Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · the whole island · NIE, TIE and cita previa
NIE Las Palmas: two addresses in the city, two more in the south
Luis Doreste Silva for the number, Plaza de la Feria for European residents and the TIE, and in the south two police stations of their own, Maspalomas and Santa Lucía, each with its own list: we find where your procedure is listed, prepare the forms and the 790-012 with you, and help you book the cita previa.
- NIE: Calle Luis Doreste Silva 68
- EU registration and TIE: Plaza de la Feria 24
- South: Maspalomas and Santa Lucía de Tirajana
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Three doors
Find your door first
Gran Canaria draws a mixed crowd: remote workers who settle near Las Canteras, students at the university, families from Latin America and West Africa, and Nordic and British residents who spend the winter, or the whole year, in the south. Sooner or later each of them needs a NIE, the number by which the Spanish administration knows a foreign national.
On this island the number and the residence card are not always issued at the same address, and the north and the south each have their own offices. Before anything is booked, three choices matter most: which form, which line of the 790-012 to mark, and which office. We make them with you, one at a time.
- A European passport: EU, EEA, Swiss You already have the right to live and work here. Stay past three months and you register for the green certificate, at Plaza de la Feria in the city, or in Santa Lucía de Tirajana for the south-east; your NIE is printed on it. EU registration (green certificate)
- A non-EU passport, British included Your visa or authorisation comes first. Once you are on the island, the next step is the fingerprint appointment for your TIE card, in the city or in the south. The TIE card and huellas
- Just the number, not moving here Buying, inheriting or signing a short contract while you live abroad? You ask for the number alone, with form EX-15, on the island or at a Spanish consulate. NIE: residents and non-residents
North and south
NIE Gran Canaria: the offices of the island
The north and the south of Gran Canaria each have their own offices: in the city, Calle Luis Doreste Silva 68 handles the number and Plaza de la Feria 24 the Europeans and the TIE cards. In the south, the Comisaría de Maspalomas handles the NIE and the TIE, and the Comisaría de Santa Lucía de Tirajana those two plus the EU procedures.
North · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The capital: two police addresses and the Oficina de Extranjería.
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Luis Doreste Silva 68 · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Las Palmas, Luis Doreste Silva (Policía Nacional)
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Plaza de la Feria 24 · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Las Palmas, Plaza de la Feria (Policía Nacional)
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Plaza de la Concordia 5 · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Oficina de Extranjería en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Delegación del Gobierno en Canarias)
South · Maspalomas and Santa Lucía
Two police stations in the south list NIE procedures too.
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Avenida de Moya 4 · Maspalomas (San Bartolomé de Tirajana)
Comisaría de Maspalomas (Policía Nacional)
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Calle Escorial / Dr. Negrín · Santa Lucía de Tirajana
Comisaría de Santa Lucía de Tirajana (Policía Nacional)
| Procedure | northLuis Doreste Silva 68 | northPlaza de la Feria 24 | northPlaza de la Concordia 5 | southAvenida de Moya 4 | southCalle Escorial / Dr. Negrín |
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| NIE numberEX-15 | listed | not listed | not listed | listed | listed |
| EU registration certificateEX-18 | not listed | listed | not listed | not listed | listed |
| TIE residence cardEX-17 | not listed | listed | not listed | listed | listed |
| Students and non-lucrative residence | not listed | listed | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| Autorización de regreso (re-entry) | listed | not listed | listed | not listed | not listed |
| Work and residence permits, EU family cardEX-19 | not listed | not listed | listed | not listed | not listed |
Sources: policia.es, foreigners' procedures by office · Delegación del Gobierno en Canarias. Your cita previa confirmation names the office.
How we work
Four boards on one rail
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Step 1: Write to us in a few lines
Your nationality, where you live or will live on the island, and what the papers are for: a job, a home, a course, a partner. From that, we can name your procedure.
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Step 2: We match the procedure to the office
You get a short list back: the EX form that applies, the box that fits your case on the 790-012 fee form, the documents to gather, and the office on Gran Canaria that handles your procedure. We fill in the forms with you.
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Step 3: We look for the cita previa
We search the booking system for the province of Las Palmas for a date at an office on the island that suits you, and we read the confirmation with you before you count on it.
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Step 4: You go with a checked folder
Before the day, we go through every paper once more and send you a note: the address, the time, the order of your documents and the questions an officer may put to you. When it is done, we point you to the next step.
All the guides
14 windows onto the paperwork
Each guide covers one procedure or one situation: who it is for, the forms, the office and what to bring.
For EU, EEA and Swiss citizens
- NIE: residents and non-residents Requested alone on form EX-15, or received with your residence papers: who needs which, and the city and south addresses that assign the number.
- EU registration (green certificate) Europeans staying past three months: what to prove, form EX-18, and the green paper with your NIE printed on it.
- Booking your cita previa Choosing the province, the trámite and an office on Gran Canaria, then reading the confirmation carefully before the day comes.
- The 790-012 fee form How the State fee for NIE, EU and TIE procedures is paid: Modelo 790, código 012, the box to tick, where to pay, and the proof to take along.
For citizens of the rest of the world
- The TIE card and huellas For residents from outside the EU: the fingerprint appointment, form EX-17, and the card itself, handled at Plaza de la Feria, Maspalomas and Santa Lucía.
- Working remotely from Gran Canaria A laptop near Las Canteras: with an EU passport you register for the green certificate; from outside the EU, a visa or authorisation comes before anything else.
- Students from outside the EU Studying at the ULPGC or another school on the island: the student visa, the TIE at Plaza de la Feria, and the extension before your stay runs out.
- Spouses and relatives of Europeans (EX-19) Partners, children and dependent parents with a non-EU passport who live with a European on the island: form EX-19 and the residence card it leads to.
- Autorización de regreso A trip abroad while your TIE is expired, lost or still being made: the autorización de regreso, and the two addresses in Las Palmas where it appears.
Island life and local guides
- Retiring on Gran Canaria Winters in Maspalomas or the whole year in Mogán: what European retirees register, why others start with a non-lucrative visa, and what changed for the British.
- Buying a home: the NIE first An apartment in Playa del Inglés or a house near Teror: why the notary needs your NIE, how non-residents ask for it, and signing through a power of attorney.
- A first job on the island A contract in a hotel, a restaurant or an office: the two numbers an employer asks for, and the work authorisation that comes first for non-EU staff.
- NIE offices on Gran Canaria Every office in the official sources, city and south: Luis Doreste Silva, Plaza de la Feria, Maspalomas, Santa Lucía, Telde and the Oficina de Extranjería, and what each one handles.
- Empadronamiento in Las Palmas Your address on the padrón: the city’s citizen offices and their booking, the papers the Ayuntamiento asks for, the renewal rule, and your own town hall elsewhere on the island.
Oficina de Extranjería · Las Palmas
Extranjería Las Palmas: which office lists your procedure
In Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, policia.es lists NIE assignment at Calle Luis Doreste Silva 68, and EU registration, the TIE, students and non-lucrative residence at Plaza de la Feria 24. In the south, the Comisaría de Maspalomas and the Comisaría de Santa Lucía de Tirajana list NIE procedures too. Work and residence permits are decided by the Oficina de Extranjería on Plaza de la Concordia 5. We help people all over the island, from Las Canteras and Vegueta to Telde, Arucas, Maspalomas and Mogán.
By guagua to the offices
Guaguas Municipales, the city’s public bus company, has two stops named after Plaza de la Feria: “Dr. Waksman (pl. de La Feria)” on lines 11, 25 and L3, and “León y Castillo (pl. de La Feria)” on lines 1 and L1; its pages do not say how far they are from number 24. No official source names a stop for Luis Doreste Silva 68, Plaza de la Concordia 5 or the stations of the south, so plan those trips from the address on your booking.
Your padrón at the town hall
In the city, the Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria keeps the padrón at its citizen offices, the central one at Calle León y Castillo 270 (Metropol). Appointments are booked online or on 010, or you can register online with a digital signature; it is free. Elsewhere on the island, each municipality keeps its own: San Bartolomé de Tirajana for Maspalomas and Playa del Inglés, Mogán for Arguineguín.
Around the island
From Vegueta, Triana, Alcaravaneras and Ciudad Jardín to Santa Catalina, Las Canteras, Guanarteme and La Isleta, up to Schamann, Tamaraceite and Tafira, and out across the island to Telde, Arucas, Santa Brígida, Gáldar, Ingenio, Agüimes, Vecindario, Maspalomas, Playa del Inglés, Arguineguín and Puerto de Mogán.
- Vegueta
- Triana
- Las Canteras
- Guanarteme
- Ciudad Jardín
- Telde
- Arucas
- Santa Lucía de Tirajana
- San Bartolomé de Tirajana
- Maspalomas
- Mogán
- Gáldar
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Why people write to us
Help you can read from start to finish
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The right desk before the right date
On Gran Canaria the number, the green certificate and the card are not always listed at the same address. We first find the office that handles your procedure, and only then look for the appointment.
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Words you can follow
English is a second language for many of the people who write to us, so we write simply. When a Spanish term matters, such as trámite or resguardo, we say what it means straight away.
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A folder read twice
Each document is compared with what your procedure asks for while there is still time to fix it: a missing copy is easy to print at home and impossible to produce at the counter.
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Clear about who decides
Only the authorities decide on your papers: the police, the immigration office, the town halls. A private service like ours prepares you for them, and tells you plainly when a question needs a lawyer or a tax adviser.
Where Las Palmas will ask for your NIE
- A remote-work base near Las Canteras
- A season in a hotel in Maspalomas or Playa del Inglés
- A degree or a master’s at the ULPGC
- Winters, or retirement, in the south of the island
- An apartment bought in Mogán or Arguineguín
- Joining a European partner who lives here
- A family settling in Las Palmas from Venezuela or Colombia
- Fingerprints for a first TIE card
Beyond our window
When your move needs more than an appointment
We work on four things on Gran Canaria: NIE numbers, green certificates, TIE cards and padrón registrations. Two independent private firms cover what lies outside that: a visa organised before you leave home, or a NIE requested without the journey. Neither firm is part of the administration, and we are not either.
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Visas and a whole move to Spain, with AnchorLess
For people coming from outside the EU, remote workers and retirees among them, AnchorLess organises the visa route and the first practical steps of settling in Spain, with one contact all the way through.
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A NIE without the flight, through Gestoraz
Gestoraz requests NIE numbers at a distance. It suits buyers and owners who live abroad and cannot fit a trip to Gran Canaria around an appointment.
Questions
Cita previa NIE Las Palmas: first questions
Cita previa NIE Las Palmas: where do I book it?
On the cita previa service of sede.administracionespublicas.gob.es. Pick the province of Las Palmas; next, the trámite (procedure) matching your EX form; last, one of the Gran Canaria offices on offer and a time. Booking is free.
Extranjería Las Palmas: which office does what?
Calle Luis Doreste Silva 68 (928 304 667) is listed for the bare NIE; Plaza de la Feria 24 (928 999 281) for EU citizens, TIE cards, students and non-lucrative residence. Work and residence authorisations go to the Oficina de Extranjería, Plaza de la Concordia 5 (928 999 260).
NIE Maspalomas: can I do it in the south?
Yes. The police directory places NIE procedures at the Comisaría de Maspalomas, Avenida de Moya 4 (928 730 447), and at the Comisaría de Santa Lucía de Tirajana. For the green certificate, only Santa Lucía has the EU procedures in the south, and its unit was set up for Santa Lucía, Agüimes and Ingenio; otherwise, Plaza de la Feria 24 in the city.
Huellas TIE Las Palmas: where are fingerprints taken?
At Plaza de la Feria 24 in the city, or at the police stations of Maspalomas and Santa Lucía de Tirajana in the south. Bring form EX-17, your passport, a recent photo and the paid 790-012.
Certificado de registro UE Las Palmas: what do I bring?
Form EX-18, signed; a valid passport or national ID card; proof of your situation (a contract, self-employment, studies with health cover, or retirement income or savings plus health cover); and the paid 790-012. In the city it is listed at Plaza de la Feria, not at Luis Doreste Silva.
Empadronamiento Las Palmas: where do I register?
For city residents: a citizen office of the Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the central one being at Calle León y Castillo 270, by cita previa (online, or on 010 or 928 446 000), or online with a digital signature. Bring the signed hoja padronal (registration form), your passport, TIE or EU ID card, and proof of the home, such as a deed or a rental contract with the last receipt. It is free. Outside the city, go to your own town hall.