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Bizkaia · Prórroga de estancia

Stay extension offices in Bizkaia

One office in Bizkaia handles Prórroga de estancia, in Bilbao. It is the only one in the province, so there is no closer alternative to try.

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The Immigration Office in Bizkaia

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 Bizkaia 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 Bilbao

    Bilbao

    Address
    Calle Barroeta Aldamar, 1 (Planta Baja), 48071 Bilbao
    Phone
    944509435
    Opening hours
    De lunes a jueves: 09:00 - 17:00 y Viernes: 09:00 - 14:00 Del 16 de junio al 15 de septiembre, de lunes a viernes: 09:00 - 14:00
    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, 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, reports on temporary travel by minors, adoption visas, EU family member residence cards, expulsion and return proceedings, appeals

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

The offices, and what each one handles

  • Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Bilbao

    Bilbao

    Address
    C/ Gordóniz n.º 8, 48010 - Bilbao (Bizkaia)
    Beyond the shared list
    EU registration certificates, NIE numbers and certificates, asylum and international protection, letters of invitation, nationality reports, non-lucrative residence, registration certificates (cédula de inscripción), return authorisations, stay extensions, student permits
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Autorizaciones de Regreso · Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Estudiantes · Expedición de TIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Prórrogas de estancia · Régimen Comunitario · Residencia No Lucrativas · Solicitudes de Asilo y Refugio · Títulos de viaje y Cédulas de inscripción

    Find Bilbao on a map

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

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 Bizkaia

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