Foreigners' Registration Office - general information

It is located on the 2nd floor of Erlangen Town Hall. The address is: Rathausplatz 1, 91052 Erlangen. There are bus stops at Neuer Markt.

If you want to come to us by car, you can use the privately run parking garage right next to the town hall. The address is Schuhstraße 42. You can find more parking options in the city center here.

Our opening hours and telephone availability can be found here.

The Foreigners' Registration Office primarily processes applications for residence permits and issues residence documents. It is responsible for foreigners who

• live in Erlangen or
• are registered in Erlangen.

You can find information on registration here

What is the Foreigners' Registration Office not responsible for?

It is not responsible for social benefits or for finding accommodation; this is done by other departments of the city administration. You can find information on these benefits under

Social assistance; Applying for basic income support in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity

Findingaccommodation

Citizen's allowance

Benefits for asylum seekers

All access to the Foreigners' Registration Office is via the central entrance and waiting area on the second floor of the town hall. There you register at a registration terminal and wait to be called for your appointment with the clerk or at the information desk.

Do you have an appointment?

Then you will be called by your clerk via the call monitors in the waiting area and go to the room indicated there.

You do not have an appointment?

You will be called via the call monitors to the staff at the information desk in the entrance area. There you can, for example

• discuss your request
• hand in applications and documents
• collect documents.
  
  

No. Documents can be deposited in the letterbox in the waiting area. Please ensure that they are appropriately labeled and packaged so that they can be correctly allocated by our staff.

You have several options for submitting your applications and making appointment requests:

Telephone appointment

This is possible at the following times:
Tuesday: 1.30 p.m. to 3.00 p.m.
Wednesday: 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m.
Thursday: 13.30 to 15.00

Department for permanent residence:
Telephone: 09131/86-2186, -2432,-2258

Department for students, education, employment, skilled workers, temporary stays
Telephone: 09131/86-2879,-2089, -1512,-3424,-2451

Department for asylum and humanitarian stays
Telefon: 09131/86-1213,-2613,-2840,-1578,-1830

Department of Integration
Telephone: 09131/86-2121,-2497

Send an e-mail to the following collective accounts

einbuergerung@stadt.erlangen.de - for naturalization and citizenship matters
auslaenderbehoerde@stadt.erlangen.de - for general immigration matters

332-1@stadt.erlangen.de - for permanent residence
332-2@stadt.erlangen.de for students, education, employment, skilled workers
332-3@stadt.erlangen.de - for asylum and humanitarian stays
auslaenderbehoerde-integration@stadt.erlangen.de - for integration courses

Sending as a letter

Please send application documents to: City of Erlangen, Bürgeramt, Ausländerbehörde, eventuell Fachabteilung, Rathausplatz 1, 91052 Erlangen.

Digital

Use our digital services to submit your application. Here you will find our most important online services