Procedure descriptions

Apply for an electronic residence permit (eAT)

You will receive your residence permit in the form of a card with additional electronic functions. Infants and children will also receive their own card. Inside the card, the eAT contains a contactless chip. It stores

  • biometric data (photograph, fingerprints from the age of six),
  • additional provisions relating to the residence permit (for example, conditions and requirements) as well as
  • personal data.

The eAT has an online identification function that enables you to use public services and commercial online services provided via the internet. Use of the online identification function is voluntary.

The eAT covers the following residence permits:

  • Residence permit
  • EU Blue Card
  • Settlement permit
  • EU long-term residence permit
  • Residence card for third-country nationals who are family members of nationals of an EU or EEA country
  • Long-term residence card for third-country nationals who are family members of nationals of an EU or EEA country
  • Residence permit for Swiss nationals and their family members from third countries, if they opt for an eAT
  • ICT card
  • Mobile ICT card

Forms/Online Services

Responsible authority

the Immigration Office

The Foreigners’ Registration Office is

  • if you live in an urban district or a district town: the city council
  • if you live in a municipality within a district: the district administration
Ausländer, Staatsangehörigkeit, Standesamtsaufsicht [Landratsamt Ortenaukreis]

Details

Prerequisite

Please note: A residence permit in the form of a sticker in your passport or passport substitute documents, which was already in force before 31 August 2011, must now be issued as an eAT. Stickers may still be used in exceptional cases and only for temporary use.

Procedure

You must apply for the electronic residence permit in person at the relevant office. They will take your fingerprints there. Children aged six and over must also provide their fingerprints.

Deadlines

Apply for the electronic residence permit in credit card format in good time before your current residence permit or travel document expires.

Required documents

  • Passport or alternative travel documents
  • , a recent digital biometric photograph: You can have this taken at a certified photography service or at the Foreigners’ Registration Office
  • additional documents, depending on the procedures that have taken place previously

Please check with the relevant authority in advance to find out which documents you need to provide.

Costs

  • Issue of a residence permit or ICT card: 100.00 EUR
  • Extension of a residence permit or ICT card for up to three months: 96.00 EUR
  • Extension of a residence permit or ICT card for more than three months: 93.00 EUR
  • Settlement permit: 113.00 EUR
  • EC long-term residence permit: 109.00 EUR
  • Settlement permit for highly qualified persons: 147.00 EUR
  • Settlement permit to carry out self-employed work: 124.00 EUR
  • Issue of a Mobile ICT Card: 80.00 EUR
  • Renewal of a Mobiler ICT card: 70.00 EUR
  • Fee for reissue (for example, upon expiry of the previous passport or passport substitute): 67.00 EUR
  • Taking a photograph at the Foreigners’ Registration Office: 6.00 EUR

Miscellaneous

Detailed information on the eAT’s online ID function can be found on the website of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.

Detailed information

You can find all you need to know about the electronic residence title in various languages on the internet page of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.

Legal basis

Aufenthaltsverordnung (AufenthV):

  • § 44 Gebühren für die Niederlassungserlaubnis
  • § 44a Gebühren für die Erlaubnis zum Daueraufenthalt-EG
  • § 45 Gebühren für die Aufenthaltserlaubnis, die Blaue Karte EU, die ICT-Karte und die Mobiler-ICT-Karte
  • § 45c Gebühr bei Neuausstellung
  • § 48 Gebühren für pass- und ausweisrechtliche Maßnahmen
  • § 61h Anwendung der Personalausweisverordnung

Gesetz über den Aufenthalt, die Erwerbstätigkeit und die Integration von Ausländern im Bundesgebiet (Aufenthaltsgesetz - (AufenthG):

  • § 78 Dokumente mit elektronischem Speicher- und Verarbeitungsmedium
  • § 78a Vordrucke für Aufenthaltstitel in Ausnahmefällen, Ausweisersatz und Bescheinigungen

Release note

machine generated, based on the German release by: Justizministerium Baden-Württemberg, 17.07.2026