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 apply for a binding determination of your German citizenship if you have a legitimate interest in doing so.

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 longer stay, you have to apply for a national visa.

Official proof of non-existence of German citizenship (examination and determination).

You can obtain a residence permit for a study-related internship 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, a preparatory language course or a preparatoryinternship .

If you have a university degree and would like to work in Germany for which you are qualified, you can obtain a corresponding residence permit under certain conditions.

As a person entitled to international protection, you can apply for a residence permit to continue a course of study you have begun in another EU country if you meet certain requirements.

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.

With distinctive practical professional knowledge in the field of information and communication technology, you can obtain a residence permit under certain conditions. However, a formal qualification is not required.

You can obtain a residence permit for the purpose of employment, irrespective of your qualification as a skilled worker, if you meet certain requirements.

They may be granted a residence permit for the purpose of seeking a training place in order to carry out qualified vocational training if they fulfil certain conditions for this purpose

You can obtain a residence permit if you meet certain requirements for this.

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 Agency and the employment services of your country of origin and further requirements are met.

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 family reunification.

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 that is not limited in time, if you meet certain requirements.

You have successfully completed your studies in Germany and have already received a residence permit to look for a job.

If you have successfully completed your studies in Germany, you can apply for a residence permit for up to 18 months to find a job that matches your qualifications.

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.

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 examination required for recognition if you meet certain requirements

If you are in possession of a residence permit for reasons of international law, humanitarian or political reasons, you can obtain a permanent settlement permit after five years under certain conditions.

As a holder of a residence permit for the purpose of self-employment, you can apply for a permanent residence permit (settlement permit) after three years.

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 would like to start training, you can obtain a training toleration for the duration of the training under certain conditions

If you do not have a passport from your country of origin and it is not reasonably possible for you to obtain one, you may be issued with a travel document for foreigners in exceptional cases.

Nationals who require a visa for a short stay in Germany or in the Schengen area must apply for one at one of the missions of the Federal Republic of Germany in good time before entering the country.

If you as an employer wish to employ a skilled worker from a third country, you can apply for an accelerated skilled worker procedure on behalf of the foreign skilled worker.

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 extension of your residence permit.

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.

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 extension of the residence permit.

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 validity of two years has not yet been exhausted.

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 your marriage or civil partnership continues.

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 the residence permit.

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 residence permit.

You can have your residence permit extended for the purpose of carrying out a qualification measure for the recognition of your foreign professional qualification before the expiry of its period of validity if you fulfil certain conditions for this purpose

You can have your residence permit extended for the continuation of studies begun in another EU country before its period of validity expires 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 total duration of six months.

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 period of the vocational training.

If you are married to someone or have a registered civil partnership and they apply for naturalization, you and your minor child can also be naturalized.

If you receive social benefits or are financially needy, you can take part in an integration course free of charge under certain conditions. This also applies to employees whose gross salary does not exceed a certain amount.

Under certain conditions, you can apply for discretionary naturalization even if you are not entitled to naturalization.

You can have your residence permit extended for the recognition of professional qualifications on the basis of an agreement by the Federal Employment Agency , if you meet certain requirements for this.

If you live abroad, were once German and would like to become so again, you can apply for re-naturalisation under certain conditions.

If you or your ancestors were deprived of German citizenship during the National Socialist era, you can apply for re-naturalisation under certain conditions.

You can apply for naturalization to obtain German citizenship if you are eligible for naturalization.

As a homeless foreigner, you can apply for naturalization under simplified conditions.

You were born in Germany as a child of stateless parents? Then you are entitled to naturalization under certain conditions.

You can apply for naturalization under simplified conditions if you are married to a person who has German citizenship or live together in a registered civil partnership.

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.

If you have successfully completed the integration course within 2 or 3 years, you can apply for a refund of 50 percent of your cost contribution under certain conditions.

If you have resided permanently and lawfully in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany for a period of five years as a third-country family member of an EU or EEA citizen, you can apply to the Aliens' Registration Office for the issuance of a permanent residence card.

Under certain circumstances, you as a family member can apply to the Foreigners' Registration Office for the issuance of a permanent residence card.

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

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 obtain a residence permit under certain conditions

If you want to join your foreign minor child in Germany, you can obtain a residence permit for family reunification

You can obtain a residence permit to have your professional qualification acquired abroad recognized with employment in Germany.

Are you a recognised refugee? Then you have to apply for the residence permit.

You can apply for a residence permit valid for a maximum of nine months in order to find a place to study.

You can apply for a residence permit under certain conditions if there is a public, in particular a regional, economic or labour market policy interest in your employment. However, a formal qualification is not required.

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 school-based vocational training in Germany.

Regardless of your qualifications, you can obtain a residence permit to complete in-company vocational training or further training in Germany.

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 testify as a witness in criminal proceedings for human trafficking

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 would like to work in Germany but your professional qualification has not yet been fully recognised by the competent authority in Germany.

After successful determination of the equivalence of your foreign professional qualification or receipt of the professional practice permit in Germany, your residence permit for job search can be extended for a maximum of 12 months.

After recognition of your foreign professional qualification, you can be granted a residence permit directly afterwards to take up a corresponding employment relationship or self-employment for a maximum of 12 months.

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 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 maximum of 9 months.

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.

If you are employed as a civil servant by a German employer, you can obtain a residence permit to fulfill your official duties in Germany

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 permit) at the age of 16.

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 settlement permit after three or five years.

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 in Germany after the expiry of the time limit, you can extend your residence permit under certain conditions

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 family cohabitation continues.

You can extend your residence permit for the purpose of research before it expires if you wish to continue your work as a researcher in Germany.

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.

You can have your residence permit extended for the purpose of studying before it expires if you meet certain requirements.

If you live abroad, have close ties to Germany and would like to acquire German citizenship, you can apply for naturalization.

Under certain conditions you can extend your existing residence permit for the purpose of research

If you want to enable a foreign guest or several foreign guests to stay in Germany, you can undertake to pay for his or her living expenses.

If you are registered in the Central Register of Foreigners, you can request that your data not be disclosed under certain conditions.

If you are in possession of a residence permit for employment (gainful employment) and would like to change employers, this is possible under certain conditions.

If you are in possession of a residence permit and are subject to a residence regulation and wish to move, this is possible under certain conditions.

If you would like to know what information about you is stored in the Central Register of Foreigners, you can obtain information under certain conditions. German citizens are not stored in the Central Register of Foreigners.

If you want to know what information is stored about you in the Visa Warning File, you can request information.

If you want to know what information the Visa Information System (VIS) has stored about you, you can request information.

If you would like to know what information the Visa Warning File has on file about your organization, 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 for qualified employment for skilled workers with academic training extended before its period of validity expires if you want to continue working in Germany as a skilled worker.

You can extend your residence permit for qualified employment for skilled workers with vocational training before it expires if you want to continue working in Germany as a skilled worker

You can apply for an extension of your residence permit for the purpose of employment in which there is a public interest, in particular a regional, economic or labor market interest, if its validity is about to expire.

You can have your residence permit for employment extended before it expires, regardless of your qualification as a skilled worker, if you wish to continue your employment in Germany.

You can apply for an extension of your residence permit for the purpose of exercising an occupation with distinctive professional skills if its validity is about to expire.

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, this can be extended again.

You can apply for the extension of your EU Blue Card if its validity is about to expire and you want to continue employment in Germany.

You must extend your residence permit, which was issued to you for training and further education purposes, in good time if you wish to continue your training or further education in Germany.

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 a residence card.

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 after your entry.