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Work permit exemption offices in Ceuta

Residencia temporal con excepción de la autorización de trabajo is decided at an Immigration Office rather than at a police station, and Ceuta 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 Ceuta

Residencia temporal con excepción de la autorización de trabajo 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 Ceuta

    Ceuta

    Address
    Avenida Nuestra Señora de Otero, (Edificio Mutua), S/N, 51002 Ceuta
    Phone
    956984451 (Cita Previa) · 956984440 (Centralita)
    Opening hours
    Lunes a viernes: de 9 a 14:30 horas.
    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, 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, registration certificates (cédula de inscripción), residence cards (TIE), NIE numbers

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 Ceuta that do not handle this

    These exist and deal with immigration matters, but Residencia temporal con excepción de la autorización de trabajo 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 CeutaCeutaP.º de Colón n.º 4, 51001 - CeutaHandles: Autorizaciones de Regreso · Cartas de invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Estudiantes · Expedición de TIE · Prórrogas de estancia · Régimen comunitario · Residencias No lucrativas · Solicitud de Asilo y Refugio · Títulos de viaje y Cédulas de inscripci

    What to take with you

    Official fee
    Set by the processing fee for the authorisation, paid before the decision
    • Proof that you fall within one of the exemptionsThe invitation, contract, accreditation, certificate or authorisation that the specific category calls for. This is the heart of the file and each category names its own document.
    • Valid passport or travel documentComplete copy.
    • For religious ministers: certification from the MinistryA certificate from the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes for the entry in the Register of Religious Entities, plus a certificate from the entity itself with that ministry's agreement, and a copy of the order's statutes.
    • For posted workers: the EU work permitValid in the member state you are posted from, together with the documentation for the transnational provision of services under Ley 45/1999.
    • For private foreign institutions: proof of official recognitionDocumentation of recognition in Spain, and of the validity in the home country of the qualifications issued here.
    • Proof of the processing feePaid before the application is decided.

    The conditions, deadlines and what happens if you miss them

    Other procedures handled in Ceuta

    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 Work permit exemption guide — documents, fees and deadlines