u/Icy-Salt5649

Hi everyone,

I’m currently waiting for my residence permit extension from the Stuttgart Ausländerbehörde. I’ve already applied and received a confirmation email, but I haven’t received any update yet. My current permit expires in about 2 weeks.

I urgently need the Fiktionsbescheinigung because:

I need to renew my HiWi contract, and

I’m about to start my Master’s thesis.

I wanted to ask specifically:

- Has anyone had success going directly early in the morning without an appointment in Stuttgart? Does that actually work?

- What do they usually consider an “emergency”? Would contract renewal / thesis start count?

- If you went in person, how quickly were you able to get a Fiktionsbescheinigung?

- Does it help to bring a letter from a professor/employer explaining urgency?

- In general, has anyone in a similar situation managed to get a faster response?

I’m trying to figure out whether I should just wait, keep emailing, or go there in person.

Any recent experiences with Stuttgart would really help!

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u/Icy-Salt5649 — 16 days ago