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№ 0046Immigration🇩🇪 Germany

Residence permit (Aufenthaltserlaubnis) — Germany

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Identification

Register no.
№ 0046
Jurisdiction
🇩🇪 Germany
Domain
Immigration
Procedure
3 stages · 8 steps
Basis
Official sources
Revision
#1
Last verified
Sep 17, 2026
Requirements
4 verified on source
Sources
1 · all current
Adopted
5 people
Issuing office
zuständige Ausländerbehörde

Contents

  • §1Purpose
  • §2Basis
  • §3Procedure
    • 01Requirements
    • 02Documents
    • 03How to proceed
  • §4Where to go
  • §5Sources

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§ 1·Purpose

What this procedure is for

The situation this applies to

Residence permit (Aufenthaltserlaubnis) — Germany.

§ 2·Basis

Who stands behind this entry

What lets this revision stand in the register — named, with the credentials a reader can check.

No professional signature

This case carries no professional's signature. 4 requirements on it are verified against an official source. It was built from 1 published page, all of them still current.

Every page a step was read from is listed in § Sources below, so the basis of each statement can be checked at its origin.

§ 3·Procedure

Step by step

3 stages · 8 steps

  1. 1

    Requirements

    3 steps in this stage

    1. Notify authority of changes

      The foreigner is required to notify the competent foreigner authority of any changes that occur during the application process that affect the conditions for granting the ICT card.

      Source · Gesetze im Internet · (1)

    2. Notify authority of employment change

      The holder of an EU Blue Card is required to notify the competent foreigner authority of any change of employer and any change affecting the conditions for granting the EU Blue Card during the first twelve months of employment.

      Source · Gesetze im Internet · (1)

    3. Notify authority of training or employment end

      Foreigners holding a residence permit under Chapter 2 Section 3 or 4 are required to notify the competent foreigner authority within two weeks of knowing that the training or employment for which the residence permit was granted has ended prematurely.

      Source · Gesetze im Internet · (6)

  2. 2

    Documents

    1 step in this stage

    1. Biometric photo

      Biometric photos are part of the general national-visa/residence requirements to collect.

      Source · Gesetze im Internet · (5)

  3. 3

    How to proceed

    4 steps in this stage

    1. Provide biometrics

      The foreigner must cooperate in the taking of fingerprints according to a regulation issued under § 99 Absatz 1 Nummer 13 and 13a.

      Source · Gesetze im Internet · (5)

    2. Provide signature

      The foreigner must provide a signature according to a regulation issued under § 99 Absatz 1 Nummer 13 and 13a.

      Source · Gesetze im Internet · (5)

    3. Notify authority

      The foreigner is required to notify the competent authority of any circumstances and provide necessary evidence promptly.

      Source · Gesetze im Internet · (1)

    4. Health check

      The foreigner must undergo a preliminary health check if required under Article 5 or 7 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1356.

      Source · Gesetze im Internet · (3a)

  4. End of the procedure

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§ 4·Where to go

The offices this path goes through

  • Issued by · Submit to · Handled by

    zuständige Ausländerbehörde

    Stated by Gesetze im Internet

    gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__82.html

An office is listed with the role it plays on this path and with who says so. Where the register holds only people's reports of an office, it says that instead of stating it as a rule.

§ 5·Sources

Official pages this path was built from

  1. [1]§ 82 AufenthG - EinzelnormGesetze im Internet · (5) · last seen Sep 17gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__82.html

Every page is linked at its origin. Where a page has changed since it was read, the entry is marked for a recheck rather than quietly re-stated.

This entry states what the procedure requires and where each statement was read. It is not legal advice, and it does not replace the authority that issues the decision. Where a professional has signed it, their signature covers this revision only.

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