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Arraigo offices in Cantabria

Autorización de residencia por razones de arraigo is decided at an Immigration Office rather than at a police station, and Cantabria has one. Below are the address, the phone number, the opening hours and the email address that actually reaches them.

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The Immigration Office in Cantabria

Autorización de residencia por razones de arraigo is an authorisation, so it is decided at an Oficina de Extranjería under the Government Delegation — not at a police station. They are separate networks with separate appointment systems, and going to the wrong one is the most common wasted journey in Spanish immigration.

The ministry's page for Cantabria does not name this procedure among the services it itemises for these offices. They are the province's Immigration Offices, which is where authorisations of this kind are decided, but ring ahead before travelling rather than relying on that.

  • Sede 1. Oficina de Extranjería en Santander

    Santander

    Address
    Calle Luis Hoyos Sainz, 4 (quinta planta), 39001 Santander
    Phone
    942999399
    Opening hours
    lunes a viernes de 9h a 14h
    Also decides
    Long-term residence, residence cards (TIE), asylum and refuge

Source: Ministerio de Política Territorial — Extranjería en las Delegaciones del Gobierno. Checked .

The offices, and what each one handles

    Source: Dirección General de la Policía — Unidades de Extranjería — Dependencias policiales. Checked .

    Offices in Cantabria that do not handle this

    These exist and deal with immigration matters, but Autorización de residencia por razones de arraigo is not among the services they list. They are here so you can rule them out rather than guess.

    • Comisaría de CentroSantanderC/ Jose Ramon Lopez-Doriga n.º 4, 39003 - Santander (Cantabria)
    • Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de SantanderSantanderAvda. del Deporte n.º 4, 39012 - Santander (Cantabria)

    What to take with you

    Official fee
    Set by the processing fee for the authorisation
    • Official application formFor the specific arraigo route you are applying under.
    • Proof of two years' continuous presence in SpainNot required for arraigo familiar. Time spent as a pending applicant for international protection does not count towards it.
    • Criminal record certificatesFrom Spain, and from every country you lived in during the five years before entering Spain.
    • Employment contract or contracts, for arraigo sociolaboralGuaranteeing at least the minimum wage or the collective agreement wage, totalling at least twenty hours a week.
    • Social integration report, for arraigo social and socioformativoFrom the autonomous community or local council, issued within one month of the request. Covers time at your habitual address, your means, and participation in socio-labour and cultural programmes.
    • Proof of means, for arraigo socialAt least 100% of the IPREM, available in Spain. It may come from the qualifying relatives, or from self-employment where the conditions are met.
    • Enrolment evidence, for arraigo socioformativoProof of enrolment must reach the immigration office within three months of the grant being notified, or the authorisation is extinguished.

    The conditions, deadlines and what happens if you miss them

    Before you travel to one of these

    Almost all of these offices work by appointment only, booked through the electronic office of the public administration. Turning up without one generally means being turned away, however short the queue looks. Office assignments also change, so if what is here does not match what you are told on the phone, believe the phone and tell us.

    The full Arraigo guide — documents, fees and deadlines