Contact to departments A, B and E (right of residence)

• Do you need the issuance or extension of a residence permit? First check here whether an online application is already available.

• There is an online application for the desired service? Then please only use this but not the contact form für your application.

• There is no online application for the desired service yet and you need an appointment? Then please use the contact form of the responsible unit.

Please note:

As a rule, your nationality is crucial for where your file is processed. But nationality does not matter for certain concerns, e.g. for:

• people in an ongoing asylum procedure (Aufenthaltsgestattung) or with an obligation to leave the country (units A 2, A 3 and A 4)
• EU Blue Card, residence permits for skilled workers, students, trainees and scientists and their family members (units B 1, B 2, B 3 und B 4),
• extension of Schengen visas (unit B 5)
• visa procedures (unit B 7)

• A 1 – Syria (surnames A – C)

  • Syrian nationals
  • stateless persons / persons with unclear nationality from Syria

  Contact with unit A 1

• A 2 – asylum matters (Aufenthaltsgestattung) and tolerated stays (Duldung)

  • all countries (except Vietnam)
  • surnames: A – C

  Contact with unit A 2

• A 3 – asylum matters (Aufenthaltsgestattung) and tolerated stays (Duldung)

  • all countries (surnames: D – L)
  • Vietnamese nationals (A – Z)

  Contact with unit A 3

• A 4 – asylum matters (Aufenthaltsgestattung) and tolerated stays (Duldung)

  • all countries (except Vietnam)
  • surnames: M – Z

  Contact with unit A 4

• A 5 – Syria (surnames D – Z), Resettlement

  • Syrian nationals
  • stateless persons / persons with unclear nationality from Syria

  • Initial issuance of residence permit for resettlement refugees

  Contact with unit A 5

• B 1 / B 2 / B 3 / B 4 – skilled workers, training and further education, school attendance, studies, science and other special purposes of residence

  • EU Blue Card and family members of EU Blue Card holders
  • residence permits for skilled workers and their family members
  • students and their family members
  • scientists and teachers and their family members
  • school attendance (including language students and exchange students)
  • vocational training and further education as well as qualification measures

  Contact with Units B 1 – B 4

• B 5 – declaration of commitment, extension of Schengen visas

  • Declarations of commitment for short stays with Schengen visas and national visas for certain longer stays
  • extension of Schengen visas

  Contact with unit B 5

• B 6 – Business Immigration Service

  • Business Immigration Service for skilled workers and managers
  • Fast-track procedure for skilled workers

  Contact with unit B 6

• B 7 – Entry

  • visa procedures from abroad

  Contact with unit B 7

• E 1 – Middle East

  • Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran Islamic Republic, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  • as well as stateless persons / persons with unclear nationality from these countries

  Contact with unit E 1

• E 2 – Africa and America and Israel

  • Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

  Contact with unit E 2

• E 3

  • Aserbaidschan, Fidschi, Föderalistische Staaten von Mikronesien, Indien, Indonesien, Kiribati, Libyen, Malediven, Marshallinseln, Nauru, Nördliche Marianen, Pakistan, Palau, Papua-Neuguinea, Philippinen, Salomonen, Samoa, Tonga, Türkei, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

  Contact with unit E 3

• E 4 – Asia as well as Australia, Russia, New Zealand

  • Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Lao, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
  • as well as stateless persons / persons with unclear nationality from these countries

  Contact with unit E 4

• E 5

  • Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Ukraine

  Contact with unit E 5

• E 6

  • Family members of EU (except Germany) and EEA citizens with other nationalities
  • Andorra, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Vatican City

  Contact with unit E 6