I’ve read a lot of times on reddit and some facebook groups that if you have Aufenthaltstitel you can’t stay outside of Germany for more than 6 months per calendar year.
But BAFM page\[1\] and the law\[2\] actually says
>”more than six months without interruption”
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>”7. if the foreigner leaves the federal territory and does not re-enter the federal territory within six months or within a longer period set by the foreigners authority,”
So where does the myth of “6 months per calendar year” comes? Any one has any experience regarding this? Can it be interpreted by officials differently? Or there is another law that overrides this?
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\[1\] [https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/MobilitaetEU/mobilitaeteu-node.html?fbclid=IwAR3DC64eH2QwNe4VnDANuF0nGia\_P2jckKdndHf826aNQwafRp7L81OFVOk](https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/MobilitaetEU/mobilitaeteu-node.html?fbclid=IwAR3DC64eH2QwNe4VnDANuF0nGia_P2jckKdndHf826aNQwafRp7L81OFVOk)
\[2\] [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch\_aufenthg/englisch\_aufenthg.html](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html)
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