Urgent concerns before Christmas and New Year's Eve 2024

The holidays (Christmas and New Year) this year are in the middle of the week - the city administration is closed from December 24th to December 26th, 2024 and December 31st, 2024 to January 1st, 2025. This results in only a few working days during this time. We therefore recommend that you contact us in good time - if possible well before December 20th, 2024 - if your residence permit/toleration expires during this time or you need to take care of other urgent matters. To do so, please use the email address aufenthaltsrecht@stadt-muenster.de. You can also reach us between the public holidays via our email address aufenthaltsrecht@stadt-muenster.de.

The residence law is part of the Office of migration and integration. We are the first point of contact for all residence matters in the city of Münster. More than 60 employees ensure that all official procedures concerning entry and residence titles run as smoothly as possible. We check the granting of residence permits and settlement permits for you. In addition, we are also there for you if you are in possession of a toleration. And during the asylum procedure we issue and extend your residence permit.
You will find us near the Ludgerikreisel at Ludgeriplatz 4, entrance Südstraße in Stadthaus 2. If you have any questions about your stay in Münster, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Questions about the German citizenship

If you are interested in acquiring the German citizenship, please contact the Citizenship and Nationality Authority. You can find the contact details linked here:

German citizenship

Make an appointment

In order to be able to process your request as soon as possible, it is no longer possible to book an appointment independently. Instead, the appointment arrangement was changed to an appointment request. With this procedure, we would like to enable you to receive the extension of your residence permit or an appointment for the submission of the declaration of commitment as soon as possible.
Further information about the appointment request

We are also constantly improving our digital service. It is now possible to submit all the information and documents required to submit a letter of intent online and apply for the issuance and extension of many residence permits (residence permit or settlement permit) online.
Further information about the online service

When the residence permit gets here from the Federal Printing Office in Berlin, you will get a letter with your PIN- and PUK-number. We will send you an appointment to pick up your residence permit. Please do not come around to pick up your residence permit without an appointment.

If you are staying abroad and wish to enter Germany, you will find further information on travel restrictions on the website of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Construction and Home Affairs.

At last, we have some suggestions for your personal visit:

1. Please do not visit us without an appointment! If you have any questions concerning your stay in Germany, please contact us via phone (02 51/4 92–36 36) or e-mail. A personal visit isn’t possible, except you have an appointment!
2. If you have an appointment for you and your family members, please enter the office solo. Your family members can wait in the waiting room and you can enter the office one after another.

Thank you for your comprehension!