Immigration offices for residence card fingerprints and collection

Bring your current valid national passport and the old national passport. Also bring the old residence card and supplementary sheet, Fiktionsbescheinigung and replacement travel document if issued. For collection by someone else, provide the signed collection authority and the required documents; check the official authority form before sending a representative. Read the information about the card’s online identification function before collection.

Bring your passport, any current residence card and the evidence requested for your case. Augsburg requires a digital biometric photograph: the migration department takes one on site for €6, or a certified studio or participating retailer can transmit one securely. A paper photograph cannot be used for the eAT. Confirm children’s attendance and any additional documents with the team; a child below the fingerprinting age may still need to attend. Permit fees are separate from the photograph charge.

Bring your passport or replacement and previous residence card, if held. An authorised collector needs written authority and their own passport or ID and must be at least 14.

Ask for the documents needed for the particular card appointment, including accepted photograph and identity evidence; follow the confirmation rather than another city’s checklist. Confirm readiness before travelling to collect. If expiry, essential travel or threatened job loss makes the case urgent, explain it through the city’s designated urgent-contact route with supporting evidence. The authority assesses any interim-status certificate separately.

For counter collection bring passport/travel document, previous eAT/travel document if held and the Fiktionsbescheinigung; a representative needs written authority. For the box use your registered phone number and SMS PIN, and place old documents in the compartment as instructed, including the old eAT supplement and any Fiktionsbescheinigung. Do not go before readiness confirmation.

Check your invitation for identification, photograph requirements, old-document return and any other documents before attending. The city requires personal attendance for the two stages; do not assume proxy collection is available. Its eAT procedure estimate of six to eight weeks is not a guaranteed collection date or total application deadline. Confirm the fee and payment instructions for your permit; EC payment is available.

Supply the documents requested by your residence application and appointment invitation. For the photo, bring a QR code from a compatible digital provider or use the paid capture equipment in waiting area 1 or 2; paper photos are not accepted. Allow about fifteen minutes for capture plus queues and follow the invitation’s access instructions. A representative may collect only under the office’s authorisation conditions: the linked form requires an adult collector with photo ID and the applicant’s passport, and contains PIN-letter declarations. Confirm the applicable form and acceptance before sending someone; a representative cannot change your personal online-ID PIN. Fees vary by residence document and are notified with the appointment.

Bring the identity and case documents your invitation asks for. Since May 2025 only compliant digital passport photos are accepted, captured at the authority or by a suitable photo provider; a phone image is not accepted. Confirm the fee in the invitation or at application. Keep your delivery address current and ask the authority about urgent travel, delayed production or a special collection arrangement instead of assuming the card will be available within exactly four weeks.

Bring passport or accepted travel document and the other evidence requested for your case. Chemnitz requires certified digital photos for residence permits; the immigration office has capture equipment, or a certified photographer can supply the image. The city’s charge for a photo taken at the office is €6; confirm current arrangements and the separate permit fee. Ask what to bring for collection and whether an old document must be returned.

For office collection follow the invitation’s document list. If using a proxy, print and complete the city’s one-use authority and provide the old residence document; the proxy brings their ID. Direct delivery can be chosen at application from age sixteen, costs an additional €15 even if the ordinary fee is waived, and requires your personal receipt with a valid national passport. Missed deliveries are held for seven working days at the post office, then returned to the authority; the €15 is not refunded.

For office collection follow the invitation’s document list. If using a proxy, print and complete the city’s one-use authority and provide the old residence document; the proxy brings their ID. Direct delivery can be chosen at application from age sixteen, costs an additional €15 even if the ordinary fee is waived, and requires your personal receipt with a valid national passport. Missed deliveries are held for seven working days at the post office, then returned to the authority; the €15 is not refunded.

For office collection follow the invitation’s document list. If using a proxy, print and complete the city’s one-use authority and provide the old residence document; the proxy brings their ID. Direct delivery can be chosen at application from age sixteen, costs an additional €15 even if the ordinary fee is waived, and requires your personal receipt with a valid national passport. Missed deliveries are held for seven working days at the post office, then returned to the authority; the €15 is not refunded.

For office collection follow the invitation’s document list. If using a proxy, print and complete the city’s one-use authority and provide the old residence document; the proxy brings their ID. Direct delivery can be chosen at application from age sixteen, costs an additional €15 even if the ordinary fee is waived, and requires your personal receipt with a valid national passport. Missed deliveries are held for seven working days at the post office, then returned to the authority; the €15 is not refunded.

For office collection follow the invitation’s document list. If using a proxy, print and complete the city’s one-use authority and provide the old residence document; the proxy brings their ID. Direct delivery can be chosen at application from age sixteen, costs an additional €15 even if the ordinary fee is waived, and requires your personal receipt with a valid national passport. Missed deliveries are held for seven working days at the post office, then returned to the authority; the €15 is not refunded.

For office collection follow the invitation’s document list. If using a proxy, print and complete the city’s one-use authority and provide the old residence document; the proxy brings their ID. Direct delivery can be chosen at application from age sixteen, costs an additional €15 even if the ordinary fee is waived, and requires your personal receipt with a valid national passport. Missed deliveries are held for seven working days at the post office, then returned to the authority; the €15 is not refunded.

For office collection follow the invitation’s document list. If using a proxy, print and complete the city’s one-use authority and provide the old residence document; the proxy brings their ID. Direct delivery can be chosen at application from age sixteen, costs an additional €15 even if the ordinary fee is waived, and requires your personal receipt with a valid national passport. Missed deliveries are held for seven working days at the post office, then returned to the authority; the €15 is not refunded.

For office collection follow the invitation’s document list. If using a proxy, print and complete the city’s one-use authority and provide the old residence document; the proxy brings their ID. Direct delivery can be chosen at application from age sixteen, costs an additional €15 even if the ordinary fee is waived, and requires your personal receipt with a valid national passport. Missed deliveries are held for seven working days at the post office, then returned to the authority; the €15 is not refunded.

For office collection follow the invitation’s document list. If using a proxy, print and complete the city’s one-use authority and provide the old residence document; the proxy brings their ID. Direct delivery can be chosen at application from age sixteen, costs an additional €15 even if the ordinary fee is waived, and requires your personal receipt with a valid national passport. Missed deliveries are held for seven working days at the post office, then returned to the authority; the €15 is not refunded.

Check the confirmation/invitation for the documents required and use the linked city form if authorising someone else. Change or cancel using the confirmation email’s instructions. For a genuinely earlier urgent appointment use the service-portal request with evidence, such as an employer’s letter for essential work/start or business travel; a holiday is not an accepted example of urgency. The authority assesses the request and sends the invitation/checklist. Box users should follow the city’s separate collection guide.

Bring your invitation with its QR code and every document it asks for; arrive punctually. At the photo station the city instructs you to use your date of birth as the password. Check current access arrangements: the city names the north entrance; confirm accessibility before visiting. Emergency appointments are exceptional, for example a permit expiring in under two weeks or a medical emergency; private or business travel does not qualify on its own.