Contact to departments A, B, F and M (right of residence)

• Do you need the issuance, extension or change of a residence permit? First check here whether an online application is already available.

• There is an online application for the desired service? Then please only use this but not the contact form für your application.

• There is no online application for the desired service yet and you need an appointment? Then please use the contact form of the responsible unit.

Please note:

As a rule, your nationality is crucial for where your file is processed. But nationality does not matter for certain concerns, e.g. for:

• people in an ongoing asylum procedure (Aufenthaltsgestattung) or with an obligation to leave the country (units A 2, A 3 and A 4)
• EU Blue Card, residence permits for skilled workers holding a university degree, students, scientists, and family members of holders of one of these residence titles (units B 1, B 2, B 3 and B 4),
• residence permits for skilled workers with vocational training, for education and training or for qualification measures, ICT cards, and family members of holders of one of these residence titles (unit B 6)
• extension of Schengen visas (unit B 5)
• visa procedures from abroad (unit B 7)

• A 1 – Syria (surnames A – C)

  • Syrian nationals
  • stateless persons / persons with unclear nationality from Syria

  Contact with unit A 1

• A 2 – asylum matters (Aufenthaltsgestattung) and tolerated stays (Duldung)

  • all countries (except Vietnam)
  • surnames: A – C

  Contact with unit A 2

• A 3 – asylum matters (Aufenthaltsgestattung) and tolerated stays (Duldung)

  • all countries (surnames: D – L)
  • Vietnamese nationals (A – Z)

  Contact with unit A 3

• A 4 – asylum matters (Aufenthaltsgestattung) and tolerated stays (Duldung)

  • all countries (except Vietnam)
  • surnames: M – Z

  Contact with unit A 4

• A 5 – Syria (surnames D – Z), Resettlement

  • Syrian nationals
  • stateless persons / persons with unclear nationality from Syria

  • Initial issuance of residence permit for resettlement refugees

  Contact with unit A 5

• B 1 / B 2 / B 3 / B 4 – skilled workers holding a university degree, school attendance, studies, science and other special purposes of residence

  • EU Blue Card and family members of EU Blue Card holders
  • residence permits for skilled workers holding a university degree and their family members
  • students and their family members
  • scientists and teachers and their family members
  • school attendance (including language students and exchange students)

  Contact with Units B 1 – B 4

• B 5 – declaration of commitment, extension of Schengen visas

  • declarations of commitment for short stays with Schengen visas and national visas for certain longer stays
  • extension of Schengen visas

  Contact with unit B 5

• B 6 – skilled workers with vocational training, school-based or in-company vocational training and further education, qualification measures, ICT cards

  • residence permits for skilled workers with vocational training and their family members
  • residence permits for school-based or in-company vocational training and further education, for qualification measures, and for family members of holders of one of these residence permits
  • ICT cards for intra-corporate transferees and their family members

  Contact with unit B 6

• BIS – Business Immigration Service

  • special services for companies (employers) and their skilled workers, specialists and managers
  • fast-track procedure for skilled workers

  Contact with Business Immigration Service

• B 7 – Entry

  • visa procedures from abroad

  Contact with unit B 7

• F 1 (surnames A – L) and F 2 (M – Z)

  • Albania, Andorra, Australia & British Overseas Territories, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, El Salvador, Canada, Georgia, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Republic of Korea, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, United States of America, Vatican City
  • Family members of EU (except Germany) and EEA citizens with other nationalities

  Contact with units F 1 and F 2

• M TF (Taskforce Ukraine)

  • Ukraine (with residence permit pursuant to § 24 AufenthG)

  Contact with unit M TF

• M 1

  • Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran

  Contact with unit M 1

• M 2

  • Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Republic), Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

  Contact with unit M 2

• M 3

  • Belarus, Libya, Russian Federation, Türkiye, Ukraine (excluding § 24 AufenthG)

  Contact with unit M 3

• M 4

  • Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kiribati, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam

  Contact with unit M 4