Services sorted by topic

An overview of our services - sorted according to purpose of stay and life situation

• Visa matters
• All about training, school, studies
• Economic activity
• Family
• Humanitarian
• Special residence rights
• Permanent residence titles
• EU, EEA and Switzerland
• Others

Visa matters

• Schengen – Visa- Extension
• Declaration of commitment

All about training, school, studies

• Residence permit for attending a language course
• Residence permit for basic and advanced in-company vocational training
• Residence permit for the purpose of full-time studies
• Residence permit for the recognition of a foreign professional qualification in connection with a qualification measure
• Residence permit for school-based vocational training
• Residence permit to take part in a student exchange or to attend school

Economic activity

Employment

• Change of employer
• EU Blue Card – Blaue Karte EU
• Residence permit for qualified skilled workers with an academic education
• Residence permit for qualified skilled workers with vocational training
• Residence permit for research purposes
• Residence permit for the employment of certain nationals
• Residence permit to start a job as an au pair
• Residence permit for the purpose of attending the Working-Holiday- and Youth Mobility-Programme
• Residence permit for participation in a voluntary service
• Residence permit to seek for a job following a stay in Germany

Self-employment (Entrepreneurs and freelancers)

• Residence permit for the purpose of self-employment – Issuance
• Residence permit for a freelance employment – Issuance
• Residence permit for the purpose of freelance or self-employment – Extension

Family

• Residence permit for a foreign child born in Germany – Issuance
• Residence permit for spouses, parents and children of foreign citizens – in general
• Residence permit for spouses, parents and children of German citizens
• Residence permit for spouses, parents and children of persons eligible for subsidiary protection
• Residence permit for spouses and children of skilled workers, students, trainees, scientists and teachers
• Residence permit for spouses and children of holders of an EU Blue Card

Humanitarian

• Residence permit issued on humanitarian grounds – Extension
• Residence permit in accordance with Opportunity Residence Law – Application
• Residence permit for holders of an opportunity residence permit
• Residence permit in cases of hardship – Extension
• Residence permit for medical treatment
• Residence permit for temporary protection for refugees from Ukraine – Application

• Certificate confirming permission to reside (Aufenthaltsgestattung) – extension
• Certificate confirming the temporary suspension of deportation (Duldung) – extension

Special residence rights

• Residence document-GB
• Residence permit with right of return
• Residence permit for foreigners with a long-term residence in an EU member state
• Residence permit for Turkish employees and their family members (DAC 1/80) – Extension
• Residence title for former Germans

Permanent residence titles

• EU long-term residence permit
• Permanent settlement permit – general
• Permanent settlement permit for qualified skilled workers
• Permanent settlement permit for EU Blue Card holders
• Permanent settlement permit for self-employed persons
• Permanent settlement permit for persons recognized as entitled to asylum and recognized refugees
• Permanent settlement permit for persons entitled to subsidiary protection or holders of a residence permit with a federal approval for admission
• Permanent settlement permit for family members of German citizens
• Permanent settlement permit for children aged over 16

EU, EEA and Switzerland

• Application certificate for family members of EU and EEA citizens
• Certificate of the right of permanent residence for Union citizens
• Permanent residency card for family members of citizens entitled to freedom of movement from the EU (except Germany) and the EEA
• Residence permit – Swiss citizens and their family members
• Residence permit for Swiss nationals and their family members – Transfer to a new passport
• Residency permit card for family members of nationals of EU member states (except Germany), Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein
• Transferring a residency permit card or permanent residency card to a new passport

Others

Transfer of a residence title to a new passport

• Transfer of a residence document-GB to a new passport
• Transfer of a residence permit to a new passport
• Transfer of a EU Blue Card to a new passport
• Transfer of a permanent settlement permit or an EU long-term residence permit to a new passport

Various

• Electronic residence title (eAT) – Loss or theft
• Fiktionsbescheinigung – Fictional Certificate
• Travel document – Reissue

Information in German language only

• Bescheinigung über ein unbefristetes Aufenthaltsrecht
• Beschleunigtes Fachkräfteverfahren