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Your selected location: Spelle

Which place to enter?

The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Electronic residence permit issue

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The electronic residence permit (eAT) is issued and handed out as a separate document in credit card format with additional electronic functions. Inside the card, the eAT has a contactless chip on which biometric features (features: Photo and, after the age of 6, two fingerprints), ancillary provisions in connection with the residence permit (e.g. for gainful employment) and personal data are stored. The chip also contains electronic proof of identity and the option of using an electronic signature.

The following residence permits are issued in the format of the electronic residence permit (eAT):

  • Residence permit
  • Settlement permit
  • Permit for permanent residence-EG
  • Residence card for third-country national family members of a Union citizen or a national of an EEA state
  • Permanent residence card for third-country national family members of a Union citizen or a national of an EEA state
  • Residence permit for Swiss nationals and their third-country national family members if they opt for an eAT

Who should I contact?

Responsibility lies with the district, the independent city, the large independent city as well as the Hannover region, the state capital Hannover and the city of Göttingen: Immigration authorities

Responsible authorities

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Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Sicherheit und Ordnung
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
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Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
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Telephone: 05931 44-0
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.emsland.de
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

Ausländerbehörde
Telephone: 05931 44-0
Email: Get in touch
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Which documents are required?

  • Passport and other documents - depending on the previous procedures

Since the individual case is decisive, the required documents should be requested in advance from the responsible office.

What are the fees?

Fee: 100,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no
Issue of a residence permit for up to one year

Fee: 110,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no
Issue of a residence permit for more than one year

Fee: 65,00 - 80,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no
Extension of the residence permit

Fee: 135,00 - 250,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no
Settlement permit

Process flow

The introduction of the electronic residence permit (eAT) has an impact on the entire process at the responsible office. In any case, a waiting period of four to six weeks is to be expected between application and delivery of the eAT, as the cards are produced exclusively by the Bundesdruckerei in Berlin.
Due to the required storage of biometric data on the chip inside the card, two fingerprints will have to be taken of applicants (including children and young people aged 6 and over). For this reason, a personal visit is required in all cases when applying - even for existing authorizations. Longer processing and waiting times at the relevant office are to be expected.
The previous residence permits, which were affixed to the travel documents as a label, will remain valid even after the introduction of the eAT, at the latest until 31.08.2021. The eAT will therefore only be issued before the expiry of the valid residence permit if there is a legitimate interest in reissuing it.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Please apply for the extension of a residence permit at least 2 months before your previous residence permit expires.
In the case of temporary residence permits, the validity date of the permit is used to determine the period of validity.

Period of Validity: 10 Years
Maximum period of validity for permanent residence permits. It is linked to the validity of the passport.

Processing duration

Processing Time: 4 - 6 Weeks
The electronic residence permit (eAT) is issued by the Bundesdruckerei in Berlin and sent to the competent authority.

What else should I know?

Legal basis

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

Further Links

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Single points of contact of the state of Lower Saxony, Single points of contact of the countries of Europe, advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families.
Access information on the single point of contact for the state of Lower Saxonyvisit Website Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEsVisit advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families