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Visa Service for Students
Our Visa Service is available to all international students and doctoral students of HU Berlin. Through the Visa Service, you can both apply for and extend your residence permit to the Berlin Immigration Office (Landesamt für Einwanderung, LEA). You receive multilingual support and advice with your questions and problems.
Currently, there are extraordinarily long waiting times at the LEA. We receive appointments for fingerprints only after a long delay (currently 6-8 weeks). It takes months until the electronic residence permits are sent out. It is important that the applications are submitted in time. From then on, the residence titles are considered to be valid, even if they have already expired. We cannot speed up the procedure. Whenever you get appointments at the LEA, please make use of them.
1. Application for a residence permit
1.1 Extension of a residence permit
1.2 Residence permit to seek employment
FAQ - Freqently Asked Questions about the Visa Service and residence permits
NEW: Registration for interviews at https://edupad.ch/p/9jdLg7sKGf
From 11-29 July 2022, the visa service will be closed during the semester break. The Zoom consultation hours will NOT take place during this time. Invitation appointments at the LEA will be sent out, urgent questions will be answered by e-mail. We will process residence permit applications and extensions again from 1 August.
NEWS
Information from the Berlin Immigration Office for refugees from Ukraine
Startseite - Englisch - Berlin.de
Information for refugees from Ukraine - Berlin.de
Информация для беженцев из Украины - Berlin.de
Information from HU Berlin
Humboldt-Universität stands with Ukraine — Press Portal (hu-berlin.de)
Current situation in the Berlin Immigration Office
Limited customer service at the LEA is possible again, but not without booking an appointment in advance. ► Book appointments online
► Information on the booking procedure
Please note: Temporary documents regarding the right of residence in Germany will be considered as valid by the Berlin Immigration Office (including the secondary provisions of these documents with regard to type and scope of employment in particular) if you submit an application for an extension to the LEA in good time and preferably in writing, see Section 81 (4) of the Residence Act.
For current information from the Berlin Immigration Office
www.berlin.de/einwanderung/en/residence/artikel.1170240.en.php
www.berlin.de/einwanderung/en
