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Student stay offices in Cantabria

Autorización de estancia de larga duración por estudios 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

Autorización de estancia de larga duración por estudios 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 Autorización de estancia de larga duración por estudios 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 processing fee for the authorisation
    • Admission from a recognised institutionFor a qualifying programme. The institution must be accredited, attached to a recognised centre, or on the official register.
    • Proof that enrolment fees are paidRegistration, matriculation or an equivalent document from the institution.
    • Proof of the course lengthFor higher education this decides how long your authorisation runs, since it matches the official duration of the studies.
    • Health insuranceUnless you are working under the rules above, in which case Social Security registration satisfies it.
    • Annual proof of enrolment, where the permit runs over a yearFiled at the start of each academic year to keep the authorisation in force.
    • For pupil mobility: the host arrangementsThe centre managing the programme must take responsibility for the pupil, including the cost of studies, stay and return, and the pupil must be housed with a selected family or in an approved residence.

    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 Student stay guide — documents, fees and deadlines