Madrid TIE Status: Is Your Card Progressing? Real Data from 20 Offices

You’ve been fingerprinted at a Madrid police station. You have a receipt with a lote number. Now you’re checking every day, wondering: is my card actually coming?

We track all 20 Madrid offices daily. This report answers the four questions every person waiting for a TIE card in Madrid is asking right now.

1. Is My TIE Ready?

How to check: Compare your lote number against your office’s current lote. If the office’s number has reached or passed yours, your card is waiting for you.

Here’s where every Madrid office stands right now (July 3, 2026):

Office	Current lote	5-week progress
Poblados	398	+99
Alcobendas	235	+64
Pozuelo de Alarcón	226	+61
Torrejón de Ardoz	202	+64
San Felipe	154	+30
Aranjuez	143	+37
Parla	122	+31
Majadahonda	116	+34
Fuenlabrada	113	+21
Coslada	112	+21
Leganés	112	+29
Alcalá de Henares	105	+28
Alcorcón	105	+23
Getafe	68	+0
Móstoles	49	+11
Rivas Vaciamadrid	39	+9
Las Rozas	31	+8
Collado Villalba	24	+7
Colmenar Viejo	23	+10
Arganda del Rey	23	+6

Your lote ≤ that number → go pick up your card.

Your lote is higher → keep reading. How long you’ll wait depends on which office you’re at — and the differences are enormous.

2. How Often Does My Office Actually Update?

Not all offices update at the same rhythm. Some advance every day or two. Others go silent for a week, then jump. Knowing your office’s pattern saves you from unnecessary anxiety.

Office	Avg days between updates	Update pattern	Avg jump per update
Parla	1.4	Almost daily, steady +6	6
Pozuelo de Alarcón	1.8	Every 2 days, consistent +10	10
Fuenlabrada	2.0	Every 2 days, moderate	5
Majadahonda	2.2	Every 2 days, reliable	7
Coslada	2.3	Every 2–3 days	7
Torrejón de Ardoz	2.4	Every 2–3 days, big jumps	13
Leganés	2.4	Every 2–3 days	6
Móstoles	2.4	Every 2–3 days, small steps	2
Alcobendas	3.1	Every 3 days, accelerating	9
Aranjuez	3.2	Every 3 days, steady	6
Colmenar Viejo	3.4	Every 3–4 days, small steps	2
Arganda del Rey	3.8	Every 4 days, minimal movement	2
San Felipe	4.0	Irregular — gaps of 1 to 13 days	6
Alcorcón	4.3	Infrequent, but bigger jumps	8
Poblados	2.7	BURST: silent for days, then +21 to +55 at once	33
Getafe	never	Zero movement in 35 days	0

What this means for you

If your office updates every 1–2 days (Parla, Pozuelo, Fuenlabrada): check the live tracker every couple of days. You’ll see steady, predictable movement.

If your office is a burst processor (Poblados): don’t check daily — you’ll see nothing for a week, then a huge jump. Check weekly. When it moves, it moves big.

If your office is Getafe: the lote has been frozen at 68 since May 30. There is no estimate. No one — not us, not lawyers, not the police — knows when it will resume. If you haven’t been fingerprinted yet, choose a different office.

3. When Can I Expect to Pick Up My Card?

Based on each office’s actual processing speed, here’s how long different lote numbers would take:

If your lote is around 150

Office	Current lote	Days until lote 150	Expected date
Aranjuez	143	~8 days	~July 11
Parla	122	~34 days	~August 6
Majadahonda	116	~38 days	~August 10
Leganés	112	~50 days	~August 22
Coslada	112	~52 days	~August 24
Fuenlabrada	113	~60 days	~September 1
Alcalá de Henares	105	~68 days	~September 9
Alcorcón	105	~82 days	~September 23
Getafe	68	unknown	—

Same lote number, same province — up to 10x difference in wait time. Aranjuez would reach lote 150 in about a week. Alcorcón would take nearly 3 months. Getafe: no estimate possible.

Your personal estimate

Use this formula with your actual numbers:

(Your lote − office current lote) ÷ office speed per day = days to wait

Or use our ETA calculator — it factors in your specific office’s volatility to give upper and lower bounds, not just a single number.

Speed ranking (lotes per day)

Tier	Office	Speed	Real wait
Fast	Poblados	2.35/day	2–3 weeks
Fast	Torrejón de Ardoz	1.73/day	3 weeks
Fast	Pozuelo de Alarcón	1.65/day	3 weeks
Fast	Alcobendas	1.52/day	3 weeks
Medium	Majadahonda	0.89/day	5 weeks
Medium	Aranjuez	0.88/day	5 weeks
Medium	Parla	0.82/day	5–6 weeks
Medium	Leganés	0.76/day	6 weeks
Medium	San Felipe	0.73/day	6 weeks
Medium	Coslada	0.73/day	6 weeks
Medium	Alcalá de Henares	0.66/day	7 weeks
Medium	Fuenlabrada	0.62/day	7 weeks
Medium	Alcorcón	0.55/day	8 weeks
Slow	Móstoles	0.29/day	3+ months
Slow	Rivas Vaciamadrid	0.24/day	4+ months
Slow	Colmenar Viejo	0.24/day	4+ months
Slow	Las Rozas	0.23/day	4+ months
Slow	Collado Villalba	0.17/day	5+ months
Slow	Arganda del Rey	0.14/day	6+ months
Stagnant	Getafe	0.00/day	Unknown

The gap between the best and worst functioning offices in Madrid is 16x. Poblados processes at 2.35 lotes per day. Arganda del Rey: 0.14. Getafe: zero.

4. Is My TIE Progressing Normally?

This is the question that matters most. Here’s the answer for every Madrid office, based on comparing the last 2 weeks against the 2 weeks before that.

Accelerating — faster than before

Office	Last 2 weeks	Prior 2 weeks	Change	Verdict
Torrejón de Ardoz	+31	+9	+244%	Strong acceleration
Alcobendas	+32	+12	+167%	Strong acceleration
Parla	+12	+6	+100%	Doubled speed
Arganda del Rey	+3	+2	+50%	Improving (still slow)
Aranjuez	+17	+12	+42%	Healthy acceleration
Coslada	+7	+5	+40%	Moderate uptick
Alcalá de Henares	+9	+7	+29%	Slight improvement
Móstoles	+5	+4	+25%	Slow but improving
San Felipe	+6	+5	+20%	Slight improvement

Good news: 9 out of 20 Madrid offices are accelerating. If your office is on this list, your card is on its way faster than it was two weeks ago.

Stable — same pace

Office	Last 2 weeks	Prior 2 weeks	Verdict
Colmenar Viejo	+4	+4	Consistent but slow
Las Rozas	+4	+4	Consistent but slow
Collado Villalba	+2	+2	Consistent, very slow

Slowing — watch this

Office	Last 2 weeks	Prior 2 weeks	Change	Verdict
Alcorcón	+4	+12	−67%	Significant slowdown
Leganés	+5	+11	−55%	Dropped by half
Fuenlabrada	+6	+11	−45%	Noticeable deceleration
Rivas Vaciamadrid	+4	+5	−20%	Minor slowdown
Majadahonda	+13	+15	−13%	Slight dip

If your office is slowing: this doesn’t necessarily mean it will stop. Leganés, for example, processed 29 lotes over 5 weeks total — it’s still moving, just not as fast as mid-June. Watch it for another week before worrying.

Alcorcón is the one to watch. It dropped from +12 to +4 in two weeks. If this trend continues, it could approach stagnation.

Stagnant — frozen

Office	Current lote	Days frozen	What to do
Getafe	68	35 days	Nothing. Wait. There is no alternative — your card cannot be transferred to another office after fingerprinting.

Poblados — a special case

Poblados shows the most progress of any office in Spain (+99 lotes in 5 weeks), but its pattern is unique: weeks of silence followed by massive jumps (+21, then nothing for 2 weeks, then +55, then +23). This is a burst processor. If you’re at Poblados and see no movement for a week, that’s normal — your big jump is probably coming.

Week-by-Week: The Full Picture

For the data-oriented, here’s how each office progressed week by week over the past 5 weeks.

Office	W1 (Jun 1)	W2 (Jun 8)	W3 (Jun 15)	W4 (Jun 22)	W5 (Jun 29)	Total
Poblados	+21	0	0	+55	0	76
Pozuelo	+9	+10	+10	+14	+12	55
Torrejón	0	+9	0	+16	0	25
Alcobendas	+12	+6	+6	0	+16	40
Aranjuez	+3	+6	+6	+10	+7	32
Majadahonda	0	+10	+5	+7	+6	28
Parla	+6	+6	+7	+5	+7	31
Leganés	+4	+5	+6	0	0	15
San Felipe	0	0	+18	+5	0	23
Fuenlabrada	+4	+6	+5	+6	0	21
Coslada	0	+5	+9	0	+7	21
Alcalá	+4	+3	+9	0	+9	25
Alcorcón	0	0	0	0	+4	4
Móstoles	0	+4	0	0	0	4
Collado Villalba	+2	+2	+1	+2	0	7
Colmenar Viejo	0	+3	+1	+3	+1	8
Las Rozas	0	+3	+1	0	+2	6
Rivas	0	+3	+2	0	+2	7
Arganda	0	+2	0	0	+1	3
Getafe	0	0	0	0	0	0

What the weekly view reveals:

• Pozuelo is the most reliable office in Madrid — it advanced every single week, between +9 and +14. If predictability matters to you, this is the best office.
• Parla is the second most consistent — 5 consecutive weeks of +5 to +7. No surprises.
• Poblados has the highest output but zero predictability — +55 in one week, zero in three others.
• San Felipe is a wild card — nothing for 2 weeks, then +18, then +5, then nothing again.
• Getafe: 5 straight weeks of zero. Not slowing. Not irregular. Completely frozen.

What You Should Do

If your office is Fast or Accelerating: Relax. Your card is coming. Check the live tracker weekly, not daily.

If your office is Slow but moving: Calculate your ETA using the formula above. It’s a long wait, but it’s moving. Consider whether choosing a different office is still possible for future applications.

If your office is Slowing: Don’t panic yet. Watch for one more week. A one-week slowdown often corrects itself. Two weeks of decline is a pattern.

If you’re at Getafe: We don’t have good news. The only action is to wait. Your residence authorization remains valid regardless of card pickup timing — you are still legal. See what to do while waiting.

If you haven’t been fingerprinted yet: Check this report before booking your appointment. The difference between Poblados (2.35/day) and Arganda del Rey (0.14/day) is the difference between getting your card in 3 weeks versus waiting 6 months.

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Data: 5 weeks (May 22 – July 3, 2026) · 20 offices · 440+ snapshots · Live data →

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