Of the 436 offices enabled nationwide for the processing of extraordinary regularization for foreign individuals, 18 are located in the province of Alicante, but none in Marina Alta. This forces residents of the region to travel to towns such as Benidorm or Gandia to complete their procedures.
The Ministry announced that these offices would be distributed throughout the national territory, with special attention to areas with a higher presence of foreign individuals. However, Marina Alta, which according to National Institute of Statistics (INE) data from 2025 has a population of 199,100 inhabitants, of whom 38.9% are foreign nationals, has been excluded.
This percentage is almost triple the autonomous community average, which stands at 17%. The region of l'Alacantí, with 531,633 inhabitants, has 9 offices, while Marina Alta has none.
“"The objective is to regulate the flow of people and avoid unnecessary travel and crowds."
The ministerial criterion for enabling offices includes a Social Security headquarters in each province and Post Office branches in provincial capitals and localities with more than 50,000 inhabitants. The largest town in Marina Alta, Dénia, has 47,568 inhabitants according to INE data from 2025, falling just below the established threshold, although city council data for 2026 raises it to 49,926.
