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Traffic update
Due to the roadworks on Steubenstraße and the associated complete closure of the first railway underpass – including for pedestrians and cyclists – the Stresemannstraße Administrative Centre is not expected to be directly accessible from the Julius-Brecht-Allee stop (Line 1) until summer 2028. However, access is available via Gartenstadt Vahr, Insterburger Str.
Latest information
An overview of photo studios offering digital passport photos is currently only available on the website of the RingFoto photography association at: https://alfo-passbild.com/fotograf-in-der-naehe/
Further information on digital passport photos can be found in the “Information sheet on biometric passport photos from 1 May 2025” under the “eAT / electronic residence permit” service.
Further information and the amendment to the previous Ordinance on the Continued Validity of Ukrainian Residence Permits can be found in the ‘Ukraine – Residence in Germany’ service.
office@migrationsamt.bremen.de
All customers who send us an email will receive a reply as soon as possible by telephone or email.
Depending on the nature of your enquiry, we will clarify any questions and/or resolve your matter.
Clients who are to be granted a residence permit or whose residence permit is to be renewed will receive an invitation from us with an appointment time. It is essential that you attend this appointment, as we cannot assist clients who come to see us without an appointment. If the appointment time does not suit you, please send us an email.
Decisions on the granting or renewal of temporary residence permits and tolerated stays, decisions on work permits, or the lifting of residence restrictions are made in writing following written preparation.
Welcome to the Migration Office:
The Migration Office is the competent immigration authority for the City of Bremen under Section 71(1) of the Residence Act, as well as the naturalisation and nationality authority within the meaning of the Nationality Act.
We are responsible for your matters relating to residence and nationality law if you live in Bremen.
Our remit covers the full scope of residence and nationality law:
If you have a matter relating to residence law, please make an appointment:
If you have missed an appointment at the Migration Office or are unable to attend an appointment, please do not simply turn up without an appointment. Please send an email to your relevant department as soon as possible. You will find the email address in your appointment letter, or you can send an email to office@migrationsamt.bremen.de and request a new appointment.
Please include the following in your email
and what you would like. Please also let us know in the email whether you need an appointment just for yourself or also for your spouse and/or children.
You will then receive a reply with a new appointment in the coming days.
Further information can be found under ‘Related departments’.
If you have a specific enquiry regarding residence rights, please click on ‘Services’.
If you already live in Germany and have a residence permit, you can apply for a permanent residence title, the settlement permit, under certain conditions. You can find important information here:
You have entered Germany with a visa and would like to apply for a residence permit? Please note the following points:
If you come to Germany as an asylum seeker/refugee, you must apply for asylum as soon as possible after your arrival in Germany. In Bremen, please register with the: Central Reception Center for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the State of Bremen (ZASt), Lindenstraße 110, 28755 Bremen. They will…
If your asylum application has been approved by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), you will receive a written decision from the BAMF. The Migration Office will also receive this decision. You will then receive an invitation from the Migration Office to apply for a residence…
If your application for asylum has been rejected by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), you will receive a written decision from the BAMF. In the decision, the BAMF also states that you are now obliged to leave the country.
In the first three months after applying for asylum, asylum seekers are not allowed to work. However, internships and studies are generally possible even at the beginning of the asylum procedure. If the migration office extends your residence permit, you can apply to be allowed to work as well.
In the event that we record data from you at the Bremen Migration Office, this data protection notice applies.
Come to the Migration Office to collect your electronic residence permit (eAT). We will send you your eAT by post.
A longer stay abroad can lead to the expiry of your German residence permit. If you want to stay abroad for a longer period of time, please note the different time limits after which a residence permit expires and apply for a certificate of continued validity of your residence permit in good time.
Would you like to extend your residence permit? If you have been issued a residence permit by the Migration Office, you will receive a letter from the Migration Office before your residence permit expires asking you to submit the documents required for an extension. You will only be sent an…
You are a citizen of a member state of the European Union, i.e. an EU citizen, or you are a citizen of Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland (EFTA states) and live in Bremen or would like to live here? You would like to apply for a residence card as a family member?
What to do if you have received a new national passport and need to have your residence permit transferred.
You would like to enter into an employment relationship in Germany, i.e. take up employment or become self-employed here and do not yet live in Germany. You can find the most important information here:
You would like your foreign spouse and / or your children to move to Germany with you? Or your foreign spouse and / or your children are already in Germany, but do not have a residence permit? You can find the most important information on this so-called family reunification here:
If you are living in Bremen with tolerated status and are unable to leave Germany for a longer period of time for reasons for which you are not responsible, you can apply for a residence permit from the Migration Office. This also applies if you have been living in Bremen with tolerated status for…
Foreign pupils who are not nationals of a member state of the European Union, so-called third-country nationals, do not require a visa for school trips to so-called Schengen states, but only a valid residence permit or settlement permit and a valid passport from their country of origin or a German…
Foreigners, with the exception of EU citizens, who wish to come to Germany to live here, for example because they have family here, or because they wish to work or study here, require a residence permit to stay in Germany. As a rule, a visa must be applied for at the German embassy in the country…
Are you a tolerated resident in Bremen or are you obliged to leave the country but would still like to apply for a tolerated stay permit because you are actually unable to leave Germany? You can find further information here:
As a rule, holders of tolerated status are only permitted to work with the approval of the Migration Office and after an examination by the Federal Employment Agency. Therefore, the employment permit must usually be applied for by the toleration holder for a specific job. Training and studies are…
You want to enter Germany and apply for a visa for this purpose?
Have you entered Germany with a Schengen visa for visiting or business purposes ("C visa") and need to extend your visa? Please note the following points:
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Updated on 04.09.2026