Travel document for stateless persons

If you are stateless, the Service Centre for Immigration and Naturalisation can issue you with a travel document for stateless persons in individual cases.

Course description

In principle, foreign nationals must present a valid national passport. Whether a person is stateless must be checked on a case-by-case basis by the Immigration and Naturalisation Service Office. The travel document can only be issued for the duration for which the residence permit is valid. The travel document is valid for a maximum of three years.

Prerequisites

  • You are registered in Munich
  • You are stateless
  • You have a valid residence permit

Required documents

The documents submitted (such as proof of identity and language certificates) will be checked for authenticity. Further documents may be required in individual cases.

Please submit the required documents online or by post. After submitting your online application, you can download a completed document as a PDF for your records. Once we have checked your application, you will receive an appointment for a personal interview.

Duration and costs

Processing time

10 to 12 weeks

Questions about the processing status cannot be answered during this time.

We can only finalise your application if you have submitted all the required documents; if we have to request additional documents, this will delay the process.

Fees and charges

  • Adults aged 24 and over: 70 euros
  • Persons under 24 years: 38 Euro
  • Children up to 12 years: 14 Euro

Available payment methods

Legal basis

§§ 4, 5 AufenthV

Landeshauptstadt München

Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung V
Servicestelle für Zuwanderung und Einbürgerung

Phone number

Consultation hours

  • Mon 07:30 - 15:30
  • Tue 07:30 - 15:30
  • Wed 07:30 - 15:30
  • Thu 07:30 - 15:30
  • Fri Closed
    (Mariä Himmelfahrt: Office hours may vary)
  • Sat Closed
  • Sun Closed

Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung V
Servicestelle für Zuwanderung und Einbürgerung

Ruppertstraße 19
80466 München

Fax: +49 89 233-27501

Address

Ruppertstraße 19
80337 München

Lagehinweis: Eingang A

Open

  • Mon 07:30 - 12:00
  • Tue 08:30 - 12:00
    14:00 - 18:00
  • Wed Closed
  • Thu 08:30 - 15:00
  • Fri Closed
    (Mariä Himmelfahrt: Opening hours may vary)
  • Sat Closed
  • Sun Closed

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