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Alacant/Alicante · Carta de invitación

Invitation letter offices in Alicante

7 offices in Alicante handle Carta de invitación, in Alicante, Alcoy, Benidorm, Dénia, Elche, Elda and Orihuela. 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 Offices in Alicante

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 Alicante 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 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

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

Which of them to choose

Alicante has 10 offices dealing with immigration matters, of which 7 handle Carta de invitación. The widest range is at Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Alicante, in Alicante, which lists 4 services.

All 7 of them handle the same core set, so for these you can simply go to whichever is nearest:

  • Letters of invitation

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

  • Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Alicante

    Alicante

    Address
    C/ Isabel la Católica n.º 25, 03007 - Alacant/Alicante
    Beyond the shared list
    Also asylum and international protection, registration certificates (cédula de inscripción), stay extensions
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Cartas de Invitación · Infomes de Nacionalidad · Prórrogas de estancia · Solicitudes de Asilo y Refugio · Títulos de Viaje y Cédulas de Inscripción

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  • Comisaría de Alcoy

    Alcoy

    Address
    C/ Perú n.º 10, 03803 - Alcoi/Alcoy (Alacant/Alicante)
    Beyond the shared list
    Also EU registration certificates, NIE numbers and certificates, nationality reports
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario

    Find Alcoy on a map

  • Comisaría de Benidorm

    Benidorm

    Address
    C/ Apolo XI n.º 36, 03500 - Benidorm (Alacant/Alicante)
    Beyond the shared list
    Also EU registration certificates, NIE numbers and certificates, nationality reports
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario

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  • Comisaría de Dénia

    Dénia

    Address
    C/ Castell D´Olimbroi n.º 5, 03700 - Dénia (Alacant/Alicante)
    Beyond the shared list
    Also EU registration certificates, nationality reports
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Cartas de Invitación · Informes de Nacionalidad · Regimen Comunitario y No Comunitario

    Find Dénia on a map

  • Comisaría de Elche

    Elche

    Address
    C/ Abeto n.º 1, 03202 - Elx/Elche (Alacant/Alicante)
    Beyond the shared list
    Also EU registration certificates, NIE numbers and certificates, nationality reports
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario

    Find Elche on a map

  • Comisaría de Elda - Petrer

    Elda

    Address
    C/ Lamberto Amat n.º 26, 03600 - Elda (Alacant/Alicante)
    Beyond the shared list
    Also EU registration certificates, nationality reports
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Cartas de Invitación · Informes de Nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario

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  • Comisaría de Orihuela

    Orihuela

    Address
    C/ El Sol n.º 34, 03300 - Orihuela (Alacant/Alicante)
    Beyond the shared list
    Also EU registration certificates, NIE numbers and certificates, nationality reports
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario

    Find Orihuela on a map

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

Offices in Alicante 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.

  • Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Alicante (2)AlicanteC/ Campo de Mirra n.º 6, 03005 - Alacant/AlicanteHandles: Tarjetas de Residencia
  • Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Alicante (3)AlicanteC/ Ebanistería n.º 6, 03008 - Alacant/AlicanteHandles: Certificados residentes y comunitarios · NIE
  • Comisaría de TorreviejaTorreviejaC/ Arquitecto Larramendi n.º 3, 03180 - Torrevieja (Alacant/Alicante)Handles: Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario

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 Alicante

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