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Alacant/Alicante · Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE)

TIE card offices in Alicante

One office in Alicante handles Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE), in Alicante. It is the only one in the province, so there is no closer alternative to try.

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The Immigration Offices in Alicante

Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE) 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

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 Alicante (2)

    Alicante

    Address
    C/ Campo de Mirra n.º 6, 03005 - Alacant/Alicante
    Beyond the shared list
    Issuing residence cards (TIE)
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Tarjetas de Residencia

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

Offices in Alicante that do not handle this

These exist and deal with immigration matters, but Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE) 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 Alicante (3)AlicanteC/ Ebanistería n.º 6, 03008 - Alacant/AlicanteHandles: Certificados residentes y comunitarios · NIE
  • Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de AlicanteAlicanteC/ Isabel la Católica n.º 25, 03007 - Alacant/AlicanteHandles: Cartas de Invitación · Infomes de Nacionalidad · Prórrogas de estancia · Solicitudes de Asilo y Refugio · Títulos de Viaje y Cédulas de Inscripción
  • Comisaría de AlcoyAlcoyC/ Perú n.º 10, 03803 - Alcoi/Alcoy (Alacant/Alicante)Handles: Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario
  • Comisaría de BenidormBenidormC/ Apolo XI n.º 36, 03500 - Benidorm (Alacant/Alicante)Handles: Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario
  • Comisaría de DéniaDéniaC/ Castell D´Olimbroi n.º 5, 03700 - Dénia (Alacant/Alicante)Handles: Cartas de Invitación · Informes de Nacionalidad · Regimen Comunitario y No Comunitario
  • Comisaría de ElcheElcheC/ Abeto n.º 1, 03202 - Elx/Elche (Alacant/Alicante)Handles: Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario
  • Comisaría de Elda - PetrerEldaC/ Lamberto Amat n.º 26, 03600 - Elda (Alacant/Alicante)Handles: Cartas de Invitación · Informes de Nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario
  • Comisaría de OrihuelaOrihuelaC/ El Sol n.º 34, 03300 - Orihuela (Alacant/Alicante)Handles: Cartas de Invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Informes de Nacionalidad · Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario
  • Comisaría de TorreviejaTorreviejaC/ Arquitecto Larramendi n.º 3, 03180 - Torrevieja (Alacant/Alicante)Handles: Régimen Comunitario y No Comunitario

What to take with you

Official fee
From €16.08
Form 790-012
Proof of payment of the fee
  • Official TIE application formOriginal, completed and signed by the foreign national. Not a photocopy.
  • Passport or travel document with the entry stampFailing that, a valid passport or travel document together with the declaration of entry made within 72 hours of arriving, or a valid cédula de inscripción.
  • One recent colour photographPassport size, on a white background.
  • Visa, where applicableThe visa on which you entered, if your case involved one.
  • Resolution granting the authorisation, in certain casesRequired for SME visas for displaced minors, cross-border worker authorisations, cases under Law 14/2013 on support for entrepreneurs, and residence or stay granted following a judicial appeal.

The conditions, deadlines and what happens if you miss them

Other procedures handled in Alicante

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 TIE card guide — documents, fees and deadlines