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Student stay offices in Gipuzkoa

Autorización de estancia de larga duración por estudios is decided at an Immigration Office rather than at a police station, and Gipuzkoa 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 Gipuzkoa

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.

  • Sede 1. Oficina de Extranjería en Donostia - San Sebastián

    Donostia/San Sebastián

    Address
    Plaza Pío XII, 6 (Entrada independiente por Javier de Barcaiztegui), 20010 Donostia/San Sebastián
    Phone
    943989110 (Información)
    Opening hours
    lunes a viernes de 9h a 17,30h Horario estival (16 jun. a 15 sept.): Lunes a viernes de 8h a 15h
    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, short-stay extensions, 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, appeals

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 Gipuzkoa 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.

    • Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Donostia/San SebastiánSan SebastiánCalle José María Salaberría s/n, 20010 - Donostia/San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa)Handles: 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 IrúnIrunPl. del Ensanche, 1, 20302 - Irun (Gipuzkoa)Handles: Autorizaciones de Regreso · Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Expedición de TIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario

    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

    Other procedures handled in Gipuzkoa

    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