Settlement permit from the age of 16

Description

Young people who have held a residence permit for 5 years can obtain a settlement permit under certain conditions.
The settlement permit is an unlimited residence title that allows you to live and work in Germany without any time or place restrictions.

Group of persons:

The settlement permit from the age of 16 is issued to persons

• who were born in Germany
  or
• moved to Germany with or to their parents as a minor child
  or
• have received a residence permit as a minor for reasons of international law, humanitarian or political reasons (§§ 22-25 AufenthG)

Minors are entitled to a settlement permit if they have held a residence permit for 5 years by the time they reach the age of 16.

Adults are entitled to a settlement permit if they entered the country and were granted a residence permit for the first time before reaching the age of 18 and have held a residence permit for 5 years.

Prerequisites

• You are registered in Munich.
• You have already reached the age of 16
• You have been living in Germany for at least 5 years without interruption and have a valid residence permit for family, international law, humanitarian or political reasons, which was issued to you as a child/minor (if available, asylum procedure periods will be taken into account)
• Your livelihood is secured (not required if you are doing an apprenticeship, attending school or studying)
• You have no criminal record

Additionally for adults:

• You have sufficient knowledge of German (level B1)

Required documents

• Fully completed application for a permanent residence permit
• Valid and recognised passport or passport replacement
• Current biometric passport photo(photo booths can be found at the Foreigners Office)
• Proof of five years' residence in Germany, usually in the form of annual school reports, school certificates, training contract and/or enrolment certificate
• If you are in training: current certificate of school attendance, training or studies

In the case of minors who are not in education, proof of support from their parents must be submitted.

From the age of 18:

Proof of secure means of subsistence
If you are not in training that leads to a recognised school or vocational qualification or a university degree, we also need proof from you or your parents:

For employees

• Pay slips (certificates of earnings for the last three months)
• confirmation of the employment relationship
• declaration of livelihood

For self-employed/freelancers

• Proof of profit after tax (last income tax assessment) and
  o For self-employed persons: current profit and loss account from the tax consultant or current business statement,
  o For freelancers: current profit and loss statement from the tax consultant, fee contract, order invoices and account statements for the order invoices
• Proof of health insurance (insurance card of your statutory health insurance or the insurance policy of a private health insurance company)
• business registration(if required under trade law)
• declaration of livelihood

Proof of benefits such as parental allowance, child benefit, child supplement, childcare allowance and maintenance can also be enclosed. You must be able to support yourself without public benefits in accordance with Social Security Code II or XII (unemployment benefit II or social assistance). Receipt of BAföG benefits has no negative impact on the application.

Proof of monthly housing costs:

• declaration of domestic community
• For rented flats: Tenancy agreement stating the size of the flat in square metres and account statements showing the amount of rent or
• Housing certificateor
• For owner-occupied flats: Purchase contract stating the size of the flat in square metres and, if applicable, proof of instalment payments for loans and monthly housing benefit/house allowance.

Proof of sufficient knowledge of German:

• Five annual school reports or
• Certificate from a German school, training or university degree or
• Certificate of German language proficiency according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) at least at level B1 or
• other proof of language proficiency

Please note

Further documents may be required in individual cases.

Legal basis

§ Section 35 Residence Act

§ 26 paragraph 4, sentence 4 Residence Act