Bavaria · Immigration office (Ausländerbehörde)

Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Lindau (Bodensee)

The immigration office responsible for 19 towns and municipalities with about 82,411 inhabitants. Name of the unit on the office’s own website: Ausländer- und Personenstandswesen.

Contact

Address: Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Lindau (Bodensee)
Bregenzer Straße 33
88131 Lindau (Bodensee)
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Phone: +49 8382 270-400
E-mail: auslaenderamt@landkreis-lindau.de
Fax: +49 8382 270204
Office’s website: landkreis-lindau.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 Lindau (Bodensee) is responsible for these places. As a rule the place where you live decides; local responsibility is set by state law.

Lindau (Bodensee)25,845
Lindenberg i. Allgäu11,587
Weiler-Simmerberg6,365
Scheidegg4,432
Wasserburg (Bodensee)3,823
Heimenkirch3,484
Bodolz2,962
Sigmarszell2,931
Weißensberg2,712
Hergatz2,448
Opfenbach2,337
Röthenbach (Allgäu)1,955
Hergensweiler1,893
Stiefenhofen1,869
Nonnenhorn1,756
Oberreute1,654
Grünenbach1,581
Maierhöfen1,470
Gestratz1,307

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 Lindau (Bodensee)?

Address: Bregenzer Straße 33, 88131 Lindau (Bodensee). Phone: +49 8382 270-400. E-mail: auslaenderamt@landkreis-lindau.de.

How do I get an appointment at the Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Lindau (Bodensee)?

The office explains on its website how it gives appointments: https://www.landkreis-lindau.de/Wir-f%C3%BCr-Sie/Online-Bereich/Online-Antr%C3%A4ge/Ausl%C3%A4nderwesen-und-Einb%C3%BCrgerung/index.php?object=tx,4120.1.1&ModID=9&FID=1188.716.1&NavID=2846.156

Which places does the Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Lindau (Bodensee) serve?

19 towns and municipalities, among them Lindau (Bodensee), Lindenberg i. Allgäu, Weiler-Simmerberg, Scheidegg, Wasserburg (Bodensee), Heimenkirch, Bodolz, Sigmarszell 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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