Expat paperwork in Gandia: NIE, TIE and padrón without the trip to Valencia

If you live in Gandia, its beach district at the Grau or a nearby town of La Safor, most of your paperwork can stay local. The Gandia police station is one of the few in Valencia province outside the capital that issues the TIE card as well as the NIE and the EU registration certificate, and the Ajuntament registers you on the padrón at its own citizen offices. We do the preparation online: document checks, forms, fee letters and the bookings, at the starting prices shown on each service page and with the final fee confirmed in writing.

Gandia police station: TIE, NIE and EU certificate

The Comisaría de Gandía, at C/ Ciudad de Laval 5, appears in the National Police list of offices for foreigners’ procedures with a wider set of services than most stations in the province. According to that list it handles:

• issuing the TIE card, including fingerprints, for the general regime and for family members of EU citizens;
• the EU registration certificate for nationals of EU and EEA countries or Switzerland;
• assigning a NIE and issuing NIE, residence and non-residence certificates;
• certificates matching a DNI with an old NIE, and invitation letters.

Stations at Alzira, Sagunto and Ontinyent offer the same TIE service, while towns such as Torrent, Paterna or Xàtiva only list NIE and certificate work. Booking is through the national cita previa website, and the station shown depends on your address; we check what the system offers you before booking. We do not promise dates and say nothing about current waiting lists: you receive our estimate before paying.

Padrón at the Ajuntament de Gandia

The council’s padrón section is run from its citizen attention offices (OAC). The main one is on the ground floor of the former municipal market building, C/ Carmelites 2; there are also offices in the Grau and in Benipeixcar. The council recommends filing requests through its sede electrónica, and registration or a change of address can be requested either in person or there. For identity, the council asks non-EU nationals for their original, valid passport or residence permit, and EU nationals for their NIE together with a passport or national identity card.

Certificates and volantes are issued online through the sede with a digital certificate, or in person with your original identity document, and the council lists immigration procedures among the uses of its certificates. Non-EU residents without long-term residence must renew their padrón entry every two years (Ley 7/1985, art. 16.1), and Gandia has a specific procedure for that renewal. Our padrón service covers registration in Gandia, and our page on the padrón certificate explains which type of certificate each office asks for.

Social Security and Tax Agency in Gandia

• INSS: the Social Security’s benefits office in Gandia is at C/ Plus Ultra 32-34 (46700), according to the INSS office directory. Requests for a Social Security number are normally made online, so the office is mainly relevant for pensions, benefits and health-cover questions.
• Agencia Tributaria: the Administración de Gandia is at Avenida Alacant 33 (46701). If you start working as autónomo in Gandia or apply for the Beckham Law regime, this is your local tax office, although we file those forms electronically.

Residence permits are still decided in Valencia

Renewals, changes of status and other permits decided by a foreigners’ office go to the Oficina de Extranjería in Valencia city, which serves the whole province; they are filed online through Mercurio, the government platform, so living in Gandia does not mean extra trips. Only the police steps, the TIE fingerprints and collection, take place locally. Our residence renewal service covers the filing and the new card.

Other Social Security desks in La Safor and nearby

The INSS office directory places the nearest desks outside Gandia in Sueca (C/ José Maiques Marco 9), Xàtiva (C/ Puerta San Jorge 1) and Ontinyent (C/ Músic Enric Casanova 12). For people living between Gandia and the Ribera, those can be closer than Valencia city. For a first Social Security number none of them is normally needed, because the request goes online.

What to bring to the Ciudad de Laval station

• TIE fingerprints: the EX-17 form, the 790 fee form with code 012 already paid, your passport with the visa or the approval letter, a recent colour photograph and proof of your Gandia address, usually a recent padrón certificate.
• EU registration certificate: the EX-18 form, the paid 790 code 012 form, your passport or national identity card and the evidence for your category, such as a work contract, autónomo registration, income with health cover, or a study enrolment.
• NIE certificate: the EX-15 form, the paid fee and the document that explains why you need the number, for example a purchase reservation or a notary’s letter.

We prepare the forms, generate the fee letters and check every original and copy before the day, so that the visit is short.

Gandia, the Grau and the beach

Many foreign residents live by the sea in the Grau or the Platja de Gandia rather than in the town centre. For the council that makes no difference: it is the same municipality and the same padrón, and the Grau has its own citizen office. For the police, too, the station is the one in Ciudad de Laval. Holiday lets are a common trap: a tourist rental contract is not usually what a town hall accepts as proof of habitual residence, so we check your contract before booking anything.

A typical Gandia case

A retired couple from Manchester buy an apartment near the beach and want to settle in Gandia. As British nationals arriving now, they come on a non-lucrative visa obtained at the consulate in the UK. After landing, we prepare their padrón registration with the purchase deed, book it with the Ajuntament and then book the TIE fingerprints at the Ciudad de Laval station, so both steps happen in Gandia. Write to us through our contact page or on WhatsApp with your town and situation; for the rest of the region, see our overview of paperwork across the Valencian Community.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Oficinas de trámites de extranjería en Valencia, Policía Nacional
• Alta y cambio de domicilio en el Padrón, Ajuntament de Gandia
• Certificados y volantes de empadronamiento, Ajuntament de Gandia
• Oficinas de Atención Ciudadana, Ajuntament de Gandia
• INSS office directory (updated 30 November 2025), Seguridad Social
• Tax Agency offices in Valencia province, Agencia Tributaria
• Ley 7/1985, article 16 (BOE)

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.