Extend residence permit to look for a job after completing your studies

Source: BUS Rheinland-Pfalz

As a graduate of a German university, you have a legal right to a residence permit to look for a job.
The residence permit will be issued to you for a maximum of 18 months directly after your studies. If this maximum period was not used at the time of the first issue, the residence permit may be extended accordingly. However, if you cannot find a job during these 18 months, an extension is excluded and you are obliged to leave Germany.
This residence permit allows unrestricted employment.

You can only submit an application for an extension of a residence permit in person to the immigration office responsible for your place of residence.
- You submit the required documents in the original and pay the application fee.
- The Immigration Office checks whether the grant requirements are met.
- If all requirements are met, the Immigration Office will take up your biometric data (photo, fingerprints) and order the electronic residence title (eAT) from Bundesdruckerei GmbH.
- As soon as the eAT is completed, it will be handed over to you by the Immigration Office.

- valid national passport,
- proof of secure livelihood (e.t. employment contract and pay slips, bank statements, submission of a declaration of commitment by third parties),
- proof of health insurance,
- certificate of completion, certificate or certificate from your university of study about the successful completion of your studies,
- 1 current biometric photo,
- Please ask the immigration office responsible for you whether you need to submit further documents.

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