Stay extension offices in Alicante

The Immigration Offices in Alicante

Prórroga de estancia 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

The offices, and what each one handles

• Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Alicante

  Alicante

  Address

  C/ Isabel la Católica n.º 25, 03007 - Alacant/Alicante

  Phone

  965148888

  Beyond the shared list

  Asylum and international protection, letters of invitation, registration certificates (cédula de inscripción), stay extensions

  As the police word it, in Spanish

  Cartas de Invitación · Infomes de Nacionalidad · Prórrogas de estancia · Solicitudes de Asilo y Refugio · Títulos de Viaje y Cédulas de Inscripción

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What to take with you

Official fee

Set by the fee for the stay extension

Form EX-00

Form EX-00

• Full ordinary passport or travel documentValid for longer than the extension you are requesting. It is noted in the file and returned to you.
• Evidence of the reasons givenRequired for nationals of states that do not need a visa to enter Spain, and the reasons must be exceptional.
• Proof of sufficient financial meansAdequate for the length of extension you are asking for.
• Travel assistance insuranceWith the same cover required for a short-stay visa, valid for at least the length of the extension.
• Guarantee of returnProof you will return to your country of origin, or be admitted to the third country you are travelling on to, before the extension ends. A ticket in your name with a closed return date before that point is accepted.

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