Check whether you need to call, book or can walk in
Some offices are run by the regional government, others by the city’s immigration or social services team, and a few give advice before you file the formal request. Choose a city to see which report each office handles, how to reach it and what to prepare.
Alicante
Calle Sargento Vaillo 30, bajo, 03004 Alicante
Phone to book an interview, and ask which report your residence application needs.
Prepare valid identification and the required recent padrón evidence. For socioformativo, bring enrolment or pre-enrolment proof. Housing requests need their separate form, evidence of occupation and collective padrón; originals are checked at the home inspection. Confirm report validity with the receiving authority.
Alicante
Plaza de Argel 5, 2ª planta, 03011 Alicante
Arrange an interview by phone, or collect your finished housing report once the city has inspected your home.
For arraigo, prepare a valid passport and the required recent padrón certificates. For housing, prepare the form, valid ID, evidence of occupation and collective padrón; show the original identity and housing papers at the inspection. Confirm report validity with the receiving authority.
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Which kind of proof of registration you can get, who can ask for it and how to pick the office in your city.
How registering with your regional employment service works, what to keep up afterwards and which office covers your home.
See why registering at your town hall matters, who should do it and what offices usually ask you to bring.
For anyone who has moved to a new home within Spain: how the update works, who signs and what proof of address offices tend to want.
Other countries
Moving on, or comparing before you decide? See how this works elsewhere.
Most offices in Aalst, Anderlecht, and Antwerp
Most offices in Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, and Poznań
Most offices in Akureyri, Ísafjörður, and Keflavík
Where to next
Work out which report fits your application, whether your region or town hall issues it and which office to approach.
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