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Stay extension offices in Cantabria

Prórroga de estancia is decided at an Immigration Office rather than at a police station, and Cantabria 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 Cantabria

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 Cantabria 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 Santander

    Santander

    Address
    Calle Luis Hoyos Sainz, 4 (quinta planta), 39001 Santander
    Phone
    942999399
    Opening hours
    lunes a viernes de 9h a 14h
    Also decides
    Long-term residence, residence cards (TIE), asylum and refuge

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 Cantabria that do not handle this

    These exist and deal with immigration matters, but Prórroga de estancia is not among the services they list. They are here so you can rule them out rather than guess.

    • Comisaría de CentroSantanderC/ Jose Ramon Lopez-Doriga n.º 4, 39003 - Santander (Cantabria)
    • Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de SantanderSantanderAvda. del Deporte n.º 4, 39012 - Santander (Cantabria)

    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

    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 Stay extension guide — documents, fees and deadlines