Immigration Office in Germany 🇩🇪 Residence Permit Step by Step | Ausländerbehörde A2–B1

How does a residence permit application in Germany actually work? 🇩🇪 In this episode of GermanIRL: Neu in Deutschland, Großer and Kleiner try to understand the German immigration office — the Ausländerbehörde — after starting work and Ausbildung in Germany. It starts with one simple problem: Where do you even get an appointment? Then everything gets more complicated. Rathaus? Bürgeramt? Ausländerbehörde? Online application? Missing documents? Long waiting times? Lawyer? Fiktionsbescheinigung? In this full real-life German story, you will follow the complete journey step by step: ✅ Rathaus vs Bürgeramt vs Ausländerbehörde ✅ How to find the correct immigration authority ✅ Why your Wohnort can decide which authority is responsible ✅ Employment vs Ausbildung residence-permit routes ✅ What documents may be requested ✅ What “Unterlagen nachreichen” means ✅ What happens at the personal appointment ✅ Typical questions from a Sachbearbeiter ✅ Fingerprints and biometric data ✅ What a Fiktionsbescheinigung is ✅ What may happen if your current status expires while the application is still pending ✅ How the electronic residence permit — eAT — process works ✅ Card-ready notification and pickup ✅ Useful real-life German vocabulary throughout the episode Großer works at SAP in Heidelberg. Kleiner has started his Ausbildung. Dian shares the practical tips she learned from her own experience. And Frau Keller and Herr Krämer show what communication at a German authority can actually sound like. 🎧 Spoken German 📖 German + English captions 🔴 Word-by-word German karaoke highlighting 🎯 Level: approximately A2–B1 This episode uses a fictionalised example timeline for learning and storytelling. Actual procedures, documents, responsibilities and processing times can differ depending on your residence status, permit category, place of residence and competent authority. Important: A Fiktionsbescheinigung is not automatically issued in every case where a visa or residence document expires. The legal effect depends on the individual situation and the underlying application. Always check the current information from your competent Ausländerbehörde. GermanIRL means German in real life: natural conversations, useful vocabulary, real situations and German that people actually need in Germany. 💬 Which German authority or Behördengang confuses you the most? Write it in the comments — maybe it becomes the next episode. Subscribe for more: 🇩🇪 Real-life German 🎬 Neu in Deutschland 🗣️ A2–B1 conversations 📚 German with English support #GermanIRL #LearnGerman #ResidencePermit #Ausländerbehörde #ImmigrationGermany #GermanA2 #GermanB1 #DeutschLernen #LifeInGermany #NeuInDeutschland #GermanForBeginners #Aufenthaltstitel #GermanIRL #LearnGerman #ResidencePermit