NIE offices in Alicante

The Immigration Offices in Alicante

Número de Identidad de Extranjero (NIE) 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

Which of them to choose

Alicante has 10 offices dealing with immigration matters, of which 5 handle Número de Identidad de Extranjero (NIE). The widest range is at Comisaría de Alcoy, in Alcoy, which lists 4 services.

All 5 of them handle the same core set, so for these you can simply go to whichever is nearest:

• EU registration certificates

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

Towns with an office

• Alicante
• Alcoy
• Benidorm
• Elche
• Orihuela

The offices, and what each one handles

• Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Alicante (3)

  Alicante

  Address

  C/ Ebanistería n.º 6, 03008 - Alacant/Alicante

  Phone

  965019393

  Beyond the shared list

  Also NIE numbers

  As the police word it, in Spanish

  Certificados residentes y comunitarios · NIE

  Find Alicante on a map

• Comisaría de Alcoy

  Alcoy

  Address

  C/ Perú n.º 10, 03803 - Alcoi/Alcoy (Alacant/Alicante)

  Phone

  966526457

  Beyond the shared list

  Also NIE numbers and certificates, letters of invitation, 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)

  Phone

  966831934

  Beyond the shared list

  Also NIE numbers and certificates, letters of invitation, 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 Benidorm on a map

• Comisaría de Elche

  Elche

  Address

  C/ Abeto n.º 1, 03202 - Elx/Elche (Alacant/Alicante)

  Phone

  966614310

  Beyond the shared list

  Also NIE numbers and certificates, letters of invitation, 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 Orihuela

  Orihuela

  Address

  C/ El Sol n.º 34, 03300 - Orihuela (Alacant/Alicante)

  Phone

  966737278

  Beyond the shared list

  Also NIE numbers and certificates, letters of invitation, 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

What to take with you

Official fee

€9.84

Form EX-15

Application form EX-15, in duplicate

Form 790-012

Proof of payment of fee 790/012

• Passport or equivalent, original and copyA complete passport, identity document, travel document or valid registration certificate. Both the original and a copy are required — the original is returned.
• Statement of the reasons for the applicationA written explanation of the economic, professional, social or other interests that justify the request. This is a formal requirement, not a courtesy.
• Power of attorney, if applying through a representativeThe representative must show sufficient power of attorney which states expressly that they are authorised to submit this application. A general authorisation is not enough.

The conditions, deadlines and what happens if you miss them

Other procedures handled in Alicante

• 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