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EU and EEA citizens who have acquired a permanent right of residence can apply to the immigration authority for a certificate confirming the existence of this right.

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 in a job for which your degree qualifies you, you can obtain a residence permit under certain conditions.

You can obtain a residence permit to exercise a freelance activity if you meet certain requirements.

Under simplified conditions, you can obtain a residence permit for self-employment if you have successfully completed your studies in Germany or have a residence permit as a researcher or scientist.

If you want to work as a researcher in Germany, you can obtain a residence permit for the purpose of research.

You can obtain a residence permit if you intend to take up self-employment.

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 labor administration of your country of origin and other requirements are met.

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.

If you are looking for a job corresponding to your qualifications or for self-employment directly following your research activity, you will be granted a residence permit for a maximum of 9 months.

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

You can obtain a residence permit to take an examination required for recognition if you meet certain requirements

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 employment, regardless of your qualification as a specialist, before the expiry of its period of validity if you wish to continue your employment in Germany.

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

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.

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.

As a skilled worker with vocational training who has already received a residence permit for job search, you can apply for the extension of the residence permit up to a maximum total duration of six months.

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 have a residence permit to participate in a European Voluntary Service for a period of less than one year and you wish to continue the voluntary service, you can apply for an extension of your residence permit.

If you have a residence permit for a period of less than six months to carry out a study-related internship EU and want to continue the internship, you can apply for an extension of your residence permit.

Have you completed further training to become a specialist pharmacist abroad? Then you can apply for recognition as a specialist pharmacist in Germany under certain conditions.

As a skilled worker with vocational training, you can receive a residence permit for the duration of six months to look for a job, if you meet certain requirements for this.

If you want to work as a researcher at a German research institution and already hold a residence title from another EU member state for the purpose of research, you can obtain a residence permit under certain conditions

As an EU Blue Card holder, you can apply for a permanent residence permit (permanent residence permit) under simplified conditions.

As a child born and/or raised in Germany, you can, under certain conditions, obtain an independent (i.e. independent of your parents), unlimited right of residence (settlement permit) at the age of 16.

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

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.

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

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

You can obtain a residence permit to attend school if you meet certain requirements

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

Tolerated foreigners can obtain a residence permit for employment if they meet certain requirements.

You can obtain a residence permit to complete school-based vocational training in Germany.

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.

As a specialist with academic training, you can obtain a residence permit for a period of six months to look for a job if you meet certain requirements.

If you want to participate in a European voluntary service according to the EU Directive 2016/801, you can apply for a temporary residence permit

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

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.

If certain conditions are met, children of foreigners may be granted a settlement permit.

Citizens who require a visa for a short stay in Germany or the Schengen area must apply for one in good time before entering the country at one of the German diplomatic missions abroad.

You should apply for the extension of your residence permit in good time before the expiry of your residence permit for the purpose of looking for a training place for qualified vocational training.

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

Have you obtained an engineering degree abroad and gained work experience? If you would like to practise your profession in Germany, you can apply for entry in the list of consulting engineers.

If you wish to enter Germany for a longer-term stay, you must apply for a national visa.

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.

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

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.

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

German citizenship: Determination of the continued existence of German citizenship for children born in Germany within the framework of the option obligation.

If you are a recognized person entitled to asylum, a refugee under the Geneva Refugee Convention or a resettlement refugee, you can obtain a settlement permit (permanent residence permit) after three or five years under certain conditions

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 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 extend your residence permit for the purpose of exercising a freelance activity if you wish to continue exercising your freelance activity in Germany and meet certain requirements for this purpose.

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 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.

As a skilled worker with vocational training, you can obtain a residence permit to pursue qualified employment if you meet certain requirements.

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

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

How do I apply for a Residence permit in the case of a deportation ban ?

If you go on a school trip with pupils, they can also enter a country of the European Union and some other countries without a visa or passport with the collective list.

How do I apply a residence permit for a temporary stay in case of urgent humanitarian or personal reasons or substantial public interests?

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 your application for asylum has been rejected and you would like to continue an apprenticeship you started during the asylum procedure, or if you are in possession of a tolerated status and would like to start an apprenticeship, you can, under certain conditions, obtain a tolerated status for apprenticeships for the duration of the apprenticeship.

As a professional with an academic education who has already received 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 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.

Have you completed further training to become a specialist pharmacist abroad? Then you can apply for recognition as a specialist pharmacist in Germany under certain conditions.

Extension of the residence permit due to special personal reasons or special nature of the individual case

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

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 are in possession of a temporary suspension of deportation, want to work and have already found an employer who wants to hire you, you can apply for a work permit.

If you would like to work during an ongoing asylum procedure and have already found an employer who would like to employ you, you can apply for an employment permit.

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 skilled workers with vocational training before the expiry of their time limit if you want to continue your employment in Germany as a skilled worker

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 relationship continues.

If you belong to the group of other family members of a German and your stay in Germany is still necessary to avoid exceptional hardship, you can apply for an extension of your residence permit for family reunification.

If you, as a graduate of a higher education program 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.

If you want to know what information is stored about you in the Visa Warning File, 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 have fled Ukraine, you can obtain a residence permit for temporary protection under certain conditions.

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

As a third-country national with a residence permit for family reunification with a German spouse or life partner, you can apply for an extension of your residence permit as long as your marriage or life partnership continues.

If you are a third-country national and want to live together with your German spouse or partner in Germany, you can obtain a residence permit for family reunification.

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

If you want to make it possible for a foreigner from a non-EU country to stay in Germany (usually temporarily), you can commit to paying for his or her living expenses.

If you want to learn German, you can take part in an integration course under certain conditions.

As a non-profit organisation or association, you can apply for funding for an integration measure for late repatriates under certain conditions.

You would like to work in Germany as a medical-technical laboratory assistant? Then you need a state permit. You can have your foreign professional qualification recognized for this purpose.

You would like to work in Germany as a medical-technical assistant for functional diagnostics? Then you need a state permit. You can have your foreign professional qualification recognized.

You would like to work in Germany as a medical-technical radiology assistant? Then you need a state permit. You can have your foreign professional qualification recognized for this purpose.

Would you like to work as a nurse in Germany? Then you need a state permit. To obtain a state permit, you must submit an application and have your foreign professional qualification recognized.

Would you like to work as a pharmaceutical-technical assistant in Germany? Then you need a state permit. To do this, you must have your foreign professional qualification recognized.

You would like to work as a speech therapist in Germany? Then you need a state permit. To obtain the state permit, you can have your foreign professional qualification recognized.

Foreigners who, as former tolerated persons, have been granted a residence permit for the purpose of employment may apply for an extension of their temporary residence permit.

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

Would you like to work as a surveyor in Lower Saxony? Then you must have your foreign professional qualification recognised.

You have a foreign professional qualification in the field of agriculture. Would you like to work permanently in this profession in Germany? Then you can have your foreign professional qualification officially recognized.

Have you completed your training as a lawyer abroad and would now like to work in Germany? Find out more about the requirements here.

You would like to work as a dietician in Germany? Then you need a state permit. To obtain the state permit, you can have your foreign professional qualification recognised.

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

With a university degree obtained abroad in the field of early education, kindergarten, pre-school education, elementary education or childhood education, you can apply for recognition as a childhood educator (B.A.) or childhood educator (B.A.) in Germany.

You can also apply for state recognition in Germany if you have a bachelor's degree that qualifies you abroad or a comparable one as a social pedagogue or social worker.

You can also apply for state recognition in Germany if you have obtained a degree as a curative educator abroad.

Do you have a foreign professional qualification as an educator? In order to work in this profession in Germany, you need to have your professional qualification recognized.

• To work as a security guard, insurance advisor, insurance broker, financial investment broker, fee-based financial investment advisor or real estate loan broker, you need a certificate of competence.
• The certificate of competence is a prerequisite for the granting of the respective license under trade law.
• You can have your foreign professional qualification recognized as proof of expertise.

You would like to work in Germany as a masseuse and medical bath attendant? Then you need a state permit. To obtain the state permit, you can have your foreign professional qualification recognised.

You would like to work as a podiatrist in Germany? Then you need a state permit. To obtain the state permit, you can have your foreign professional qualification recognised.

Have you acquired further training/qualification as a specialist veterinarian abroad? Then you can apply for recognition as a specialist veterinarian in Germany under certain conditions.

Have you acquired further training/qualification as a specialist veterinarian abroad? Then you can apply for recognition as a specialist veterinarian in Germany under certain conditions.

You would like to work as an orthoptist in Germany? Then you need a state permit. To obtain the state permit, you can have your foreign professional qualification recognised.

You would like to work as a physiotherapist in Germany? Then you need a state permit. To obtain the state permit, you can have your foreign professional qualification recognised.

Third-country nationals who are family members of an EU or EEA citizen require a residence card for their further stay in Germany no later than three months after entering the country.

If you would like to work as a sworn interpreter and/or authorized translator with a professional qualification from abroad for courts, authorities or notaries, you can apply to be included in a nationwide register.