Usually, it takes 6 to 8 weeks until you receive a so-called PIN-Brief ( PIN letter ) from Berlin. You might wonder why from Berlin, the reason is that all residence permits are being printed in Berlin at the Federal Printing Office. After that letter, your residence permit card will be most likely within one week at your foreign department. Before COVID19 all Foreigners Departments requested an appointment to pick up the permit. Some are required to pick it up at the same department, with an appointment. Others offered to pick it up at the local Citizens’ Registration Office. Nowadays, some Foreigners Departments offer to send the Permit to your address. You need to know what is the right thing to do.
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