The Office of Foreigners of Pamplona has been strengthened with the incorporation, this week, of four people for an initial period of up to 18 months, extendable. In total, 250 personnel have been incorporated in 25 Immigration Offices throughout Spain.
This measure is part of the plan put in place by the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, in coordination with the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, to deal with the workload that these offices will assume from May 20 as a result of the entry into force of the new Regulation on Foreigners.
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 Offices of Foreigners of all the provinces, thus facilitating their structural adaptation to the challenges that the new Regulation on Foreigners brings with it for the coming years.
The total reinforcement therefore amounts to 750 personnel who, as explained by the delegate of the Government in Navarre, Alicia Echeverría, “will allow to speed up the work of the offices and speed up the processing of applications for residence and work of foreign people in our country”, as provided for in the new Regulation.
Only the 500 personnel that will be incorporated into its workforce exceeds the total allocated in 2024 for all the services of the Delegations (478), thus demonstrating the commitment of the Government with the territory.
Organizational and technological measures
Along with the cyclical and structural reinforcement of the staff, the comprehensive response of the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory also includes additional measures for which several working tables have been activated.
Among the organizational measures, the relocation of management stands out, facilitating the processing of files between offices in different provinces.
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.