If you are registered in the Central Register of Foreigners, you can, under certain conditions, request that your data not be passed on.
EU and EEA citizens who have acquired a right of permanent residence can apply to the Foreigners' Registration Office for a certificate of the existence of this right.
You can get a Mobiler ICT card if you come from a country outside the EU or EEA and want to work for more than 90 days in a German branch of a foreign company.
If you want to enter Germany for a long-term stay, you must apply for a national visa.
You can obtain a residence permit for a study-related internship in the EU if you meet certain requirements for this.
If you want to study in Germany, you can obtain a residence permit for the fulfillment of conditions before starting a full-time course of study, as well as for part-time study,...
If you have a university degree and would like to pursue an employment in Germany to which the degree qualifies you, you can obtain a corresponding residence permit under...
You can apply for a residence permit with a maximum validity of nine months to find a place to study.
As an international beneficiary, you can apply for a residence permit to continue studying in another EU country if you meet certain requirements for this.
Regardless of your qualifications, you can obtain a residence permit to complete in-company vocational training or further education in Germany.
Tolerated foreigners can obtain a residence permit to carry out employment if they meet certain conditions for this.
As a skilled worker with vocational training, you can obtain a residence permit to pursue qualified employment if you meet certain requirements.
Under certain conditions, you can apply for a residence permit if there is a public, in particular regional, economic or labour market interest in your employment. However,...
You can obtain a residence permit to work regardless of your qualifications as a skilled worker if you meet certain requirements.
With strong practical professional knowledge in the field of information and communication technology, you can obtain a residence permit under certain conditions. However,...
They can obtain a residence permit to search for a training place in order to carry out qualified vocational training if they meet certain requirements for this purpose.
You can obtain a residence permit if you meet certain requirements.
Residence permit for the recognition of your foreign professional qualification if you have been placed in employment on the basis of an agreement between the Federal Employment...
If you belong to the circle of other family members of a German and your stay in Germany is necessary to avoid exceptional hardship, you can apply for a residence permit for...
How do I apply for a residence permit if there is a ban on deportation?
You can obtain a residence permit to carry out a qualification measure for the recognition of your foreign professional qualification and at the same time pursue employment for...
You have successfully completed your studies in Germany and have already received a residence permit to look for a job.
You can obtain a temporary residence permit to take part in a German language course or a student exchange in Germany.
You can obtain a residence permit to take an exam required for recognition if you meet certain requirements
If you are a civil servant with a German employer, you can obtain a residence permit to fulfil your official duties in Germany
If, in the event of a rejected asylum application, you would like to continue training that began in the asylum procedure or if you are in possession of a toleration permit and...
If you are a highly qualified foreign national and would like to work in Germany that is commensurate with your qualifications, you can obtain the EU Blue Card under certain...
If you as an employer would like to employ a specialist from a third country, you can apply for an accelerated skilled worker procedure under the power of attorney of the...
If you have a residence permit for a period of less than six months to carry out a study-related internship EU and wish to continue the internship, you can apply for an...
If you have a residence permit to prepare for studies and the conditions for starting your studies are not yet in place, you can apply for an extension of the residence permit.
You can have your residence permit extended for the purpose of studying before the end of its period of validity if you meet certain requirements.
If you have a residence permit for the purpose of looking for a place to study and its total validity period of nine months has not yet been reached, you can apply for an...
You can extend your residence permit for the purpose of research before the end of its period of validity if you wish to continue your work as a researcher in Germany.
You can apply for an extension of your residence permit, which was issued to you for the recognition of your foreign professional qualification, if the maximum period of...
You can have your residence permit extended for the recognition of your professional qualification on the basis of an agreement with the Federal Employment Agency if you meet...
As a third-country national with a residence permit for family reunification with a German spouse or partner, you can apply for an extension of your residence permit as long as...
In good time before the expiry of the validity of your residence permit to search for a training place for qualified vocational training, you should apply for the extension of...
Extension of the residence permit for temporary stays
Extension of a residence permit due to a ban on deportation.
You can apply for an extension of your residence permit, which was issued to you for taking an exam for the recognition of your foreign professional qualification.
In good time before the expiry of the validity of your residence permit for the purpose of further attendance at a school in Germany, you should apply for the extension of the...
You can have your residence permit extended for the purpose of recognising your foreign professional qualification for the purpose of carrying out a qualification period before...
You can have your residence permit extended to continue studying in another EU country before the end of its period of validity if you meet certain requirements for this purpose.
As a professional with academic training who has already obtained a residence permit to look for a job, you can apply for the extension of the residence permit up to a maximum...
If you are a civil servant with a German employer and have a residence permit to fulfil official duties in Germany, you can apply for the extension of the residence permit.
If you are in possession of a training toleration and your training cannot be completed within the planned period, your training toleration will be extended for the extension...
Have you completed further training as a specialist dentist abroad? Then you can apply for recognition as a specialist dentist in Germany under certain conditions.
Have you completed further training as a specialist dentist abroad? Then you can apply for recognition as a specialist dentist in Germany under certain conditions.
Have you acquired further training abroad as a specialist pharmacist? Then you can apply for recognition as a specialist pharmacist in Germany under certain conditions.
Have you acquired further training abroad as a specialist pharmacist? Then you can apply for recognition as a specialist pharmacist in Germany under certain conditions.
Under certain circumstances, you as a family member can apply to the Foreigners' Registration Office for the issuance of a permanent residence card.
If you are a third-country national family member of an EU or EEA citizen who has resided permanently and lawfully in Germany for a period of five years, you can apply to the...
Third-country nationals Family members of an EU or EEA citizen need a residence card for further residence in Germany no later than three months after their entry
You don't have a German passport but would like to live in Germany? Find out more about the requirements here.
If you want to join your German minor, single child in Germany, you can obtain a residence permit for family reunification.
If you have a right of residence as a third-country national and have a child in Germany, your child can receive a residence permit.
Extension of the residence permit due to special personal reasons or specificity of the individual case
If you have fled Ukraine, you can obtain a residence permit for temporary protection under certain conditions.
You can obtain a residence permit to work as a freelancer if you meet certain requirements.
If you want to work as a researcher at a German research institution and already have a residence permit from another EU member state for the purpose of research, you can...
If you want to join your foreign minor child in Germany, you can obtain a residence permit for family reunification
Are you a recognised refugee? Then you have to apply for the residence permit.
If you want to take up work as a researcher in Germany, you can obtain a residence permit for the purpose of research.
As a researcher, you can obtain a residence permit for the purpose of research under certain conditions
You can obtain a residence permit to complete school-based vocational training in Germany
You can have your residence permit extended for the purpose of school-based vocational training before the end of its period of validity if you want to continue your...
You can obtain a residence permit for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications in order to compensate for the deficits in your professional qualification...
Foreign, minor, unmarried childrencan obtain a residence permit for family reunification in order to establish family cohabitation with a German parent.
If you want to join your foreign spouse or partner in Germany, you can obtain a residence permit for family reunification if you meet certain requirements for this
How do I apply for a residence permit for a temporary stay if there are urgent humanitarian or personal reasons or significant public interests?
Issuance of a residence permit to testify as a witness in criminal proceedings for trafficking in human beings
How do I apply for a residence permit if I have subsidiary protection?
If you are a citizen of a third country and would like to attend a general education school in Germany, you can apply for a residence permit to attend school.
You can obtain a residence permit to carry out a qualification measure if you want to work in Germany, but your professional qualification has not yet been fully recognised by...
After recognition of your foreign professional qualification, you can be granted a residence permit directly afterwards to take up a corresponding employment relationship or...
After successful determination of the equivalence of your foreign professional qualification or receipt of the professional practice permit in Germany, your residence permit for...
If you are in direct contact with your research activity in search of a job or self-employment that meets your qualifications, you will be granted a residence permit for a...
As a researcher, you have a legal right to a work permit to look for a job for a maximum of 9 months directly after your research activity.
If you have successfully completed your training in Germany and are looking for a job that matches your qualifications, you can apply for a residence permit.
After successful completion of your training in Germany, your residence permit for job search can be extended directly afterwards for a maximum of 12 months.
As a specialist with academic training, you can obtain a residence permit to look for a job for a period of six months if you meet certain requirements for this.
As a specialist with vocational training, you can obtain a residence permit to look for a job for a period of six months if you meet certain requirements for this.
You can obtain a residence permit if you intend to take up self-employment.
If you have obtained a temporary residence permit for the exercise of a self-employed activity, this can be extended under certain conditions.
As an EU Blue Card holder, you can apply for a permanent settlement permit under simplified conditions.
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.
As a foreign, highly qualified specialist with academic training, you can obtain a settlement permit in individual cases without a previous minimum stay in Germany.
As a child born and/or raised in Germany, you can, under certain conditions, obtain an independent (i.e. independent of your parents), permanent right of residence (settlement...
If you are a recognised person entitled to asylum, a refugee under the Geneva Convention or a resettlement refugee, you can, under certain conditions, obtain a permanent...
If you are a late repatriate and would like to resettle to Germany, you and your relatives will first go through an admission procedure.
If you are of German descent and live...
Under what circumstances is the residence permit renewed?
You should apply for an extension of your residence permit in good time before the validity of your child born in Germany expires.
Extension of the residence permit due to the existence of exceptional hardship.
If you have a temporary residence permit for mobile researchers and would like to continue your work at the research institution after the expiry of the fixed-term period in...
Foreign, minor and unmarried children with a residence permit for family reunification with a German parent can receive an extension of the residence permit as long as the...
Under certain conditions, you can extend your existing residence permit for the purpose of research
You can have your residence permit extended for spouse reunification with foreigners if you meet certain conditions for this.
Extension of a residence permit for victims of a crime for trafficking in human beings.
In Germany, politically persecuted persons are entitled to recognition as persons entitled to asylum (Basic Law Art. 16). Anyone wishing to exercise this right must undergo a...
The state provides funding for measures and projects to preserve the cultural heritage of the displaced persons. In addition, the state promotes the integration of ethnic German...
Legal provisions for foreigners result from international agreements, the law of the European Union and from national law. In national law, the Residence Act regulates the...
If you have received a letter of admission as a late repatriate and are registered in Germany at your new place of residence, you will receive the certificate as a late...
Saxony-Anhalt welcomes, supports and encourages those foreigners who live here permanently and wish to acquire German citizenship. To obtain a German passport, you can be...
If you would like to know what information the Visa Information System (VIS) has stored about you, you can request information.
If you want to know what information the Visa Alert File has stored about your organization, you can request information.
If you would like to receive information about your data stored in the Central Register of Foreigners, you must submit an application to the Federal Office of Administration (BVA).
If you want to know what information is stored about you in the Visa Alert File, you can request information.
If you are a third-country national and wish to live in Germany with your German spouse or partner, you can obtain a residence permit for family reunification.
You can have your residence permit extended for the purpose of qualified employment for skilled workers with academic training before the end of its period of validity if you...
You can extend your residence permit to pursue qualified employment for skilled workers with vocational training before the expiry of your fixed-term contract if you want to...
You can apply for the extension of your residence permit for the purpose of employment in which there is a public, in particular regional, economic or labour market interest,...
You can have your residence permit extended for the purpose of employment, regardless of your qualification as a specialist, before the end of its period of validity if you...
You can apply for the extension of your residence permit for the purpose of employment with strong professional skills if its validity is about to expire.
You can apply for an extension of your EU Blue Card if it is about to expire and you wish to continue working in Germany.
If you, as a graduate of a university degree in Germany or as a former holder of a residence permit as a researcher or scientist, have a residence permit for self-employment,...
You must extend your residence permit, which was issued to you for training and further education purposes, in good time if you want to continue your education or training in...
Nationals who need a visa for a short stay in Germany or the Schengen area must apply for it in good time before entering the country at one of the diplomatic missions of the...
By submitting a declaration of commitment, a third party undertakes to the state to pay for the costs of living for a foreigner in order to help him or her to stay in Germany if...
If you are a family member of a person with German citizenship and come from a third country, you can invoke the right to freedom of movement under certain conditions and obtain...
If you are a family member of an EU or EEA citizen and come from a third country, you will need a residence card for your further stay in Germany no later than three months...
