Migration

Hello. I have an appointment for my residence permit in Hamburg Welcome Center, and in the meantime a Fiktionsbescheinigung is issued for me. My current Fiktionsbescheinigung will expire soon, so I applied for an appointment for this as well, but still I haven't got anything. I am planning to travel abroad, and I am thinking about entering Germany one day before the expiration date. I am worried that the border police will make it difficult for me since the document is about to be expire. Am I safe with entering Germany with a Fiktionsbescheinigung expiring in one or two days?

My Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte) will expire at the beginning of December 2025. Since I have not yet found a qualified job, I am planning to apply for a residence permit for a German language course for the next year in order to stay in Germany.

1. Is it possible to get a language course visa after my Opportunity Card expires?
2. Regarding the financial requirement: Is it acceptable to use my part-time job salary as proof of financial support? My salary is close to the required amount, and I can also provide additional funds from my bank account to cover the difference. Would this combination be sufficient?

Thank you very much for your assistance.

I have applied to my National visa type D today at the German embassy in London and I came to find out that they don’t recognise my Somali passport. They told me they need to go through a different process to obtain a paper they can stick the visa to and might take longer however that visa will only be valid for 6 months and after I will have to obtain a travel document to issue my student permit. I have been accepted to a German university with a full scholarship so I will have to stay more than six months. The officer told me that my situation is iffy and they don’t know the outcome but will try their best to expedite the process. Now my question is, will this work? I went through a similar situation when I went to college in the UK but that took so long and I missed a whole semester so is this going to be the same? Will I need to get a German travel document to apply for a student permit if I get the visa? Or will the immigration decide that it isn’t worth it and reject the visa all together? Please help I don’t know what to do and this is my last chance in continuing university education.

My great-great-grandfather, Oskar Petersohn, was born in 1873 in Zeitz, Germany and lived there until 1893. Unfortunately, the Magdeburg archives were destroyed during the war, so there is no documentation for the years 1893–1899.

It appears that Oskar got married in England in 1901, and my great-grandfather was born there in 1905. I am aware of the “10-year rule” regarding citizenship.

Oskar and his family returned to Germany in 1907. (I have documents about that, and date based more less he leave germany was 1898, my great-grandfather started working on a ship in , although there is no official German document for this period, only a consular matriculation record.)

Back in Germany, I have records showing my great-grandfather living there from age 2 to 18, including school records, Arbeitsbuch (work card), and the registry for immigration to Brazil, though none of these explicitly state his German citizenship.

Regarding Oskar: after returning to Germany, I have birth records of other children from 1908 to 1913, as well as Melderegister entries from 1915 to 1918, indicating that he was recognized as German and served in the German military. Finally, Oskar died in Memel in 1943.

My great-grandfather later left his father and immigrated to Brazil at age 18. According to the rules, everything seems fine, but my difficulty is interpreting the “10-year rule” in this unusual case, given the gaps in documentation and the periods abroad.

Can I found a bus driver vacancy job?

Hello, my question is, am i qualified to apply for citizenship? My situaltion is that i came to germany as a student about 6 yrs ago, while as a student i worked and paid the pension contributions. I got married to a german citizen 3 years ago but stayed on my student residence. I recently changed my residence to a married status. My question is, do i qualify to apply for citizenship now or must i wait for 3 year. 
I have a B1 language certificate and a german university degree. 

 
Hello, I would like to ask about permanent residence in Germany. If I came in German   opportunity card and i cannot find a job in my professional field, but I get a work contract in a supermarket, can I still qualify for permanent residence in the future with this job? Or do I need to work strictly in my field of specialization to be eligible?

Hi everyone,

I applied for the EU Blue Card and had my appointment in Hamburg. The Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) rejected my contract because the salary does not meet the local standard (Hamburg), but is in the range  necesary for a blue card. 

Does anyone know if I can switch my application to a residence permit under §18b AufenthG (qualified employment) instead of the Blue Card? Or I gonna have the same problem?

Thanks a lot for any advice!

Hello. 41 y/o Turkish citizen here. I have a B.A. degree and years of work experience in white collar fields that I'm no longer interested in. Over the last few years, I've transitioned to blue collar work as a furniture designer/woodworker.

My vocational training consisted of one day of classroom courses and four days of apprenticing at a commercial workshop per week (In Turkey), similar to the Ausbildung system in Germany.

I completed my apprenticeship in 2024 and as of June 2025 I'm licensed as a master tradesperson and master trainer in my new field. This training also earned me another high school diploma. As far as I'm concerned, this should get me a chance to seek recognition and/or apply for a job seekers visa.

I'm just not sure whether to mention my previous degrees/certificates and/or work experience when applying for recognition or a visa as those seem irrelevant to my current field of work. Although I'm quite confident that I'll satisfy any reasonable employer with my efficiency and willingness to deliver the best results in the shop, I'm afraid this late-in-life transition might initially be a red flag for some employers.

Another thing I'm not sure about is whether I should go for a job seekers visa or recognition first.

I've exhausted the FAQs and generic help articles I could find online and need a more personalized guidance regarding the whole process (i.e. paperwork, potential pitfalls, processes regarding family members, etc.). The consulting agency in Turkey requires a certain level of German before applying for consultation. I'm bilingual (English and Turkish) but I can't speak German yet. I'd appreciate if you could show me the right direction.

Thanks,

Luca

Is there any Chance of assistance to help with flights for a Mother & her 4 children that was stuck in a abusiv marriage that is now divorced has sole costudy of the kids? 

I came to Belgium about five months ago, I have diploma of finance and monetary fielld in economic faculty of Afghanistan private universities which is Hakim Sanayee private University. Here I want to work as an admin in an offices or banks. My diploma is not authorized of foreign affairs ministry, which I forgot to authorized it. Please guide me what to do with and how can I find a job. Thanks in advance 

I registered with kabulluftbrucke give us hope end encourage Thousands of Afghans are stuck in Pakistan, where they are exposed to the acute danger of deportation to Afghanistan - back in the hands of the Taliban. In the last days of their term of office, the former government did not allow any more flights and referred to its

successors. Schwarz-Rot writes in their coalition agreement that it wants to end voluntary federal reception programs, such as the one for Afghanistan.

The new federal government must keep Germany's word and implement the admission commitments made! We  have trusted in your protection - you must not let us down now.please God bless you all