Stuttgart Immigration Office

The Stuttgart Immigration Office is part of the Office for Order, Immigration and Citizenship Law.
The office of the authority is located in Stuttgart-Mitte in the Schwabenzentrum (Eberhardstraße).

It is generally only possible to visit the Stuttgart Immigration Office after making an appointment by telephone.
The only exception to this is immigration matters: For this, customers can also appear at the visa office during office hours without an appointment. A separate telephone number has also been set up to obtain information on the current status of immigration matters.

In addition, a separate information and advice centre for naturalization matters has been set up within the Stuttgart Foreigners' Registration Office. This also helps with the provision of necessary information sheets and forms if it is not possible to download them from the Internet.

The Stuttgart Foreigners' Registration Office has structured its areas of work and the information it provides accordingly as follows:

• Recruitment of foreign employees
• Residence permits for EU citizens and nationals of EEA states (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein)
• Residence permit for students
• Residence permit for the purpose of au pair employment
• Electronic residence permits
• Application for participation in federal integration courses
• Residence permit
• Transfer of residence permits to new passports
• Declarations of commitment for visitor visas
• Other matters relating to foreigners

The Stuttgart Immigration Office also provides support with questions regarding naming rights - i.e. if a change of first name and/or surname is desired.

The Migration Department of the Social Welfare Office - the additional service for migrants in Stuttgart

In addition to the Stuttgart Immigration Office, the state capital of Baden-Württemberg has also set up a specialist migration office. This is intended to offer migrants advice and support on all important aspects of settling in Germany. It provides additional advice for these groups of people.
The focus is on the following topics:

• Right of residence
• Family reunification
• Refugee law
• EU law
• social benefits
• material assistance
• voluntary return

The Migration Office supports the work of the Stuttgart Immigration Office. In addition, the Asylum Working Group, the Social Service for Refugees of the Protestant Society, the Caritas Migration Centers and the Refugee Social Service of the Workers' Welfare Association in Stuttgart also make important contributions to the work with foreigners, which complement the services offered by the Stuttgart Foreigners' Registration Office in a meaningful way.

• Ausländerbehörde in Stuttgart grants residence permits or refuses residence permits,
  
  
• Ausländerbehörde in Stuttgart grants residence permits and issues passport substitute.
  
  
• Ausländerbehörde in Stuttgart accepts formal obligations.

Important for Aufenthaltserlaubnis (residence permits) in Stuttgart: Health insurance

Important, if you apply for an Aufenthaltstitels (residence permit) in Stuttgart: Health insurance

Important for formal obligations for visitors in Stuttgart: Health insurance

• (Immigration Offices) Ausländeramt / Ausländerbehörde in Fellbach (PLZ: 70734)
• (Immigration Offices) Ausländeramt / Ausländerbehörde in Kornwestheim (PLZ: 70806)