This page covers Zamora only. If your appointment is elsewhere, start with the immigration appointment service for all of Spain, or go straight to fingerprint appointments, collecting your TIE card or Spanish citizenship by residence.

Which office in Zamora is yours

Immigration formalities in Zamora are split between two administrations, and that is where most mistakes begin. The National Police deals with whatever needs you physically present and your biometric data: fingerprints, issuing and collecting the TIE, NIE assignment, EU certificates, asylum applications and travel documents. The Oficina de Extranjería decides the file on paper: initial authorisations, renewals, extensions, arraigo, family reunification and modifications.

The official list for Zamora shows 1 site. Check which administration your procedure belongs to before booking.

The practical consequence is that one formality usually needs two or three separate appointments, weeks apart. A renewal, for example: you file the case administratively, wait for the favourable decision, then request the fingerprint appointment with the police, and a third appointment follows to collect the card.

Before the fingerprint appointment you need fee 790 code 012 paid and printed. It is not paid at the office, and arriving without the receipt means losing the slot.

In Zamora the official list concentrates service in a single locality, so availability depends entirely on the slots that office releases. The practical approach is checking at different times of day rather than concluding there is nothing.

What the police handle here

• Fingerprints (card issue) — the appointment where your prints and photograph are taken so the card can be manufactured; booked after the authorisation is granted, within one month of the notification.
• TIE collection — a separate appointment from the fingerprints, roughly 30 to 45 days later, and you need the receipt you were given then.
• NIE assignment — the number itself, on form EX-15; no fingerprints are taken and what you receive is a certificate, not a card.
• EU certificates — the green registration certificate for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens on form EX-18, plus residence and concordance certificates.
• Return authorisation — the permit that lets you leave and re-enter Spain while your card is being issued.

What the Oficina de Extranjería resolves

• Initial authorisations — first residence and work permits, including employed and self-employed routes.

What does not appear in the Zamora list

These headings are absent from the official list for Zamora: asylum and the red card, arraigo, family reunification, EU and Spanish family members, renewals and modifications, long-term residence, minors and former wards, study stays, travel documents, statelessness and the cédula, invitation letters and stay extensions. That does not always mean the procedure is closed to you — some are resolved centrally, others sit under a differently worded heading — but you will not find that exact wording in this province's system, and picking the closest-looking option instead is a common way to lose a slot.

Booking without losing the slot in Zamora

• Select the procedure by its exact official wording. Similar names are different procedures.
• Pay fee 790 code 012 beforehand and bring the printed receipt.
• Bring your passport original and a photocopy; many offices in Zamora do not photocopy.
• Arrive fifteen minutes early with the appointment confirmation, on paper or on your phone.
• Fingerprints and card collection are two appointments. Booking one for the other means being turned away.
• If nothing appears, retry at different times of day — slots are released without notice.