Lower Saxony · Immigration office (Ausländerbehörde)

Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Celle

The immigration office responsible for 20 towns and municipalities with about 105,615 inhabitants. Name of the unit on the office’s own website: Ausländerstelle.

Contact

Address: Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Celle
Trift 26 a
29221 Celle
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Phone: +49 5141 916-0
E-mail: abh@lkcelle.de
Postal address: Postfach 2133
29261 Celle
Office’s website: landkreis-celle.de

Verified on 6 October 2026 on the official pages source 1, source 2. For applications with a deadline, make sure you can prove receipt; many offices give appointments online only.

Area of responsibility

The Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Celle is responsible for these places. As a rule the place where you live decides; local responsibility is set by state law.

Bergen12,991
Winsen (Aller)12,711
Südheide11,182
Hambühren10,208
Wietze7,387
Nienhagen6,420
Wathlingen6,405
Lachendorf6,059
Faßberg5,890
Eschede5,443
Wienhausen3,970
Eicklingen3,151
Adelheidsdorf2,660
Langlingen2,154
Bröckel2,006
Eldingen1,970
Ahnsbeck1,676
Hohne1,663
Beedenbostel961
Lohheide708

Good to know

The essentials for applications at the immigration office.

Renewing a residence permit
If you apply before your permit expires, it continues to apply until the office decides (§ 81 (4) AufenthG).
Guide (in German)
Fiktionsbescheinigung
The office issues a certificate on the effect of your application (§ 81 (5) AufenthG). Whether you may work with it depends on the application.
Guide (in German)
Settlement permit
Niederlassungserlaubnis: as a rule after five years with a residence permit, for skilled workers after three years (§ 9, § 18c AufenthG).
Guide (in German)
Naturalisation
A claim after five years of lawful residence (§ 10 StAG). The citizenship authority is responsible; in many places that is not the immigration office.
Guide (in German)
Moving
Register your new address within two weeks (§ 17 BMG). Which office is responsible afterwards is a matter of state law.
Guide (in German)
Formal obligation
Verpflichtungserklärung: whoever invites someone is liable for five years for public funds spent on that person’s living costs (§ 68 AufenthG).
Guide (in German)
No decision
After three months without a decision you can usually bring an action for failure to act (§ 75 VwGO).
Guide (in German)
Rejection
One month for an objection or a court action; neither suspends the rejection (§§ 70, 74 VwGO, § 84 AufenthG). An urgent application to the court can.
Guide (in German)

Frequently asked questions

How do I contact the Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Celle?

Address: Trift 26 a, 29221 Celle. Phone: +49 5141 916-0. E-mail: abh@lkcelle.de.

How do I get an appointment at the Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Celle?

The office explains on its website how it gives appointments: https://www.landkreis-celle.de/Verwaltung-Politik/Verwaltung/Ordnungsamt/Ausl%C3%A4nderangelegenheiten-Staatsangeh%C3%B6rigkeit-Personenstandswesen/

Which places does the Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Celle serve?

20 towns and municipalities, among them Bergen, Winsen (Aller), Südheide, Hambühren, Wietze, Nienhagen, Wathlingen, Lachendorf and others.

My residence permit expires and I have no appointment yet. What applies?

The application counts, not the appointment: if you apply for the extension before the permit expires, it is deemed to continue until the office decides (§ 81 (4) AufenthG). Apply in a way you can prove, for example in writing or through the office’s online form.

Is the immigration office also responsible for naturalisation?

Not everywhere. The naturalisation certificate is issued by the citizenship authority (§ 16 StAG); which body that is locally is decided by the federal state. In many places it is a different office.

Contact

Area of responsibility

Good to know

Renewing a residence permit

Fiktionsbescheinigung

Settlement permit

Naturalisation

Moving

Formal obligation

No decision

Rejection

Frequently asked questions

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