Providing Residence Permit

Hello @lana...  

thank you for your inquiry. Please note that these answers are provisional, as we do not know your exact situation and cannot give legal advice. 

When coming to Germany with a Family Reunification Visa ist is important to immediateley apply for a "residence permit for the purpose of family reunification" (Aufenthaltserlaubnis zum Zweck der Familienzusammenführung: (§§27-36a AufenthG) at the immigration office (Ausländerbehörde). Usually this application is processed quite fast. 

Also you should register your address at the Bürgeramt / Einwohnermeldeamt, if you haven't done that yet. Although from what you said in your message about having a permanent home address, it seems as if you already registered. If not, you can find more information about this here https://handbookgermany.de/de/registration. 

The process of applying for asylum is independent and can be initiated at the same time as the application for the residence permit for the purpose of family reunification. You can apply for asylum at the Federal Office of Migration and Refugees (BAMF). The answer to your question as to whether you have the right to asylum is a difficult question to answer, as we are not able to give legal advice. Applying for ayslum can have both advantages and disadvantages though, which is why we would reccomend you to contact a migration advice center.  

However, from what you write, we cannot yet determine what motives you might have for an asylum procedure. As the wife of a German citizen with a visa for family reunification, you are probably entitled to a residence permit, which in most cases represents a better status than an asylum procedure. There are many ways to get a title for residence and work in Germany. You can view the different types of visas and the conditions for obtaining them here: https://handbookgermany.de/en/immigration. 

General information about the asylum procedure in Germany can be found here: https://handbookgermany.de/en/asylum-procedure.  

You can search at: https://adressen.asyl.net/language/en/welcome-to-informationnetwork-asylum-and-migration/  or https://bamf-navi.bamf.de/de/Themen/Migrationsberatung/ (Enter your postal code and you will find advice centers near you) for a migration advice center. Here you will find a guide in English on how to find a suitable counselling centre: https://life-initiative.org/en/beratungsstelle/.

If you want to ask a volunteer from our organization to help you, please contact us: https://life-initiative.org/en/support/.   

I hope this information is helpful for you.

Kind regards, 

Yasmin