Immigration offices for residence card fingerprints and collection

How your city’s office invites you and hands over the card

Not every Ausländerbehörde works the same way. Some invite you for fingerprints and a photo and send a second invitation when the card is ready, while others post the card or let you collect it at a counter. The details for your city show what its office does, how to arrange the visit and what to bring, such as your passport and any letter you received.

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9 offices in Cologne

  • Cologne

    Bezirksausländeramt Chorweiler

    Pariser Platz 1, 50765 Cologne

    Collect the card in person, or send a representative who has your written authority.

    Office website+4922122194286

    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.

  • Cologne

    Bezirksausländeramt Ehrenfeld

    Venloer Straße 419–421, 50825 Cologne

    Your invitation names the venue and time for collecting the card, so check it before you set off.

    Office website+4922122194284

    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.

  • Cologne

    Bezirksausländeramt Innenstadt

    Ludwigstraße 8, 50667 Cologne

    If someone collects it for you, they need your written authority, their own ID and your old residence document.

    Office website+4922122194281

    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.

  • Cologne

    Bezirksausländeramt Kalk

    Dillenburger Straße 56–66, 51105 Cologne

    The card can also be delivered to your home under separate rules, and a representative cannot accept it for you.

    Office website+4922122199100

    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.

  • Cologne

    Bezirksausländeramt Lindenthal

    Aachener Straße 220, 50931 Cologne

    If your collection instructions are unclear, email or phone the district office before you go.

    Office website+4922122194283

    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.

  • Cologne

    Bezirksausländeramt Mülheim

    Dillenburger Straße 56–66, 51105 Cologne

    Your invitation gives the exact venue, because processing at the former location has ended.

    Office website+4922122199100

    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.

  • Cologne

    Bezirksausländeramt Nippes

    Neusser Straße 450, 50733 Cologne

    Come only at the time in your invitation, as the district office’s phone hours are not collection slots.

    Office website+4922122194285

    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.

  • Cologne

    Bezirksausländeramt Porz

    Alfred-Moritz-Platz 1, 51143 Cologne

    If someone collects for you, the one-time authority form must name the document being collected.

    Office website+4922122199100

    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.

  • Cologne

    Bezirksausländeramt Rodenkirchen

    Mannesmannstraße 10, 50996 Cologne

    Cologne normally expects you to collect the card yourself, and a representative is accepted only with written authority.

    Office website+4922122194282

    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.

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