Emergency assistance in the absence of a residence permit - students, university graduates, self-employed persons

Are you a student, university graduate or self-employed, do you not have a sufficiently valid residence permit and need urgent help in an emergency?

Description

  • Only proven emergencies will be processed.
  • Only fictitious certificates, toleration certificates or border crossing certificates are issued.

What is an emergency?
An emergency is an unforeseeable situation in which a document is required immediately, otherwise there is a risk of damage. This applies in the following cases:

  • Imminent loss of employment
  • Impending loss of benefits (e.g. unemployment benefit or student loan)
  • Urgent travel for personal or professional reasons within the next seven days (e.g. business trip, illness, death)

The Foreigners Office will check and decide whether an emergency exists.

You must book an appointment. Emergency appointments are only available at short notice for this day and the next. If no appointment is available, please try again later. New appointments for today and tomorrow will be added in the morning, at midday and in the afternoon.

Prerequisites

You belong to the following groups of people and have a foreign nationality:

  • Students
  • Scientists
  • Researchers
  • Highly qualified (you have a university degree and are working)
  • Self-employed persons
  • Family members of the above-mentioned groups of people

Please note:

Other requirements apply to all other groups of people.

Required documents

The following documents are accepted in German or English for the processing of appointments:

  • Confirmation from the employer of impending job loss or necessary business trip
  • Confirmation from the organisation providing the benefits of impending loss of benefits
  • Confirmation from the travel company about booked travel, hotel, transport
  • Confirmation from a public authority, hospital or doctor of an urgent personal need to travel

Duration & Costs

Payment methods available

Questions & Answers

No. You can make an appointment to extend your residence permit if you send us your application for extension via our online services or by post.

No. No other services (e.g. change of job or the issue/renewal of a residence permit) are processed at the emergency counter. This is only possible via our online services or by post.

No. You can send documents via our online form or by post. You can also drop documents in our letterbox at Ruppertstraße 19, entrance A.

Landeshauptstadt München

Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Unterabteilung 5 Hochqualifizierte und Sonderaufenthalte (KVR-II/35)

Phone

  • +49 89 233-96010 − Foreigners' Registration Office service hotline
  • 115 − Authority number for general information

Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Unterabteilung 5 Hochqualifizierte und Sonderaufenthalte (KVR-II/35)

Ruppertstraße 19
80466 München

Address

Ruppertstraße 19
80337 München

Lagehinweis: Eingang C

Telephone consultation hours:

Monday 7.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m
Tuesday 7.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m
Wednesday 7.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m
Thursday 7.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m
Friday 7.30 a.m. to 1 p.m

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