Rejections carry short appeal deadlines

Immigration trouble in Germany? Get help — in English.

Residence permits, Blue Cards, family reunification, permanent residence, citizenship — and the Ausländerbehörde in between. When your status is at stake, guesswork is expensive.

Appeal rejected applications — many decisions allow only one month to object (Widerspruch) or sue
Fix expiring permits and gaps in your status before they become bigger problems
Navigate citizenship and permanent-residence requirements with someone who reads the law, not forums

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What we help with

Some of the situations people come to us with. Yours doesn't have to be on the list.

• A rejected residence permit, visa or extension

• EU Blue Card applications and job changes

• Freelance and self-employment residence permits

• Family reunification (Familiennachzug) for spouse or children

• Permanent residence (Niederlassungserlaubnis) requirements

• Naturalisation and citizenship applications

• An Ausländerbehörde that has gone silent for months

• Losing your job while your permit depends on it

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Residence Permit Refused? Your Options and the One-Month Window

Reading the Rechtsbehelfsbelehrung, the one-month window, keeping your status under § 81 AufenthG, and what a departure order really means.

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Common questions

Usually not, but the clock is short: many rejections allow only one month for a formal objection or lawsuit. Send us the decision letter and date, and a lawyer will assess it quickly.

Yes — after long silence a lawyer can file an Untätigkeitsklage (inaction lawsuit) or often unblock things with a formal letter first.

Straightforward cases often don't. Complicated ones — gaps in residence, prior rejections, unclear income periods — are exactly where an hour with a lawyer saves months.

General information, not legal advice — your lawyer assesses your specific case in the free first consultation.