Residence, visa and citizenship law · No asylum or BAMF asylum proceedings.

Refusal · service · deadline

Start with the exact date.

Official immigration decisions can carry short court or response deadlines.

Keep immediately

  • every page of the decision
  • the envelope or electronic delivery record
  • the precise date you received it
  • previous applications and correspondence

State in your request

Put the deadline and type of decision in the email subject. Provide complete, legible copies.

An email or telephone call alone does not create a lawyer-client relationship or preserve a deadline. Deadline monitoring begins only after the mandate is expressly accepted.