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CEDMA asks the Government Subdelegation to unblock the processing of the NIE

January 17 from 2022 - 15: 14

Representatives of the Business Circle of the Marina Alta attended a meeting last week with the sub-delegate of the Government in the province of Alicante, Araceli Poblador, to address the problem of NIE applications and other immigration documents due to the limited availability of previous appointments in the different Police Stations and Immigration Offices.

Obtaining the NIE is of vital importance for the Marina Alta. Without this document, foreign investments in the constitution of companies and businesses, purchase of real estate and any other administrative and/or legal act become impossible, which includes -for example- the schooling of minors who move to the region with their families.

To achieve this, it is essential to obtain a "prior appointment" at the electronic headquarters of the State Administration. And herein lies the problem. From CEDMA The sub-delegate was informed that it is practically an "impossible mission" to get this appointment for the Denia Office. As an alternative, and on very few occasions, appointments are made in Elche, Orihuela or Alcoy, which is not acceptable.

The sub-delegate, they have explained from CEDMA, was aware of the problem and had the complete dossier of correspondence and visits from the business federation in recent years. Moreover, in the past a shock plan was designed that proposed an expansion of the workforce and opening hours, but in Dénia it was not implemented due to the pandemic. However, from CEDMA they recognize the efforts made
by the Head of the Dénia Police Station, Carlos Nieto Millán, who have seen their reflection in an increase in the NIEs processed.

Despite these circumstances, as reported by the Subdelegation, the number of NIEs assigned in the province of Alicante during 2021 was 30.400, which represents an increase of 27,7% compared to 2020. This makes Alicante the third Spanish province in number of foreigners.

One of the problems, according to those present, is that of the "hoarders" of the NIE appointments, who make them their own as soon as the calendar is opened in the electronic office.

The Subdelegation stated that they are launched at different times to avoid precisely this circumstance, but lamented with some indignation that despite identifying the IP "they are always ahead of our computer scientists." It is not a minor problem, since this leads to a loss of between 13 and 17% of appointments due to applicants who neither show up nor cancel.

Thus, and given that once the appointment has been made, the service at the Dénia Office is good, it was clear that the "plug" is created on the digital platform, so the following proposals were made:

1.- Block the possibility of requesting appointments in several offices at the same time in the name of the same applicant.
2.- Allow only the modification of date and time of an appointment, but not of the applicant (name and surname).
3.- Record the applicant's data until the appointment is achieved (currently all the affiliation data must always be filled in again in the attempt to obtain the appointment, which requires a lot of time for the person trying to manage the appointment).

In addition, according to CEDMA, the meeting also agreed to take into account the possibility of extending the opening hours to the public from 8.15:XNUMX am and taking advantage of canceled appointments so that they can be used on the same day.

The sub-delegate promised to carry out the pertinent steps before the Ministry to start up new improvements in the service, as well as to hold a new meeting with those responsible for CEDMA in about two months and in Dénia to follow up on the implementation of New measures.

The Cercle Empresarial de la Marina Alta has wanted to highlight that the meeting was very constructive and that it was appreciated, both by the Sub-delegation and by the Police Corps, a real interest in knowing first-hand the problem and in finding effective solutions to This question.

On behalf of CEDMA they attended the meeting Sonja Dietz and Carlos Pesquera, while on behalf of the Subdelegation, in addition to Araceli Poblador, Lucía Andrés-Vázquez Alba, Head of the Labor and Immigration Area dependency; José Luis Tinoco Brazo, Chief Inspector, Head of the Immigration and Borders Brigade Operations Section; Aurelio Esparcia Sánchez, Inspector, Head of the Immigration and Borders Brigade Operational Group and Guillermo Sendra, Head of the Subdelegation Cabinet.

1 Comment
  1. Lucas says:

    Very well that they denounce the situation but that they tell the whole truth, everyone knows it. It seems that for private Managers there is no type of lock. They are quietly processing all the documentation at abusive prices on top.


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