Residency & Legal Stay in Madrid
Community of Madrid
Madrid is where the national immigration authorities actually sit. In an ordinary case that changes nothing — the law is the same everywhere — but in an unusual one it matters: appeals, escalations and files that do not fit a standard category are resolved here without passing through a regional layer, and the specialised Unidad de Grandes Empresas handles large-employer and highly-qualified applications on a separate track.
Madrid is also the simplest linguistic environment in this list. There is no co-official language, so no regional certificate ever needs translating into a second Spanish language before it can join your file — one step that Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao cases sometimes need.
Local context: Madrid
| Extranjería office | Oficina de Extranjería de Madrid, plus the specialised Unidad de Grandes Empresas for large-employer and highly-qualified files |
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| Company registry | Registro Mercantil de Madrid |
| Local context | Being where the national bodies sit means escalations, appeals and unusual cases are resolved without going through a regional layer |
| Work authorisation | Granted by the central Oficina de Extranjería |
| Central authorities | The Ministerio de Inclusión, the Oficina de Asilo y Refugio and the central registries are all seated here |
| Tax administration | Agencia Tributaria (state) + Comunidad de Madrid for regional taxes |
| Language | Spanish only — no co-official language, so no regional translation step |
Sources: Cita previa — Sede electrónica · Portal de Inmigración · Agencia Tributaria
What we handle: Residency & Legal Stay
NIE, TIE, residence permits, renewals and family reunification.
- NIE (foreigner ID number) application
- TIE residence card and biometric appointments
- Residence permits: work, non-lucrative, student, family
- Renewals and status changes
Questions about this service
Is a permit decided faster in Madrid because the ministry is there?
Not as a rule. Standard files follow the same legal deadlines everywhere, and the Madrid office carries a heavy caseload of its own. Where proximity genuinely helps is the non-standard case — an appeal, a discretionary route, a file that needs a decision from a central body rather than a provincial one.
My employer is a large multinational. Does that change the route?
It can. Large employers and highly-qualified roles may qualify for the dedicated unit rather than the general queue, which is a different procedure with different documentation from the employer's side. Whether you qualify depends on the company and the role, so it is worth confirming before you start assembling a standard file.
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