Spanish Present Perfect Subjunctive

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To form the present perfect subjunctive:
Use the haber in the present subjunctive + past participle of the verb.

The Present Perfect Subjunctive Conjugation Table

Pronoun	Haber (Auxiliary form to have)	Cantar (to sing)
Yo	haya	cantado
Tú	hayas	cantado
Él/Ella/Usted	haya	cantado
Nosotros/nosotras	hayamos	cantado
Vosotros/vosotras	hayáis	cantado
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes	hayan	cantado

• The first and the third person of the singular are the same (haya).
• Only the vosotros form of the haber have a written accent mark.

Examples:

Mis amigos están contentos que yo haya cantado en el karaoke hoy.
My friends are happy that I sang karaoke today.

Laura vendrá cuando hayas terminado.
Laura will come when you have finished.

Using the Present Perfect Subjunctive in Spanish

• In the present perfect subjunctive, it is important to have an appropriate sequence of tenses. When using this tense in Spanish, the action in the dependent clause needs to have happened before the main clause.

Example:

Charlie y Sammy dudan que yo haya entregado el proyecto ayer.
Charlie and Sammy doubt that I delivered the project yesterday.

In the example above, the action of doubt is happening in the present, however, haya entregado happened in the past before the action in the main clause takes place.

• The present perfect subjunctive, may also refer to a future action depending on the context.

Example:

Llama a tu padre cuando hayas salido del trabajo.
Call your dad when you have gotten off work.

In the example above, the action llama a tu padre will take place in the future, however, the action hayas salido would have happened by the time the subject “calls“.

Also see Present Perfect Tense (indicative mood) in Spanish.