Baden-Württemberg · Immigration office (Ausländerbehörde)

Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Rastatt

The immigration office responsible for 19 towns and municipalities with about 115,509 inhabitants. Name of the unit on the office’s own website: Ausländerwesen.

Contact

Address: Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Rastatt
Am Schlossplatz 5
76437 Rastatt
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Phone: +49 7222 381-0
E-mail: auslaenderwesen@landkreis-rastatt.de
Fax: +49 7222 381 4399
Office’s website: landkreis-rastatt.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 Rastatt is responsible for these places. As a rule the place where you live decides; local responsibility is set by state law.

Gernsbach14,405
Durmersheim11,780
Sinzheim11,608
Kuppenheim8,224
Bühlertal7,764
Rheinmünster6,527
Bietigheim6,468
Muggensturm6,103
Iffezheim5,219
Ötigheim5,110
Lichtenau5,015
Hügelsheim4,999
Forbach4,562
Au am Rhein3,368
Elchesheim-Illingen3,262
Steinmauern3,201
Bischweier3,003
Loffenau2,491
Weisenbach2,400

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 Rastatt?

Address: Am Schlossplatz 5, 76437 Rastatt. Phone: +49 7222 381-0. E-mail: auslaenderwesen@landkreis-rastatt.de.

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

The office explains on its website how it gives appointments: https://www.landkreis-rastatt.de/landratsamt/aemteruebersicht/amt-fuer-migration-und-integration/auslaenderwesen

Which places does the Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Rastatt serve?

19 towns and municipalities, among them Gernsbach, Durmersheim, Sinzheim, Kuppenheim, Bühlertal, Rheinmünster, Bietigheim, Muggensturm 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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