Berber said: if you applie in october in 1 month or 1 and half they should issu CoA after you receive this CoA you can ask for you passport and your application still valid. when you come back from spain you can send back the passport to them or just wait until they ask you for it. yes CoA is valid...

Hello, I'm Spanish and my husband Argentinian. We want to apply for his residence card on October, after coming from a trip we have to Spain. I know it's impossible to get the Residence card before Christmas but... in that case, what happens with the COA if we ask for the return of documents on Dece...