Immi­gra­tion Office Karl­sruhe (Aus­län­der­be­hörde)

Where do you have to reg­is­ter if you are not from an EU coun­try?
If you are a cit­i­zen of a coun­try out­side the EU and are enter­ing Ger­many to live here per­ma­nent­ly, you must reg­is­ter with the local Aus­län­der­be­hörde (Immi­gra­tion Office Karl­sruhe). They will issue you with an Aufen­thalt­sti­tel (res­i­dence permit).

The issuance or exten­sion of a res­i­dence per­mit is no longer done in per­son. The Immi­gra­tion Office offers you the fol­low­ing pos­si­bil­i­ties for sub­mit­ting the application:

Step 1

• Appli­ca­tion by e‑mail (please do not send orig­i­nal files, only scanned copy)
  Please send the com­plet­ed and signed appli­ca­tion and the required doc­u­ments in good time before expiry — as a PDF file by e‑mail to: abh@oa.karlsruhe.de
• Sub­mit­ting an appli­ca­tion by mail or by drop­ping it in the mail­box
  Address: Immi­gra­tion Office, Kaiser­allee 8, 76133 Karlsruhe.

Please note:
You will receive the deci­sion by e‑mail or by mail. After receiv­ing this let­ter, you can make an appoint­ment your­self to sub­mit the bio­met­ric data (fin­ger­prints and photo).

Step 2

Please make an appoint­ment to sub­mit the bio­met­ric data in advance either by phone – Tel. 115 – or online at:

Here you can ask!

Do you have spe­cif­ic ques­tions or need help fill­ing out the form?

• Advi­so­ry cen­tres for adult immi­grants (MBE)
• Coun­sel­ing for queer asy­lum seekers
• Spur­wech­sel — ibz
• Willkom­men­scafe — ibz

Forms

• Request tu sub­mit a dec­la­ra­tion of com­mit­ment (Verpflich­tungserk­lärung)
• Request for change of con­di­tion (Aufla­genän­derung)
• Appli­ca­tion for a res­i­dence per­mit (Aufen­thalt­ser­laub­nis)
• Appli­ca­tion for a Set­tle­ment Per­mit (Nieder­las­sungser­laub­nis / Dauer­aufen­thalt-EU)
• Appli­ca­tion for exten­sion of a res­i­dence per­mit (Aufen­thalt­ser­laub­nis)
• Appli­ca­tion for stady-relat­ed intern­ships (pdf)
• Dec­la­ra­tion of employ­ment rela­tion­ship — for the Fed­er­al Employ­ment Agency

Forms must be filled out and signed

Fre­quent questions

Oth­er services

e.g. work per­mit, au pair, dec­la­ra­tion of com­mit­ment you can find here

Good to know: EU cit­i­zens enjoy free­dom of move­ment with­in the Euro­pean Union. This means they can move freely in oth­er mem­ber states, enter or stay there. They do not have to reg­is­ter at the Immi­gra­tion Office or apply for a work permit.