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Prerequisites

• You have had a residence permit for the purpose of joining your spouse or an independent right of residence for at least 5 years.
• You have dissolved your marital or civil partnership, for example through permanent separation or divorce.
• You can prove that you have sufficient means of subsistence and health insurance without having to rely on public funds.
  • Your former spouse or life partner owns
  • a residence permit,
  • a permanent residence permit for the EU or
  • German citizenship.
• You have sufficient living space for yourself and your children in your household.
• There is no interest in deporting you. You have not yet received a deportation order.

Documents required

• valid passport or passport replacement
• biometric passport photo in electronic form
  • You must take a passport photo on-site. A photo booth is available on-site.
• Proof of securing livelihood:
  • by yourself
  • by your former spouse or life partner
• Proof of health insurance coverage
• Proof of the dissolution of the marital or civil partnership, for example through a divorce certificate or a letter of termination of the joint residence
• Employment contract and a current certificate from the employer
• last 12 pay slips
• Certificate 鈥淟iving in Germany鈥�
• German language certificate, at least level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
• current pension insurance history from the German Pension Insurance
• Rental agreement with current rent
• If necessary, the competent authority requires further documents, information or evidence

The documents and information must generally be submitted in German.

Please note

You must pay the processing fee in any case. If your application is rejected, the fee will not be refunded, not even partially. You can reapply for a permanent residence permit at any time.

If you have proven that you have acquired the necessary language skills during your school leaving certificate, your training or your studies in Germany, you do not need a language certificate or the 鈥淟iving in Germany鈥� certificate.

Deadlines

Apply for a settlement permit at least 6 - 8 weeks before your current residence permit expires.




The settlement permit is valid indefinitely. The electronic residence permit card issued with it is valid for 10 years and must then be updated.

Procedure

• You use the online service to apply for a permanent residence permit and upload the required documents.
• The responsible office will then send you an appointment for an interview.
• Please bring all necessary documents, preferably in original, to the appointment.
• The responsible authority will check your identity and your documents.
• If your application is approved, your fingerprints, signature and a biometric photo will be taken to produce the electronic residence card (eAT card).
• The responsible authority commissions an external agency, the Federal Printing Office, to produce the eAT card.
• As soon as it's ready, you'll receive a notification and can pick it up in person from the responsible office. The responsible office will schedule an appointment for you.
• If the application is rejected, you will receive a rejection notice with the reasons for the rejection.

Processing time

Processing usually takes 6 - 8 weeks if all documents are complete




It takes approximately 4 - 6 weeks for the Federal Printing Office to produce the electronic residence permit.

Fees

113 鈧�

Legal remedies

Contradiction

Legal basis

Section 31 (3) Residence Act (AufenthG)







Section 28 (3) Residence Act (AufenthG)