If you would like to change your study programme, please note: You must inform the Foreigners' Registration Office (Ausländerbehörde) about a change of your study programme as early as possible! Otherwise your stay is illegal!
Registration at the place of residence
Within one week after moving into a room or an apartment, you have to register at the Bürgerzentrum (Abteilung für Ausländerangelegenheiten – Department for Foreigners' Affairs) with your new address! If you move out of your room and move abroad, you must also deregister your apartment. If you move to another apartment within your place of residence, you have to re-register.
Please observe the obligation to register!
EU Citizens: Residence Permit (Aufenthaltsanzeiger) / Certificate of Right of Residence (Bescheinigung des Aufenthaltsrechts)
EU citizens as well as citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway must register at the city's Bürgerzentrum if they plan to stay for more than three months. They must apply there for a Bescheinigung über ihr gemeinschaftsrechtliches Aufenthaltsrecht = Freizügigkeitsbescheinigung.
Required for this application are:
- Aufenthaltsanzeiger for nationals of the member states of the European Union and the EEA states as well as their family members
- valid passport/identity card
Do not enter the country as a tourist or visitor! Once you have entered Germany, a tourist visa cannot be converted into a student visa.
You can find further information on the website of the German Federal Foreign Office.
Non-EU Citizens: Application for a Residence Title / Residence Permit (Aufenthaltstitel / Aufenthaltserlaubnis)
After their arrival in Regensburg, non-EU citizens must register at the Regensburg Bürgerzentrum within one week and apply for a residence permit. The residence permit for students will only be issued after enrolment.
The following documents are required to apply for a residence permit:
- application form for a residence permit (can be found at Formularcenter des Bürgerzentrums Regensburg, website only available in German)
- valid passport with entry visa
- certificate of enrolment from the university
- certificate of health insurance
- biometric passport photo
- proof of secure livelihood (proof of financing – information DAAD)
- money for fees (about 110 €)
Contact for the city of Regensburg:
Bürgerzentrum der Stadt Regensburg – Abteilung Ausländerangelegenheiten
Maximilianstraße 26, 93047 Regensburg
Tel. 0941 / 507-2777
E-Mail:auslaenderangelegenheiten(at)regensburg.de
Please note the opening hours of the Foreigners' Registration Office!