Office for Foreigners

Wolfsburg cosmopolitan

Wolfsburg has 125,416 inhabitants and is a modern and cosmopolitan city. The proportion of foreign citizens from at least 151 nations is 16.7 percent (as at 31.03.2022).

Please note:

From 17.06., the Foreigners' Registration Office will introduce telephone service hours daily from 08.30 - 09.00. During this time, the clerks can be reached directly for urgent matters.

Since 15.05.2024, residence permits can be applied for or extended online.

All further information on residence permits

The Foreigners' Office of the City of Wolfsburg is the service point for immigrants.

Our employees advise and support all those who want to find a new home in Wolfsburg. The goal is to clarify the legal status as quickly as possible in order to enable access to the labor market in the most favorable case. But of course, the Foreigners' Office also decides on the termination of a stay and the resulting measures.

The law amending the Citizenship Act was promulgated on 26.03.2024 and will enter into force in its essential parts on 26.06.2024.

The law generally permits multiple citizenship (dual citizenship) and makes it easier to acquire German citizenship. In future, naturalization will be possible after five years instead of eight, and the period of prior residence can be shortened to up to three years in the case of special integration achievements.

The Foreigners' Registration Office is your contact for questions regarding the following matters:

Declaration of commitment

When applying for a visa, in many cases it is necessary to submit a declaration of commitment to the Foreigners' Registration Office for your visit from abroad.

Residence permit

Since 15.05.2024, residence permits can be applied for or extended online. Please note that a personal visit (by prior appointment) is still required to submit the biometric data.

Forms to print out. Please give priority to the online application option.

What is a residence permit and what are the requirements?

The granting or extension of a residence title depends on the purpose of residence. Therefore, the requirements are very different and cannot be shown in their entirety. The differences as well as questions and detailed answers to these residence titles can be found on the website of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. In total, there are the following five residence titles:

the residence permit
the EU Blue Card
the Permit for Permanent Residence - EU
the settlement permit and
the visa

The competent German mission abroad is solely responsible for deciding on the visa application.

Please take the opportunity to get detailed advice from your responsible officer.

Documents/Fees

Which documents you need to submit depends on the facts of the case. Please enquire about this directly with your responsible case officer.

Since the fees depend on the duration of the residence permit, please ask your responsible officer for the amount of the fee.

Important information about the residence permit

Since 01.09.2011, the residence permit has only been issued as an electronic residence permit.

Information from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees on the "Electronic Residence Permit

Naturalization

With the acquisition of German citizenship you enjoy, for example:

the right to vote and to be elected,
freedom of movement within the European Union,
visa-free travel to many countries, including outside Europe,
free choice of profession,
the right to become self-employed,
protection against expulsion or deportation, and extradition to another country.

The acquisition of German citizenship through naturalization is subject to certain conditions.

Here you can get a lot of information and useful tips:

Information on naturalization from the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Home Affairs

We offer detailed advice on the subject of naturalization after we have received your application. You will receive confirmation of receipt of your application as soon as possible.

Please download the following documents(application for German citizenship/questionnaire for naturalization). These can be found under the "Forms" tab.

Then complete the forms, enclose a copy of your current residence permit and send everything together to:

By post:

City of Wolfsburg
Immigration office
Porschestraße 49
38440 Wolfsburg

By e-mail:

E-Mail: Antrag-EBH@stadt.wolfsburg.de

Due to the very high number of appointment requests, we ask for your patience.

Please refrain from making further inquiries until you have received confirmation of receipt and have provided all the details. Repeated requests will extend the processing time and therefore also your waiting time. All requests are processed chronologically according to the date of receipt.

Please use the e-mail inbox exclusively for the application and associated documents!

For all other questions and messages, please use the e-mail inbox Einbuergerung@stadt.wolfsburg.de

European Union

Nationals of the Member States of the European Union (Union citizens) and of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland enjoy freedom of movement. They do not need a visa for entry, this also applies to their family members, even if they are not nationals of these states.

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