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Renew your residence permit

Renew in good time, prepared ready for the authority.

You select your permit and your authority and enter your details in your own language — we fill in the official form (Vordruck) of your Ausländerbehörde (immigration office) — you receive the authority-ready PDF.

If the application is submitted in good time, your existing permit continues to apply until the authority has decided (§ 81 Abs. 4 AufenthG). That is exactly what we prepare your application for.

Price
99 €
one-time, no follow-up costs, no account required
Right of withdrawal
14 days
from conclusion of contract — statutory right of withdrawal
Official form
100 %
the official form (Vordruck) for every authority on file — never a mere link to a portal
Authorities
71
on file, with further ones added continuously
Authority lookup

Is your form already available?

You see immediately whether the official form of your Ausländerbehörde (immigration office) is on file — free of charge and without registration.

1 · Which permit are you renewing?
2 · Your postcode
How it works

From the lookup to the finished application.

Three steps, one fixed price: 99 € one-time when you start — the lookup itself is free of charge.

Authority & form

Duration
2 minutes
Who acts
You
Result
Certainty as to whether your form is available

You select the permit you are renewing and your Ausländerbehörde (immigration office) — we show the status immediately.

Every Ausländerbehörde (immigration office) requires its own form. Instead of guessing, you can check above within two minutes whether the official form of your authority is on file with us — for every authority on file we work with the genuine form, never with a mere link to a portal.

Form on file
You start straight away — 99 € one-time, no account required.
Not yet included
Free pre-registration with an immediate confirmation by email.

The data entry

Duration
30 to 60 minutes
Who acts
You and civitas.
Result
All your details, recorded in structured form

A multilingual questionnaire collects your details and supporting documents — no administrative German, no guesswork.

You work in your own language: German, English, Turkish, Arabic, Russian or Ukrainian. Every question is explained and your progress is saved automatically — you can pause at any time and continue later.

Passport and permit
Your identity and your existing residence permit.
Means of subsistence
Income and health insurance, in the form your authority requires.
Your stay
Housing, periods of residence, marital status — depending on the form used by your authority.

The authority-ready application

Duration
immediately after the data entry
Who acts
civitas.
Result
Authority-ready PDF

We fill in the genuine official form of your authority with your details.

You receive the authority-ready application as a PDF, sign it and submit it to your authority — by the route your authority provides for.

The form
The original form of your authority, filled in.
The handover
You sign the application and submit it to your authority.
In context

What the same renewal costs elsewhere

A renewal means the same official form at the same Ausländerbehörde (immigration office). The difference lies in the effort, the deadline and the price.

Route 01
The form on your own
You keep track of the form, the documents and the deadline yourself.
Your effortseveral hours
0 €no cost, all the work is yours
Route 02
With civitas.
We take on the form and the language.
Your effortunder one hour
99 €one-time per application, no subscription
Route 03
Law firm or concierge service
Full representation, rarely necessary for a recurring renewal.
Your effortseveral appointments
550 to 856 €total fee, with no upper limit

The renewal comes round again. Every time at the same price, not every time at an hourly rate.

The law firm range is an orientation; in individual cases it is higher. A law firm is the right choice where a rejection, an objection (Widerspruch) or a special case is involved. That is expressly not what we provide.

Frequently asked questions

Good to know before you start.

Short and without small print — what you should know before the renewal.

What does it cost — and what do I pay the authority?

With us: 99 € one-time, no follow-up costs. The fee charged by your Ausländerbehörde (immigration office) for the renewal is paid separately to the authority.

What happens if my permit expires before the decision?

If the application is submitted in good time before expiry, your existing permit is deemed to continue until the decision is made (§ 81 Abs. 4 AufenthG).

Which documents do I need?

Typically: passport, existing permit, evidence of income and health insurance. The questionnaire asks step by step for what your authority wants to see.

In which languages can I enter my details?

German, English, Turkish, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian. The form for your authority is produced in German.

My authority is not included yet — what now?

Enter yourself in the pre-registration free of charge; you can check the status at any time at the top of this page. In the meantime, the deadline tracker (9,90 €/month, cancellable monthly) keeps an eye on your expiry date.

Ready for the renewal?

Start your renewal.

Start straight away — or first check free of charge, within two minutes, whether the official form of your authority is available.