How do I avoid being deported from Germany at the Airport if my student visa is expired by a week or so?
I am an American citizen who has been in Germany on a student visa. My visa expires the first of August but my parents have not gotten my plane ticket yet. As they are currently working on it, it will be some weeks until I can get a flight out of Germany to return to the states. I was told, even though I could be at the airport with my ticket ready to return to the states that I could still get in trouble and possibly be deported even though I'm technically trying to leave the country as I should, just later than I am supposed to. I am registered in Mannheim Germany but I'm currently in Berlin Germany. question: who do i need to talk to and can i do it in berlin. what do i tell them. does anyone know about this process to get some sort of little extension for my situation? I know i need to do this now as I am still technically legal, for about one more week lol. If anyone has any experience or information about the best way of doing this so I'm not getting into any trouble and so its possible to leave Germany in a good standing so I may come back whenever I'd like. Thanks in advance! Yes I know Berlin has all the proper offices but I just need to know exactly where to go and what to say to make this as easy as possible. Anyone with actual experience? I've learned on the internet about the "Fiktionsbescheinigung" is this what I need to ask for? Where do I get it and what kind of documents would I need? thank you for your input but as I said I am currently in Berlin. Since all the MAIN things are here in Berlin, is it not possible that I can take care of these things here because its not possible for me to travel back to Mannheim where I originally registered before my visa expires.
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There is likely an immigration office there in Berlin. If you explain your problem they can probably help.
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You have four choices: 1. apply for an extension of your stay [which could be done at the "Ausländerbehörde" of the Mannheim town-hall] 2. leave the country by 08/01/09 3. leave later and get not caught due to peak time and long queues at passport checks by border protection. 4. be noticed as over-stayer and may be added to the Schengen Information System and refused further entries to Europe [to include the U.K. and Ireland which don't participate in the border-less travel program but in the SIS].. Edit: the so called "Fiktionsbescheinigung" is a statement that you have applied for extension of your stay in Germany and that you are authorized to stay until the final decision of your application has been made. Further Edit: your question [same as the first one] is just to vague to get comprehensive answers. If you should have permanently moved to Berlin you should have applied for notice of departure at Mannheim and should have registered at Berlin. Without doing this Mannheim is still your POC for any immigration issues. Last Edit: Although Berlin is the capital Germany is a Federal Republic of 16 Federal States with different responsibilities for certain issues. It's the same like you could not go to Washington D.C. and have your driver's license extended if it was issued by the New York State DMV.
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