Hesse · Immigration office (Ausländerbehörde)
Ausländerbehörde Werra-Meißner-Kreis
The immigration office responsible for 16 towns and municipalities with about 97,695 inhabitants.
Contact
- Address
- Ausländerbehörde Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Bremer Straße 10a
37269 Eschwege
Show on map - Phone
- +49 5651 302-30320
- Opening hours
- Telefonzeiten: Mo–Do 10:00–11:30 Uhr
As published by the office. Mo, Di, Mi, Do, Fr = Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri; “Uhr” = o’clock. - Fax
- +49 5651 302-30392
- Office’s website
- werra-meissner-kreis.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 Werra-Meißner-Kreis is responsible for these places. As a rule the place where you live decides; local responsibility is set by state law.
- Eschwege18,743
- Witzenhausen15,132
- Hessisch Lichtenau12,337
- Bad Sooden-Allendorf8,141
- Sontra7,466
- Großalmerode6,090
- Wehretal4,883
- Meinhard4,267
- Waldkappel4,052
- Wanfried4,050
- Meißner2,915
- Ringgau2,830
- Herleshausen2,620
- Neu-Eichenberg1,732
- Berkatal1,474
- Weißenborn963
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 Werra-Meißner-Kreis?
Address: Bremer Straße 10a, 37269 Eschwege. Phone: +49 5651 302-30320. E-mail: auslaenderbehoerde@werra-meissner-kreis.de. Opening hours as published by the office: Telefonzeiten: Mo–Do 10:00–11:30 Uhr.
How do I get an appointment at the Ausländerbehörde Werra-Meißner-Kreis?
The office explains on its website how it gives appointments: https://www.werra-meissner-kreis.de/fachbereiche-einrichtungen/stab-migration/mi-2-auslaenderbehoerde/dienstleistungen-und-ansprechpartner
Which places does the Ausländerbehörde Werra-Meißner-Kreis serve?
16 towns and municipalities, among them Eschwege, Witzenhausen, Hessisch Lichtenau, Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Sontra, Großalmerode, Wehretal, Meinhard 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.
More immigration offices in Hesse
- Ausländerbehörde Darmstadt
- Ausländerbehörde Frankfurt am Main
- Ausländerbehörde Offenbach am Main
- Ausländerbehörde Wiesbaden
- Ausländerbehörde Hanau
- Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Bergstraße
- Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg
- Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Groß-Gerau
- Ausländerbehörde Rüsselsheim am Main
- Ausländerbehörde Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe
- Ausländerbehörde Hochtaunuskreis
- Ausländerbehörde Main-Kinzig-Kreis
- Ausländerbehörde Main-Taunus-Kreis
- Ausländerbehörde Odenwaldkreis
- Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Offenbach
- Ausländerbehörde Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
- Ausländerbehörde Wetteraukreis
- Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Gießen
- Ausländerbehörde Gießen
- Ausländerbehörde Lahn-Dill-Kreis
- Ausländerbehörde Wetzlar
- Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg
- Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf
- Ausländerbehörde Marburg
- Ausländerbehörde Vogelsbergkreis
- Ausländerbehörde von Stadt und Landkreis Kassel
- Ausländerbehörde von Stadt und Landkreis Fulda
- Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Ausländerbehörde Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
- Ausländerbehörde Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg