Expat paperwork in Alicante: NIE, TIE, padrón and residence

For foreigners in the province of Alicante, the paperwork is the same national procedure as in Valencia, but every step happens at Alicante offices: the police in Alicante city, Benidorm, Elche, Orihuela or Alcoy for the NIE, the residence card units in the Polígono de Babel, and your own town hall for the padrón. We work online: you send us your documents, we check them, fill in the forms and fee letters and book the office that serves your address. The starting fees on each of our service pages apply, and we confirm the final one in writing before you pay.

Police offices for foreigners in Alicante province

The National Police publish, for each province, the stations that deal with foreigners’ procedures and what each one handles. For Alicante the list is unusually spread out, so booking the wrong desk is easy. According to that official list:

• Alicante city, C/ Ebanistería 6 (Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras): residence certificates, including the one for EU citizens, and the NIE.
• Alicante city, C/ Campo de Mirra 6 (another unit of the same Brigada): residence cards, in other words the TIE.
• Alicante city, C/ Isabel la Católica 25 (Comisaría Provincial): invitation letters, extensions of stay, asylum and travel documents, but not the everyday NIE or TIE.
• Benidorm (C/ Apolo XI 36), Elche (C/ Abeto 1), Orihuela (C/ El Sol 34) and Alcoy (C/ Perú 10): NIE certificates and assignment, plus procedures for EU and non-EU residents.
• Torrevieja (C/ Arquitecto Larramendi 3), Dénia (C/ Castell d’Olimbroi 5) and Elda-Petrer (C/ Lamberto Amat 26): procedures for EU and non-EU residents; the list does not show NIE assignment there.

All of these are booked through the national cita previa system, where you choose the province and then the procedure. Which station you may pick depends on where you live, and the offer on screen changes over time, so we check it for your address when we prepare the booking. We do not promise dates: you get our estimate before you pay.

Residence files: the Alicante foreigners’ office

Applications that a foreigners’ office decides, such as a renewal of a temporary permit or a change of status, go to the Oficina de Extranjería of the Subdelegación del Gobierno in Alicante when you live in this province, not to Valencia. Most of those files can now be lodged online through Mercurio, the government’s platform for immigration filings, which is how we submit them. In-person attention at the office is by appointment through the same national cita previa website. Visas such as the non-lucrative visa are different: they start at the Spanish consulate of the country where you live, and the Alicante steps come after you land.

Padrón in Alicante city

The Ajuntament d’Alacant states that every padrón procedure is free. To register or change your address in the city you can:

• apply on the council’s sede electrónica, which requires a digital certificate or an electronic DNI;
• book an appointment at the OAC Séneca (C/ Portugal 17) on citaprevia.alicante.es or by calling 010, or at the OAC Labradores (C/ Labradores 14) by phone only.

Non-EU citizens identify themselves with their TIE or passport. EU citizens bring their passport or national ID card together with the NIE shown on their EU registration certificate. When several people register at the same home, whether or not they are one family, a single appointment covers all of them.

Once you are on the register, the padrón certificate can be requested on the sede with an electronic signature, in person by appointment at the OAC Gastón Castelló (C/ Pino Santo 1), Séneca, Labradores or a Junta de Distrito, without appointment at the council’s network of ciberkioscos, or by post. Outside the city, you register with your own town hall (Benidorm, Elche, Torrevieja, Dénia and so on), each with its own booking system; our padrón service covers that step.

Social Security and Tax Agency in Alicante

• Social Security: the INSS, which handles benefits and the health-cover entitlement, has its provincial directorate at C/ Churruca 26 (03003) and another office at C/ Mayor 3, according to its official office list. The Treasury’s provincial directorate (Dirección Provincial de la Tesorería General), which issues numbers and registrations, is at C/ Enriqueta Ortega 2, according to its notices in the BOE. Most Social Security number requests are handled online, so a visit is rarely needed.
• Tax Agency: the Agencia Tributaria’s Delegación in Alicante is at Plaza de la Montañeta 8, 03001. It matters if you register as autónomo, apply for the Beckham Law regime or need a tax residence certificate, although we file almost all of that electronically.

What to bring to an Alicante police desk

• TIE at Campo de Mirra: form EX-17, plus the 790 fee form (code 012) already paid, your passport with the visa or approval letter, a recent photograph and proof of your address in the province, usually a padrón certificate.
• EU certificate or NIE at Ebanistería or a local station: the EX-18 or EX-15 form, the paid 790 code 012 form, your passport or national ID card and the evidence for your category or for the reason you need the number.

We check originals and copies the week before, because a missing paper means booking again.

How we handle an Alicante case

Take a German family moving from Munich to a flat in Altea. The EU registration certificate needs the padrón first, so we check the lease with the town hall’s requirements, prepare the household’s registration and then book the police procedure for EU citizens at a station that serves their area. A non-EU remote worker in Elche follows a different order: the teleworking permit, then the padrón and the TIE fingerprints at the Campo de Mirra unit. In both cases the client attends only the visits the law requires in person, and everything before those visits is our job.

Tell us your town in Alicante and what you need through our contact page, on WhatsApp or by phone. Moving between provinces of the region? Our overview of paperwork across the Valencian Community compares Valencia, Alicante and Castellón.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Oficinas de trámites de extranjería en Alicante, Policía Nacional
• Altas y cambios de domicilio en el Padrón, Ajuntament d’Alacant
• Certificado de empadronamiento, Ajuntament d’Alacant
• INSS office directory (updated 30 November 2025), Seguridad Social
• Notice of the Dirección Provincial de la Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social in Alicante, BOE
• Tax Agency offices in Alicante/Alacant, Agencia Tributaria
• Cita previa for immigration procedures, Ministry for Territorial Policy

Addresses and procedures checked against these official pages on 13 November 2026. Offices and booking screens do change; before any booking we recheck them for your address.