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Tarragona · Autorización de residencia temporal y trabajo por cuenta propia

Self-employed permit offices in Tarragona

Autorización de residencia temporal y trabajo por cuenta propia is decided at an Immigration Office rather than at a police station, and Tarragona has one. Below are the address, the phone number, the opening hours and the email address that actually reaches them.

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The Immigration Office in Tarragona

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.

The ministry's page for Tarragona 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 Tarragona

    Tarragona

    Address
    Avenida Estanislau Figueras, 59, 43002 Tarragona
    Phone
    977999149
    Opening hours
    Horario: lunes a jueves de 8,30h a 17h, los viernes de 08:30h a 14:00 Horario de verano (16 de Junio a 20 de Septiembre): lunes a viernes de 09:00h a 14:00h
    Also decides
    Family reunification, residence permits for minors, reports on temporary travel by minors, adoption visas, arraigo, other exceptional-circumstances permits, EU long-term residence, student stay permits, non-lucrative residence, exemptions from the work permit requirement, employed work and residence permits, posted worker permits, expulsion and return proceedings, information on procedures

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

The offices, and what each one handles

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

    Offices in Tarragona that do not handle this

    These exist and deal with immigration matters, but Autorización de residencia temporal y trabajo por cuenta propia 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 TarragonaTarragonaPl. de Orleans s/n, 43005 - TarragonaHandles: Autorizaciones de Regreso · Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Estudiantes · Expedición de TIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Prórrogas de Estancia · Régimen Comunitario · Residencias no Lucrativas · Solicitudes de Asilo y Refugio · Títulos de viaje y Cédulas de inscripción
    • Comisaría de ReusReusC/ General Moragues n.º 54, 43203 - Reus (Tarragona)Handles: Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Expedición de TIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Prórrogas de Estancia · Régimen Comunitario
    • Comisaría de TortosaTortosaP.º Joan Moreira n.º 3, 43500 - Tortosa (Tarragona)Handles: Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Expedición de TIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Prórrogas de Estancia · Régimen Comunitario

    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 Tarragona

    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 Self-employed permit guide — documents, fees and deadlines