Ricky Martin becomes Spanish citizen to marry partner.

Singer Ricky Martin is reportedly planning to marry his long-term partner Carlos Gonzalez after becoming Spanish citizen and is currently applying for a Spanish passport, all of which are needed for him to get married in Spain.

Martin, who is father to twin boys, has been in a relationship with his boyfriend Carlos Gonzalez for four years.

Spanish newspaper ‘El Pais’ reports, Martin applied for a Spanish passport in order to be able to wed Gonzalez under the country’s same-sex marriage legislation.

The Spanish government apparently chose to confer citizenship on Martin without asking him to renounce his Puerto Rican or US citizenship, which The AP notes is not usually the case.

Earlier this year, Martin claimed that he and Gonzalez were not planning a wedding in the near future, saying: “The other day we were reading a magazine and, we were like, ‘You’re cool with this, right? No pressure?’ And I’m like, ‘I’m cool, everything is cool’. Not yet. Whenever it’s time.”

Martin previously told Oprah Winfrey of his relationship: “All I can say is he loves my children and they love him. It can’t get better.”

Martin came out in a statement to his fans in March 2010 and said that his position as a sex symbol for women stopped him from previously revealing his sexuality.