So I recently had to get a new residency card because I got a new passport. Went to the Amt, paid, got the letter, and waiting for it to arrive.

So I don't know how, but I've lost the front page of the 2 page letter that they gave me at the end of the appointment…. I've attached the 2nd page.

Question: Can anyone tell me what the front page says, and if I've lost anything important?

Bonus question: it hasn't arrived after 10 days when I paid for express shipping (1 week). I'm not missing anything right? It's just shitty German post, I don't need to go and pick it up or anything?

by Odd-Blood4362

3 comments

  1. Like, the green one or the white one? The green one is important, the white one is probably just greetings and general info.

  3. There is no first page anymore, the procedure has changed in recent months. Previously, the Bundesdruckerei would send you a letter with the activation code for the online functions of your residence permit (Aufenthaltstitel). However, now you receive this “letter” directly at your appointment. The letter and the activation code are assigned to you at the time your new residence permit is ordered.

    The letters are already prepared and sealed in envelopes before your appointment. The caseworker does not open them. Instead, they simply register the number visible through the envelope’s window in the system. That number links the PIN to your personal residence permit card.

    For this reason, the new letters are “anonymous” and no longer contain a first page or a personal greeting as „Sehr geehrter Herr / Frau XY”.

    Edit: Or have you lost your „Vorläufige Bescheinigung über einen bewilligten Aufenthaltstitel?“

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