Self-employed permit offices in Alicante

The Immigration Offices in Alicante

Autorización de residencia temporal y trabajo por cuenta propia 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.

• 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

The offices, and what each one handles

What to take with you

Official fee

Set by the processing fee for the authorisation, paid before filing

• Proof that the activity meets Spanish rules for nationalsLicences, permits, registrations and any authorisation the activity itself requires to open and operate.
• Professional qualification or proven experienceWhere the activity requires it, plus professional-body registration where that is compulsory.
• Business plan with the projected investmentDocumenting that the investment is sufficient to establish the project, and its effect on job creation — self-employment counts.
• Proof of the funds behind the investmentThe Regulation fixes no amount. What has to be shown is sufficiency for the specific project described.
• Valid passport or travel documentComplete copy, submitted with the visa application.
• Proof of the processing feePaid before the application is decided.
• For renewal: proof the activity continuesWith the office checking tax and Social Security compliance on its own initiative.
• For renewal: proof of children's schoolingA report from the regional education authorities covering any dependants of compulsory school age.

The conditions, deadlines and what happens if you miss them

Other procedures handled in Alicante

• NIE in Alicante5 offices — Alicante, Alcoy and Benidorm and others
• 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