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You will receive the following from your local immigration office

Online procedure possible: no

Personal appearance required: yes

Your residence permit was issued for at least one year. It can be extended if the ban on deportation and the other conditions for issuance are met.

You must urgently ensure that you submit an application for the extension or issuance of another residence title (e.g. a settlement permit) before the expiry of the period of validity of your residence title.

If the application is submitted in good time, i.e. before the expiry of the time limit, the further residence is deemed to be permitted until the decision of the Aliens Department with all subsequent effects (e.g. the entitlement to pursue gainful employment). A late application (after the end of the time limit stated in the residence title) can result in considerable legal disadvantages.

• The residence title shall be renewed if the requirements which must have been met when it was first issued continue to be met.
• Existence of an application for renewal
• There must be no grounds for refusal
• There is no revocation of the determination of the prohibition of deportation by the Federal Office.

• Application for renewal
• current biometric passport photo
• previous residence permit

Further documents depend on the circumstances and can be requested from your contact person.

Fee for extension of residence permit: 93 Euro

For minors: 46,50 Euro

Exemption from fees when receiving social benefits

As a rule, you must apply for the extension of your residence title in person - well in advance of the expiry of your residence title - at your competent aliens' registration office.

Arrange an appointment with your local aliens' registration office. You can also find information about the application procedure and which documents you have to submit in which form on the respective website of the Foreigners' Registration Office.

If your application is approved, the Aliens' Registration Office will commission the Bundesdruckerei to produce the electronic residence permit (eAT) with a new validity date.

For information on the duration of the procedure until the residence title is issued, please contact the competent Aliens' Registration Office.

Apply for an extension of your residence permit at your competent aliens' registration office in good time before the expiry date. Please enquire about this at your competent foreigners authority.

Locally responsible foreigners authority of your independent town or district

Locally competent foreigners authority

§ 8 para. 1 in conjunction with. § 25 Para. 3 Residence Act

Section 26 Residence Act

Section 45 Residence Ordinance

Section 53 para. 1 AufenthV

Section 78 AufenthG

• Residence Act

A settlement permit can be issued after five years upon application and if the requirements are met.

https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/migration/aufenthaltsrecht/aufenthaltsrecht-liste.html

https://www.bamf.de/DE/Themen/AsylFluechtlingsschutz/AblaufAsylverfahrens/Ausgang/Aufenthaltserlaubnis/aufenthaltserlaubnis-node.html

Saxon State Ministry of the Interior