Residence ordinance
Basic data | |
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Title: | Residence ordinance |
Abbreviation: | Residence Ordinance |
Type: | Federal Ordinance |
Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
Issued on the basis of: | 1 § 42 No. 4,.. § 69 2, 3, 5, 6,. 1 § 99, 2. Residence ; Section 11 (1) FreizügG / EU |
Legal matter: | Administrative law |
References : | 26-12-1 |
Issued on: | November 25, 2004 ( BGBl. I p. 2945 ) |
Entry into force on: | January 1, 2005 |
Last change by: |
Art. 170 VO of June 19, 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1328, 1348 ) |
Effective date of the last change: |
June 27, 2020 (Art. 361 of June 19, 2020) |
Please note the note on the applicable legal version. |
The Residence Ordinance is a statutory ordinance applicable in Germany , which mainly contains supplementary provisions for the implementation of the Residence Act . It was enacted as Article 1 of the Ordinance Implementing the Immigration Act.
Subject matter
The ordinance contains regulations on the following subjects:
- Passport requirement for foreigners; Admission of foreign and introduction of German passport substitute papers (§§ 1 to 14);
- Exemptions from the requirement of a residence permit , in particular a visa , and restrictions on exemptions for foreigners who want to work in the federal territory (Sections 15 to 30), including special regulations for flight personnel ( Section 23 ), seafarers ( Section 24 ) and inland waterway transport ( Section 25 );
- Requirement for the approval of the immigration authorities or the highest state authority in the visa procedure (Sections 31 to 38);
- Recognition of research institutions for the special admission procedure according to the EU Researcher Guideline and conclusion of admission agreements with researchers from third countries (Sections 38a to 38f);
- Possibilities of obtaining the residence permit in the federal territory for longer stays without a preceding visa procedure (§§ 39 to 41);
- Relocation of the residence of refugees within the EU, provided they fall under a certain EU directive (§§ 42, 43);
- Collection, reduction and exemption of fees for official acts in the area of immigration law (Sections 44 to 54);
- Regulatory regulations, especially on identification obligations (Sections 55 to 57a);
- Templates for residence permits and forms for passport replacement papers (Sections 58 to 61);
- Files of the immigration authorities and data transfers to immigration authorities (§§ 62 to 76a) and
- Administrative offenses (Sections 77, 78).
materials
- First draft from 2002: Federal Council printed matter 823/02 (PDF; 12.8 MB)
- Second draft from 2003: Federal Council printed matter 28/03 (PDF; 42.9 MB)
- Third and final draft with justification for the government: Bundesrat printed matter 731/04 (PDF; 62.8 MB)
- Draft of the ordinance amending the Residence Ordinance and the AZRG Implementing Ordinance with government reasons : Bundesrats-Drucksache 659/05 (PDF; 2.7 MB)
- Draft of the first ordinance amending the residence ordinance with reasons for the government: Bundesrat printed matter 874/06 (PDF; 41 kB)
- Second ordinance amending the Residence Ordinance ( Federal Law Gazette 2008 I p. 252 ) - Federal Council approval was not required for this; therefore no government statement has been published
- Draft of the third ordinance amending the residence ordinance with reasons for the government: Bundesrat-Drucksache 164/08 (PDF; 52 kB)