Málaga · Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE)
TIE card offices in Málaga
8 offices in Málaga handle Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE), in Málaga, Antequera, Estepona, Fuengirola, Marbella, Ronda, Torremolinos and Vélez-Málaga. Not every police station in the province does — going to one that does not costs you the appointment, and the appointment is the part that takes weeks.
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The Immigration Office in Málaga
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 Málaga 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 Málaga
Málaga
- Address
- Calle Mauricio Moro Pareto, 13, 29006 Málaga
- Phone
- 952980460 (Información General)
- Opening hours
- Lunes a viernes de 9h a 14h
- 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, 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 .
Which of them to choose
Málaga has 8 offices dealing with immigration matters, of which 8 handle Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE). The widest range is at Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Málaga, in Málaga, which lists 10 services.
All 8 of them handle the same core set, so for these you can simply go to whichever is nearest:
- EU registration certificates
- NIE numbers and certificates
- Letters of invitation
- Nationality reports
- Return authorisations
Anything outside that list is where the offices differ, and each entry below says what its own office adds.
Towns with an office
The offices, and what each one handles
Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Málaga
Málaga
- Address
- Pl. Manuel Azaña n.º 3, 29006 - Málaga
- Phone
- 952046468
- Beyond the shared list
- Also asylum and international protection, non-lucrative residence, registration certificates (cédula de inscripción), stay extensions, student permits
As the police word it, in Spanish
Certificados y asignación de NIE · Cartas de Invitación · Prórrogas de estancia · Títulos de Viaje y Cédulas de Inscripción · Expedición TIE · Régimen Comunitario · Autorizaciones de Regreso · Estudiantes · Residencias No lucrativas · Informes de nacionalidad · Solicitudes de Asilo y Refugio
Comisaría de Antequera
Antequera
- Address
- C/ Ciudad de Oaxaca, 29200 - Antequera (Málaga)
- Phone
- 952706360
- Beyond the shared list
- Nothing beyond the list above
As the police word it, in Spanish
Certificados y asignación de NIE · Cartas de Invitación · Expedición TIE · Régimen Comunitario · Autorizaciones de Regreso · Informes de nacionalidad
Comisaría de Estepona
Estepona
- Address
- C/ Valle Inclán n.º 1, 29680 - Estepona (Málaga)
- Phone
- 952798530
- Beyond the shared list
- Nothing beyond the list above
As the police word it, in Spanish
Certificados y asignación de NIE · Cartas de Invitación · Expedición TIE · Régimen Comunitario · Autorizaciones de Regreso · Informes de nacionalidad
Comisaría de Fuengirola
Fuengirola
- Address
- Avda. Conde San Isidro n.º 98, 29640 - Fuengirola (Málaga)
- Phone
- 952198369
- Beyond the shared list
- Nothing beyond the list above
As the police word it, in Spanish
Certificados y asignación de NIE · Cartas de Invitación · Expedición TIE · Régimen Comunitario · Autorizaciones de Regreso · Informes de nacionalidad
Comisaría de Marbella
Marbella
- Address
- Avda. Arias de Velasco n.º 25, 29600 - Marbella (Málaga)
- Phone
- 952867241
- Beyond the shared list
- Nothing beyond the list above
As the police word it, in Spanish
Certificados y asignación de NIE · Cartas de Invitación · Expedición TIE · Régimen Comunitario · Autorizaciones de Regreso · Informes de nacionalidad
Comisaría de Ronda
Ronda
- Address
- C/ Rio Tinto n.º 2, 29400 - Ronda (Málaga)
- Phone
- 952161227
- Beyond the shared list
- Nothing beyond the list above
As the police word it, in Spanish
Certificados y asignación de NIE · Cartas de Invitación · Expedición TIE · Régimen Comunitario · Autorizaciones de Regreso · Informes de nacionalidad
Comisaría de Torremolinos - Benalmádena
Torremolinos
- Address
- C/ Skal n.º 12, 29620 - Torremolinos (Málaga)
- Phone
- 952378435
- Beyond the shared list
- Nothing beyond the list above
As the police word it, in Spanish
Certificados y asignación de NIE · Cartas de Invitación · Expedición TIE · Régimen Comunitario · Autorizaciones de Regreso · Informes de nacionalidad
Comisaría de Vélez Málaga
Vélez-Málaga
- Address
- Calle Puerta del Mar, 4, 29740 - Vélez-Málaga (Málaga)
- Phone
- 952046500
- Beyond the shared list
- Nothing beyond the list above
As the police word it, in Spanish
Certificados y asignación de NIE · Cartas de Invitación · Expedición TIE · Régimen Comunitario · Autorizaciones de Regreso · Informes de nacionalidad
Source: Dirección General de la Policía — Unidades de Extranjería — Dependencias policiales. Checked .
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.
Other procedures handled in Málaga
- NIE in Málaga8 offices — Málaga, Antequera and Estepona and others
- EU registration in Málaga8 offices — Málaga, Antequera and Estepona and others
- Invitation letter in Málaga8 offices — Málaga, Antequera and Estepona and others
- Stay extension in Málaga1 office — Málaga
- Return authorisation in Málaga8 offices — Málaga, Antequera and Estepona and others
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.