Residence permit - transfer

If you have received a new passport, a new electronic residence permit must be issued. The original residence permit is simply reissued without the conditions for issuing it being checked again. A residence permit is reissued with the original validity.

The residence permit will not be extended. This requires a separate appointment to apply for a residence permit.

The Immigration Office of the City of Jena has changed its processing procedures. In order to shorten waiting times for appointments and residence permits, all applications will in future be checked without a personal appointment. It is therefore no longer necessary to book a personal appointment.

Please send us the relevant application forms and all necessary documents either by post or electronically by e-mail to: antrag-abh@jena.de(link sends email). Please do not send us any original documents.

We will contact you directly if we have any queries. Therefore, please make sure that you can be contacted by post or, if necessary, by e-mail or telephone if you have any queries.

If a personal appointment is necessary after final examination of your application, you will receive an appointment from us at short notice.

• completed application form
• passport
• if still available, electronic residence permit with supplementary sheet
• Signed instruction sheet
• if applicable, declaration of consent to the storage and use of your e-mail address and telephone number

• Law on the residence, employment and integration of foreigners in Germany (Residence Act - AufenthG)
• Residence Ordinance (AufenthV)