Partnership and Family

For many people, family is a very important area of their life. Marriage, partnerships and families can have all sorts of constellations. They can include adoptive and foster children, and can be based on LGBT parenting or patchwork family structures. Family structures can also evolve into lone parents with children if a couple separates or a partner dies. Names are changed, certificates are issued – there is a whole lot of bureaucracy involved.

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Applying for a settlement permit for family members of Germans

As a family member of a German, you can, under certain conditions, apply for a permanent right of residence (settlement permit) after a three-year stay in Germany.

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Applying for an extension of the residence permit for children born in Germany

You should apply for an extension of your residence permit in good time before the validity of your child born in Germany expires.

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Explaining joint custody of a child

If you as parents are not married to each other at the birth of your child, you can obtain joint custody by making both custody declarations.

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