Change of status offices in Alicante

The Immigration Offices in Alicante

Modificación de las situaciones de las personas extranjeras en España 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.

• Sede 1. Oficina de Extranjería en Alicante

  Alicante/Alacant

  Address

  Calle Ebanistería, (Polígono de Babel), 4 y 6, 03071 Alicante/Alacant

  Phone

  965019300

  Also decides

  Employed work and residence permits, self-employed work and residence permits, posted worker permits, residence and work for research, work authorisations for existing residents, exemptions from the work permit requirement, return authorisations, non-lucrative residence, family reunification, arraigo, other exceptional-circumstances permits, long-term residence, EU long-term residence, student stay permits, changing from one permit type to another, residence permits for minors, reports on temporary travel by minors, adoption visas, repatriation of unaccompanied minors, EU family member residence cards, expulsion and return proceedings, information on procedures

• Sede 2. Oficina de Extranjería en Altea (Alicante)

  Altea

  Address

  Teléfono: 96 501 92 60, 03590 Altea

  Phone

  965019300

  Opening hours

  Horario de atención al público: 9 a 14 horas

  Also decides

  Employed work and residence permits, self-employed work and residence permits, residence and work for research, work authorisations for existing residents, exemptions from the work permit requirement, return authorisations, non-lucrative residence, family reunification, arraigo, other exceptional-circumstances permits, long-term residence, EU long-term residence, student stay permits, changing from one permit type to another, residence permits for minors, EU family member residence cards, EU registration certificates, information on procedures

The offices, and what each one handles

What to take with you

Official fee

Processing fee for the permit being applied for. Where a student moves to an employed work permit, the employer pays it

• The qualification or certificate for your studiesFor the student route this is the requirement that opens it. Without the title or certificate awarded, the route is not available.
• Employment contract on the official modelMeeting article 74 — collective-agreement terms, continuous activity, start conditional on the permit taking effect.
• Employer's documentationTax identification, proof of representation for a company, and proof of the means to meet the contract. No employment-service certificate is needed: the labour-market test does not apply.
• For a self-employed change: the article 84 fileActivity requirements, qualification or proven experience, and proof that the planned investment is sufficient for the project.
• Proof of the date of expiry or of the awardThe filing window runs from whichever of the two applies, so the date has to be documented.
• For family members: income and housingSufficient economic means and adequate accommodation, plus proof they are living with you at the time of the application.

The conditions, deadlines and what happens if you miss them

Other procedures handled in Alicante

• NIE in Alicante5 offices — Alicante, Alcoy and Benidorm and others
• TIE card in Alicante1 office — Alicante
• EU registration in Alicante8 offices — Alicante, Alcoy and Benidorm and others
• Invitation letter in Alicante7 offices — Alicante, Alcoy and Benidorm and others
• Stay extension in Alicante1 office — Alicante