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Online applications of the Foreigners' Authority Leipzig

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For many topics this is already possible completely online.


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Enquiries

Do you have a general request or would you like to contact us about an application you have already made?

 

29.07.2024 - 18:42 Message: Due to a technical fault, no requests can currently be sent. We are working on restoring the service.


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Online applications of the Foreigners' Authority Leipzig

Residence permit

  • Employment
  • Family reunion
  • Training/Study
  • humanitarian rights of residence
  • Holder of a permit under the Opportunity-Residence-Act
  • Permanent settlement permit (german)

Entry

  • Apply for a declaration of commitment

Temporary residence permit in ongoing asylum procedure/Temporary suspension of deportation (tolerated stay)

  • Apply for a work permit
  • Tolerated stay for vocational training
  • Tolerated stay employment permit

Informations about Residence persmit: https://www.leipzig.de/buergerservice-und-verwaltung/aemter-und-behoerdengaenge/behoerden-und-dienstleistungen/dienstleistung/beschaeftigungserlaubnis-fuer-personen-mit-gestattung-oder-duldung-5f16fc3ca6dda

Contact form of the Foreigners' Authority Leipzig

Did you know?

You will find a lot of information about our services and answers to frequently asked questions on our website.

Contact form of the Foreigners' Authority Leipzig

If you do not have an urgent travel requirement but need a new electronic residence permit, please use our services page.

Did you know?

You will find a lot of information about our services and answers to frequently asked questions on our website.

Did you know?

You will find a lot of information about our services and answers to frequently asked questions on our website.

Use the quick check now to find out whether you meet the requirements for initial registration in Leipzig!

If all requirements are met, you can proceed directly with requesting an appointment.

Contact form of the Foreigners' Authority Leipzig

Have you already applied for naturalization or are you already registered on the waiting list and would like to inquire about the status of your application?

Due to the high volume of inquiries and applications, we kindly ask you to refrain from further inquiries about the processing status.

We will contact you automatically as soon as there is news regarding your application or if we can offer you an appointment to submit your application. Answering these inquiries ties up processing time, which we would like to use to process the actual requests. In this way, the waiting time can be reduced for all applicants.

Please use this request only in urgent cases.

Contact form of the Foreigners' Authority Leipzig

For example, have you already submitted an enquiry, an application or similar?

If you have already had contact with the Leipzig Foreigners' Authority in the past, we can take any data you may have into account when answering your question.

Das Aktenzeichen finden Sie in den Anschreiben der Stadt Leipzig unter „Unser Zeichen“.

Das Foto eines Anschreibens der Ausländerbehörde. In der Kopfzeile rot markiert: Unser Zeichen

Contact form of the Foreigners' Authority Leipzig

Your details

Your details  (as stated in the identification document)

Details of the person you are enquiring about  (as stated in the identification document)

Contact form of the Foreigners' Authority Leipzig

Details of the urgent travel requirement

Please note: If you do not have an urgent travel need but require a new electronic residence permit, please use our services page.

Please attach evidence of urgent travel needs to your request (*.pdf, *.jpg).
The documents may have a maximum file size of 4 MB each and may not exceed 15 MB in total.

At least one of the following requirements must be met for an application to be successful:

  • A first-degree relative of yours is resident in the city of Leipzig and you can prove this with a birth or marriage certificate with an apostille and translation, as well as an ID document. First-degree relatives are biological or adopted children and your parents.
  • Your spouse is a resident of Leipzig and you can prove this with a marriage certificate with apostille and translation and an ID document.
  • You have a main rental agreement for an apartment in Leipzig and can prove that you can finance the warm rent for at least twelve months. The rental agreement must be submitted along with proof of financing (e.g., employment contract, bank statements, declarations of commitment in accordance with Section 68 of the Residence Act).

Contact form of the Foreigners' Authority Leipzig

Initial registration for Ukrainian persons seeking protection

Quick-Check

Apartment in the city of Leipzig

Contact form of the Foreigners' Authority Leipzig

Initial registration for Ukrainian persons seeking protection

Quick-Check

First-degree relatives in the city of Leipzig

Contact form of the Foreigners' Authority Leipzig

Initial registration for Ukrainian persons seeking protection

Quick-Check

Result

Please note that each case is always examined individually when making a decision. The result of the quick check does not provide any binding information as to whether the request for initial registration in the city of Leipzig can be granted.

In particular, having an adult child residing in Leipzig is not a sufficient condition for approval of initial registration as a person seeking protection from Ukraine in Leipzig.

According to your information, you have a main rental agreement in the city of Leipzig and can present this. Furthermore, you can prove that the financing for the apartment is secured for at least the next twelve months.

According to your information, your spouse is a resident of the city of Leipzig. You can prove this by presenting a marriage certificate with an apostille and translation together with your own ID document.

According to your information, a first-degree relative of yours resides in the city of Leipzig. You can prove this by presenting a birth or marriage certificate with an apostille and translation, as well as your own ID document. 

Appointment scheduling

You now have the option of using the contact form to let us know that you would like to schedule an appointment for initial registration in Leipzig. 

According to your information, you have a place of residence in the city of Leipzig, the financing of which is secured for the next twelve months. However, in order for an application for initial registration in the city of Leipzig to be successful, you must also be able to prove this circumstance with documents.

Once you can provide the necessary evidence, you will meet all the necessary requirements and can use our contact form to make an appointment at the Leipzig Foreigners' Registration Office. You must present the documents at this appointment.

According to your information, your spouse is a resident of the city of Leipzig.

However, in order for an application for initial registration in the city of Leipzig to be successful, you must also be able to prove this fact with documents.

To do this, you will need your marriage certificate with an apostille and translation, along with your own ID document.

Once you can provide this evidence, you will meet all the necessary requirements and can use our contact form to make an appointment at the Leipzig Foreigners' Registration Office. All necessary documents must be presented at this appointment.

According to your information, a first-degree relative of yours resides in the city of Leipzig.

However, in order for an application for initial registration in the city of Leipzig to be successful, you must also be able to prove this fact with documents.

To do this, you will need the birth or marriage certificate with an apostille and translation, together with your own ID document.

Once you can provide this evidence, you will meet all the necessary requirements and can use our contact form to make an appointment at the Leipzig Foreigners' Registration Office. All necessary documents must be presented at this appointment.

According to the information you have provided, you are not entitled to register as a person seeking protection from Ukraine directly in Leipzig.

Any such application would have to be rejected.

At least one of the following conditions must be met for an application to have a chance of success:

  • A first-degree relative of yours is resident in the city of Leipzig and you can prove this with a birth or marriage certificate with an apostille and translation, as well as an ID document. First-degree relatives are biological or adopted children and your parents.
  • Your spouse is a resident of Leipzig and you can prove this with a marriage certificate with apostille and translation and an ID document.
  • You have a main rental agreement for an apartment in Leipzig and can prove that you can finance the rent and utilities for at least twelve months. The rental agreement must be submitted along with proof of financing (for example employment contract, bank statements, declarations of commitment in accordance with Section 68 of the Residence Act). 
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