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Invitation letter offices in Almería

2 offices in Almería handle Carta de invitación, in El Ejido and Almería. 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 Almería

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 Almería 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 Almería

    Almería

    Address
    Calle Marruecos, 1, 04071 Almería
    Opening hours
    Lunes a jueves- 9h a 17h - Viernes: 9h a 14,30h
    Also decides
    Arraigo, family reunification, long-term residence, employed work and residence permits, asylum and refuge, student stay permits

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

Which of them to choose

Almería has 3 offices dealing with immigration matters, of which 2 handle Carta de invitación. The widest range is at Oficina de Extranjería - Expedición de Documentos, in Almería, which lists 8 services.

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

  • EU registration certificates
  • NIE numbers and certificates
  • 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

  • Comisaría de El Ejido-Dalias

    El Ejido

    Address
    Avda. del Bulevar n.º 117, 04700 - Ejido, El (Almería)
    Beyond the shared list
    Also nationality reports
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Expedición TIE · Informes de nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario

    Find El Ejido on a map

  • Oficina de Extranjería - Expedición de Documentos

    Almería

    Address
    C/ Marruecos, 1, 04009 - Almería
    Also listed
    Solicitud de ASILO: Cita previa telefónica: 950759322 · https://ssweb.seap.minhap.es/ayuda/consulta/ExtranjeriaCG
    Beyond the shared list
    Also Brexit Withdrawal Agreement cards, change of address, fingerprinting for the residence card, replacement residence cards, residence card collection
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Toma de huellas (expedición de tarjeta) y renovación de tarjeta de larga duración. · Duplicado de tarjeta de identidad de extranjero. · Recogida de tarjeta de identidad de extranjero (TIE). · Expedición tarjeta asociada al acuerdo de retirada ciudadanos Británicos y sus familiares (BREXIT). · Comunicación de cambio de domicilio: presentar por registro electrónico. · Certificado de registro de ciudadano de la U.E. · Certificados y asignación NIE. · Carta de invitación.

    Find Almería on a map

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

Offices in Almería 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 AlmeríaAlmeríaAvda. Mediterraneo n.º 201, 04006 - AlmeríaHandles: Certificados de concordancia (NIE-DNI y otros) · UCRANIA: solicitud protección temporal desplazados. · Expedición/Renovación de documentos de solicitudes de ASILO. · Títulos de viaje y Documentos de Viaje. · Solicitud de APATRIDA.

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 Almería

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