Niederlassungserlaubnis in Berlin: How long is the processing time??

[fredmoreau 0]

Since the experience recounted above seem at least in part related to the chaos of the pandemic, I wonder how processing times have developed in the past year. Has anyone applied for (and received) a Niederlassungserlaubnis in 2022?

[fredmoreau 0]

Since the experience recounted above seem at least in part related to the chaos of the pandemic, I wonder how processing times have developed in the past year. Has anyone applied for (and received) a Niederlassungserlaubnis in 2022?

[fredmoreau 0]

Has anyone applied for a Niederlassungserlaubnis in 2022 and, if so, what have the processing times been like? It seems like some of the experiences recounted above were related to the chaos of the pandemic (at least I hope so).

[travelerworker 116]

11 hours ago, fredmoreau said:

Has anyone applied for a Niederlassungserlaubnis in 2022 and, if so, what have the processing times been like? It seems like some of the experiences recounted above were related to the chaos of the pandemic (at least I hope so).

My advice is, if you have the possibility is to move to a small city outside Berlin, some village. They  willl process your case way faster.

A friend of mine, last year, took 4 months for it in Munich, while another colleague the previous year took 5 days in some village 50km from Munich...

[europaeuropa 120]

A tip: An alternative (or add-on) to the legal route of complaining about slow processing of residence permits, is to contact members of the "Integrationsrat" (or whatever your city calls it) or local politicians.

 

Members of the integrationsrat often contain non-EU members of the public living in the city who are not politicians themselves, but are often loosely affiliated with a political party, and who have a direct line to the powers that be at the town hall / Behoerde. 

 

If you dig around your town hall / Behoerde website you'll find Tagesordnung Minutes published where their reps occasionally flag issues.

 

Alternatively, you can try contacting a real local politician. Occasionally they'll flag issues. In both cases, even if you reveal your real name to them, they will almost always reply and ask you whether you wish to remain anonymous (or not) when they flag the issue higher - sometimes even beyond town to state level.

 

Contacting any of the above can sometimes magically and curiously result in your residency being processed faster :-)

 

PS: The town Tagesordnung minutes are often very boring (traffic cones etc) but they often have real treasures hidden in there ;-)