Applying for a renewal of a Mobile ICT Card

• Find out whether your Foreigners' Registration Office allows you to apply online or has a special application form.
• If the application is only possible in person, make an appointment at the Foreigners' Registration Office. In the case of an online application, the Foreigners' Registration Office will contact you after receipt of your application to make an appointment.
• During the appointment, your identity and documents will be checked (please bring your documents, if possible in the original, with you to the appointment).  
• If your application is granted, your fingerprints will be taken for the production of the Mobile ICT Card (issued in the form of a new electronic residence permit, or eAT card for short). The Foreigners' Registration Office commissions the production of the Mobile ICT Card from Bundesdruckerei. After completion, you will receive information and can pick up the card from the responsible office. The collection must always be done in person.
• If your application is rejected, you will receive a rejection notice.

The immigration authority responsible for the place of residence of the applicant is responsible for processing the application.

In principle, you must meet the same requirements for the renewal of your Mobile ICT Card as you did when you first issued it, i.e.:

• You have a recognised and valid identity document (e.g. passport or passport substitute).
• You hold a residence permit from another Member State valid for the entire duration of the procedure for the purpose of intra-company transfer.
• Your company or Your group of companies has its headquarters outside Germany and would like to continue to employ you as a manager, specialist or trainee in a branch in Germany.
• The transfer takes longer than 90 days in total, but shorter than your stay in another EU member state.
• You must present an employment contract valid for the duration of the transfer and, if necessary, a letter of secondment.
• The Federal Employment Agency has agreed to the exercise of the employment (the consent is obtained by the Foreigners' Registration Office) or there is an exemption from the consent requirement for the desired activity.
• You can secure your livelihood and health insurance coverage from your income without using public services.
• The conditions under which you will work in the future are comparable to those of German employees.
• Their wages correspond to the wages of German employees.
• There is no interest in expulsion against you.
• Their stay does not endanger or impair the interests of the Federal Republic of Germany.

In principle, the renewal of your Mobile ICT Card requires the submission of the same documents as when it was first issued:

• Recognized and valid identity document (e.g. passport or passport substitute)
• Up-to-date biometric photo in the passport (45 x 35 mm)
• Residence permit issued by another Member State for intra-company transfers (recognisable by the abbreviation "ICT")
• Proof of qualifications (e.g. university certificate, certificate of completed vocational training) and your professional experience (e.g. job references)
• Employment contract or letter of secondment from the employer, if necessary
• Form "Declaration of Employment" (to be completed in full by the employer)
• Proof of livelihood security (e.g. equity, blocked account, declaration of commitment)
• Proof of health insurance coverage
• Current registration certificate

The documents and information must always be submitted in German.

In individual cases, the Foreigners' Registration Office may require less or more evidence.

Fee: 70 Euro

Remark:

Additional fees may apply for the issuance of the Mobile ICT Card in the form of an electronic residence permit.

Duration: approx. 8 weeks

Note for further information on processing time:

It takes about 4 to 6 weeks for Bundesdruckerei to produce the electronic residence permit.

Forms available: Yes

Written form required: Yes

Informal application possible: No

Personal appearance required: Yes

• An action against a negative decision of the Foreigners' Registration Office can be brought before the competent administrative court.
• A preliminary procedure (opposition) does not take place in Lower Saxony.
• Detailed information can be found in the negative decision.

• The MobilerICT card will not be issued if the foreign person will stay longer in Germany than in other EU member states as part of the intra-company transfer.
• The ICT card is issued in all EU member states except Denmark, Great Britain and Ireland. It is therefore not possible to enter these countries with an ICT card

Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport

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