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No appointments available: what to do

It’s the most common complaint among foreigners in Spain: you enter the appointment system and there are no slots available, at any office, for weeks.

Why are there no appointments?

• A massive rise in demand for immigration procedures in recent years.

• Bots and hoarders that book slots automatically.

• Insufficient capacity at police stations and immigration offices.

• A backlog of pending procedures from previous years.

• An appointment system many users consider obsolete.

What you can do

• Try at different times — very early morning or after midnight often see slots released.

• Widen your search to nearby offices, not just the one closest to your home.

• Check the system constantly — cancellations free up appointments at any time.

• Consider a 24/7 monitoring service that alerts you on WhatsApp as soon as a slot appears.