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The Government Delegation in the Canary Islands strengthens the staff of the Immigration Offices of the Islands before the entry into force of the new Regulation

16/05/2025
The Government Delegation in the Canary Islands strengthens the staff of the Immigration Offices of the Islands before the entry into force of the new Regulation

Eight troops, four in each Canary Islands province, are joining this service imminently and for at least 18 months, which will also soon be joined by new officials as structural reinforcement.

The Delegation of the Government in the Canary Islands reinforces the staff of the Offices of Foreigners of the Islands with eight new personnel that will be incorporated imminently to face the workload that the Offices will assume from May 20 as a result of the entry into force of the new Regulation of Foreigners.

Four interim officials will be assigned in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and another four in Santa Cruz de Tenerife for an initial period of up to 18 months, extendable, to reinforce this essential service for the processing of applications for residence and work of foreign people in our country.

In addition, for a structural strengthening of the service, it is planned that, of the more than 1,100 new officials of the C1 and C2 groups that in the coming months will be incorporated into the Government Delegations and Subdelegations, around 500 will also be assigned to the Immigration Offices of all the provinces, including the Canary Islands, thus facilitating their structural adaptation to the challenges that the new Regulation on Foreigners brings with it for the coming years.

Integral response

The incorporation of new personnel is part of the comprehensive response activated by the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, in coordination with the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, to deal with the volume of tasks that from May 20 will be assumed by the Offices of Foreigners in which a greater increase in applications is expected in the first months of validity of the innovations introduced by the Regulation.

Along with the cyclical and structural reinforcement of the staff, the Ministry’s comprehensive response also includes additional measures. Among them, as an organizational measure, the relocation of management facilitating that, from the 25 offices initially strengthened, applications can also be processed presented in any of the 27 remaining offices if their workload so requires.

For its part, in terms of technology, the Ministry has worked with a double objective: on the one hand, to facilitate the electronic submission of applications to foreign persons on the Mercury platform, enabling new forms; and, on the other, to simplify and automate processes to shorten processing times.

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