrespective of nationality or origin.
The general DELE exams are designed for a literate public of all ages, although geared to adults over the age of 16.
Parents or legal tutors or representatives may register minors or persons lacking legal capacity.
Special condition
The Cervantes Institute may make special arrangements for access to the general DELE tests for candidates with some manner of disability, difficulty or impairment envisaged in national legislation, as follows.
- Candidates with any of the following (temporary or permanent) disabilities:
- Low or partial vision or blindness;
- Poor or partial hearing or deafness;
- Impaired mobility.
- Candidates with learning difficulties (dyslexia or dysgraphia).
- Candidates living in cloistered religious institutions or health facilities (for over 2 months) or confined in penitentiaries.
The procedure for establishing special arrangements for the DELE tests is as set out below.
- The candidate submits an application form listing the measures requested to the testing centre where they are registered, together with substantiating documents, within 48 hours of registering.
- The testing centre determines whether it can make the arrangements requested and uploads the application to the SICIC (Cervantes Institute certification system) platform.
- The Cervantes Institute approves or denies the request and notifies the testing centre accordingly.
- The testing centre serves notice of the decision on the candidate.
Further information is available on the links listed under ‘Related files’ below.
Exemptions and dispensations for Sephardic people seeking Spanish citizenship
According to a Resolution issued by the Director General for Registries and Notarial Affairs on 22 May 2017, Sephardic peoples over the age of 70 seeking Spanish citizenship are dispensed from obtaining the DELE diploma and CCSE (Spanish initials for Conocimientos Constitucionales y Socioculturales de España) citizenship exam requirements, in light of inherent age-related learning difficulties. The aforementioned resolution applies exclusively to candidates of Sephardic origin.
