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Invitation letter offices in Granada

3 offices in Granada handle Carta de invitación, in Granada, Baza and Motril. 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 Granada

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 Granada 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 de Granada

    Granada

    Address
    Calle San Agapito, 2 (Esquina Ribera del Beiro), 18071 Granada
    Phone
    958909421 (EXPEDICION DE TARJETAS) · 958909408 (INFORMACION) · 902022222 (Información del estado de tramitación de un expediente)
    Opening hours
    Horario de atención al público: Lunes a viernes de 9 a 14 horas
    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, appeals, EU registration certificates, residence cards (TIE), NIE numbers

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

Which of them to choose

Granada has 3 offices dealing with immigration matters, of which 3 handle Carta de invitación. The widest range is at Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Granada, in Granada, which lists 10 services.

All 3 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
  • 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

  • Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Granada

    Granada

    Address
    C/ La Palmita s/n, 18014 - Granada
    Beyond the shared list
    Also 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

    Expedición TIE · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Títulos de Viaje y Cédulas de Inscripción · Prórrogas de estancia · Cartas de Invitación · Régimen Comunitario · Autorizaciones de Regreso · Estudiantes · Residencias No lucrativas · Informes de nacionalidad · Solicitudes de Asilo y Refugio

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  • Comisaría de Baza

    Baza

    Address
    C/ Alhóndiga n.º 18, 18800 - Baza (Granada)
    Beyond the shared list
    Also return authorisations
    As the police word it, in Spanish

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

    Find Baza on a map

  • Comisaría de Motril

    Motril

    Address
    C/ Aguas del Hospital s/n, 18600 - Motril (Granada)
    Beyond the shared list
    Also non-lucrative residence, stay extensions
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Expedición TIE · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Cartas de Invitación · Régimen Comunitario · Prórrogas de estancia · Residencias No lucrativas · Informes de nacionalidad

    Find Motril on a map

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

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 Granada

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