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How do I apply for a residence permit for a temporary stay for urgent humanitarian or personal reasons or significant public interests?

You are seeking a temporary stay in Germany, for example to temporarily care for a seriously ill family member, to receive urgently needed medical treatment or to complete vocational training. to undergo urgently needed medical treatment or to complete vocational training. You are staying in Germany and are not required to leave the country.

In this case, you may be granted a residence permit by the Aliens Department as long as urgent humanitarian or personal reasons or substantial public interests require your continued temporary presence in Germany.

The residence permit does not entitle you to pursue gainful employment. It can be granted by the Aliens Department upon application.

A residence requirement may be imposed on you.

You are entitled to benefits in accordance with the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act.

Family reunification is excluded.

You are not entitled to participate in an integration course. You can only be admitted to a course if there are places available.

• Current biometric photo
• Proof of identity, if available, e.g. passport, ID card, birth certificate, marriage certificate; proof of citizenship
• Employment contract or binding job offer, if applicable
• Proof of your health insurance
• Tenancy agreement

• Existence of an application for a residence permit
• Foreigners who are not required to leave the country
• Urgent humanitarian or personal reasons or substantial public interests must require the temporary presence in the federal territory
• Fulfillment of the general requirements for granting a permit
• There must be no grounds for refusal (no interest in deportation, no entry and residence ban)

Fee for issuing the residence permit: 100 euros

For minors: 50 euros

Exemption from fees if you receive social benefits

As a rule, you must apply for your residence permit in person.

• Arrange an appointment with your local immigration office. You can also find out about the application process and which documents you need to submit and in what form on the website of the relevant immigration office.
• Your fingerprints will be taken during your appointment.

If your application is approved, the foreigners authority will commission the Federal Printing Office to produce the electronic residence permit. The residence permit is in the form of a check card with additional electronic functions.

For information on the duration of the procedure until the residence permit is issued, please contact the relevant immigration office

When applying for a residence permit, you will usually be informed of the duration of the procedure by the responsible immigration authority (approx. 6 to 8 weeks).

Note: The residence permit is issued as an electronic residence permit.

Validity of the residence permit:

• 6 months maximumif you have not yet resided legally in Germany for at least 18 months (without interruption)
• up to three years if you have already resided legally in Germany for longer than 18 months

• Issue of a residence permit for a temporary stay in the event of urgent humanitarian or personal reasons or significant public interests
• No enforceable obligation to leave the country
• Discretion of the immigration authority
• No interest in deportation
• No entry and residence ban

Legal consequences Issue of residence permit:

• Gainful employment only possible with the permission of the immigration authority
• Entitlement to social benefits
• No family reunification possible
• No entitlement to integration course, admission to integration course only within the scope of available course places
• Personal appearance required: yes

Responsible: Your local foreigners authority

You will receive the following from your local foreigners authority

Online procedure possible: no

Personal appearance required: yes