I relocated from the USA to Germany in early 2021 with my family and have been employed by a global pharmaceutical since then as a senior leader, contributing to the statutory pension insurance consistently.
I meet the minimum residency duration required for permanent residency. I also have A1 German course certificate.
Could you please inform me about the other necessary requirements tailored to my specific situation? I would greatly appreciate your guidance and assistance in this matter.
Thank you very much for your help.
Hey Alinity, I understand you very well. I understand you very well. Many rules are different in each state and each case is always individual. I suggest that you first contact the immigration counseling center in your area and then apply for residency.
Barbara (Community Manager) Thanks for your quick reply. Obviously it was the first thing i did. I've been emailing them every week last 1.5 months. As you may imagine, I have not received a single reply. I cannot call them because my German is not good enough for a phone conversation. It is also saddening to see a "foreigners" office refusing to speak in any other languages but German.
Alinity If you give me your zip code, I can try to find the right counseling center for you, they can help you with the whole process. On the other hand, if you know that you have all the required documents, you can apply for residency and if you are missing some documents, the immigration office will inform you about it.
Thank you for your prompt response once again.
My zip code is 65193. It is funny, but I have already submitted my residency application (through appointment request on Wiesbaden.de website) and am also awaiting a response from the Ausländerbehörde on that request.
I appreciate your offer to find the right counseling center for me. It would be beneficial to have their guidance on this nightmare.
The humorous twist to my situation is that I've reached out to a few local lawyers who handle immigration issues, and each one has told me my case is very straightforward—so much so that they don't believe I need legal help. They even suggested that showing up with a lawyer might raise eyebrows at the immigration office and potentially slow down my application. Can you believe they all declined to take on my case?
Hey, if you were in contact with the lawyers then maybe its better to make the whole process with the lawyer? If you would like, you could also get in touch with mbeon https://www.mbeon.de/en/home/ maybe they can help you somehow. We are an organization that gives the first essential information. The immigration offices are overwhelmed right now, thats why it might take so long.