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Settlement Permit for Refugee or Asylum-Entitled Person — Three-Year Route

GermanyLong-term residence

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

A settlement permit (Niederlassungserlaubnis), an open-ended residence title, for holders of a residence permit under section 25(1) or 25(2) first sentence; the same rules apply to holders of a section 23(4) permit unless grounds for withdrawal exist.

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What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

Three years of holding the residence permit; the period of the asylum procedure that preceded the permit counts towards it.

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    er die Aufenthaltserlaubnis seit drei Jahren besitzt, wobei die Aufenthaltszeit des der Erteilung der Aufenthaltserlaubnis vorangegangenen Asylverfahrens abweichend von § 55 Absatz 3 des Asylgesetzes auf die für die Erteilung der Niederlassungserlaubnis erforderliche Zeit des Besitzes einer Aufenthaltserlaubnis angerechnet wird,

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

Section 9(4) crediting rules apply accordingly to the three-year route, so lawful residence for study or vocational training counts at half.

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  • How section 9(4) credits combine with the refugee-specific period is not spelled out in the sources.

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

Stays abroad that did not end the residence permit count for at most six months each. A recognised refugee's or asylum-entitled person's residence title does not lapse on departure while they hold a valid German-issued refugee travel document; if responsibility for the travel document passes to another state after leaving, there is no claim to a new title.

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What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

Further conditions are that BAMF has not notified that conditions for revocation or withdrawal exist; command of German (BAMF: level C1); livelihood very largely secured; and the conditions of section 9(2) sentence 1 nos. 4-6, 8 and 9. The official source does not state the application procedure or renewal, retention or loss rules.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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