Transfer of a residence permit to a new passport at the location Bürgeramt Helle Mitte

Transfer of a residence permit to a new passport

Do you have a valid residence permit and have you received a new passport?
Then you should have your residence permit reissued ("transferred"). Because your current residence permit still refers to the old passport.

Please read the following notes before booking an appointment.

Is your residence permit only valid for a maximum of a further 6 months?
If so, please do not attend the Berlin Immigration Office before it is neccessary to extend your residence permit. This will save you time and money.

Are you wanting to travel abroad?
If no appointments are available at short notice, you can still travel abroad.
Re-entry to Germany is easy, if your residence permit is still valid and you still have the old passport.
Take your old and new passports and your residence permit with you on your trip.
However, we recommend that you enquire about the entry and exit conditions of the country you are visiting before you travel abroad (for example at the embassy of the country you are visiting).

Prerequisites

• Personal appearance by appointment is required
  Transfers are made at the Citizens' Registration Offices or at the Berlin Immigration Office generally only with an appointment.
• Main residence in Berlin
• Transfer in a Bürgeramt
  You can generally have the transfer carried out at any Berlin Citizens Registration Office (Bürgeramt), as long as the following requirements are met:
  

  • You have the expired passport with your residence permit.
  • The residence permit was issued in Berlin.
  • Your old passport is complete;
  • There is no more than 6 months between the expiry date of the old passport and the date of issue of the new passport.
  • You have not resided outside the federal territory for a continuous period longer than 6 months.
• Transfer in the Berlin Immigration Office
  If one of the above mentioned requirements for making the transfer at the Citizens Registration Office (Bürgeramt) is not met (e.g. old passport is no longer present, the residence permit was not issued in Berlin) the Berlin Immigration Office is responsible for the transfer.

Documents required

• Your new passport
• Your old passport
  If your passport has been stolen and you have reported the theft to the police, please bring the report with you.
• Your residence permit
  • Electronic residence permit (eAT) together with the supplementary sheet or
  • Your old passport with the attached residence permit
• 1 aktuelles biometrisches Passbild
  35mm x 45mm, frontal shot with neutral facial expression and closed mouth, looking straight into the camera, light background

Fees

Legal basis

• Aufenthaltsgesetz - AufenthG

Average time to process request