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Albacete · Carta de invitación

Invitation letter offices in Albacete

2 offices in Albacete handle Carta de invitación, in Albacete and Hellín. Not every police station in the province does — going to one that does not costs you the appointment, and the appointment is the part that takes weeks.

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The Immigration Office in Albacete

Carta de invitación 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 Albacete 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 Albacete

    Albacete

    Address
    Calle Calderón de la Barca, s/n, 02071 Albacete
    Phone
    967769123
    Opening hours
    lunes a viernes de 9h a 14h

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

Which of them to choose

Albacete has 3 offices dealing with immigration matters, of which 2 handle Carta de invitación. The widest range is at Comisaría Provincial de Albacete, in Albacete, which lists 10 services.

All 2 of them handle the same core set, so for these you can simply go to whichever is nearest:

  • Letters of invitation
  • Nationality reports

Anything outside that list is where the offices differ, and each entry below says what its own office adds.

Towns with an office

The offices, and what each one handles

  • Comisaría Provincial de Albacete

    Albacete

    Address
    C/ Buen Pastor n.º 1, 02006 - Albacete
    Beyond the shared list
    Also EU registration certificates, NIE numbers and certificates, asylum and international protection, non-lucrative residence, registration certificates (cédula de inscripción), return authorisations, stay extensions, student permits
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Autorizaciones de Regreso · Cartas de invitación · Certificados y asignación NIE · Estudiantes · Informes de nacionalidad · Prórrogas de estancia · Régimen comunitario · Residencias No lucrativas · Solicitudes de Asilo y Refugio · Títulos de viaje y Cédulas de Inscripción

    Find Albacete on a map

  • Comisaría de Hellín

    Hellín

    Address
    C/ Fortunato Arias n.º 2, 02400 - Hellín (Albacete)
    Beyond the shared list
    Nothing beyond the list above
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Cartas de invitacion · Informes de nacionalidad

    Find Hellín on a map

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

Offices in Albacete that do not handle this

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

  • Oficina de Extranjeros de AlbaceteAlbaceteC/ Periodista del Campo Aguilar nº 1, 02071 - AlbaceteHandles: Expedición TIE

What to take with you

Official fee
€81.59 in total
Form 790-012
Proof of payment of both fees
  • Your own identificationSpanish nationals: national identity document or passport. Everyone else: passport, foreigner identity card, or NIE. Plus your full home address.
  • Proof that the accommodation is available to youPublic deed or title of ownership, a rental contract, or an equivalent document under current civil law. If you are hosting them at a second property rather than your main home, the proof has to cover that property.
  • The visitor's detailsFull name, place and date of birth, nationality, exact place of residence, and passport number — for each person if the invitation covers more than one.
  • The dates of the stayThe approximate first and last day of the visit.

The conditions, deadlines and what happens if you miss them

Other procedures handled in Albacete

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 Invitation letter guide — documents, fees and deadlines