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DEU-2002-L-61888
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Act on the Residence, Economic Activity and Integration of Foreigners in the Federal Territory (Residence Act)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Germany
Subjects (Classification)
Migrant workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
2008-02-25
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
Gesetz über den Aufenthalt, die Erwerbstätigkeit und die Integration von Ausländern im Bundesgebiet (Aufenthaltsgesetz - AufenthG)
Abstract/Citation
Aims at enabling, regulating and restricting immigration of foreigners who are not citizens of the European Union. Lays out the legal framework for entry, residence and promotion of integration. See also Freedom of Movement for EU Citizens Act (Freizügigkeitsgesetz/EU - FreizügG/EU) for regulations concerning European citizens with non-German nationality.
Instrument(s)
C143 - Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975; R151 - Migrant Workers Recommendation, 1975
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2003-01-01
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Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
2013-04-09 (DEU-2013-R-95780)
Regulation on the examination and verification procedures for the final tests of integration courses
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2008-12-20 (DEU-2008-L-86729)
Act concerning adequate control of the labour market with respect to highly skilled professional immigrants and amending further legal residency Regulations (Labour Migration Control Law).
Amending text(s)
2011-06-23 (DEU-2011-L-89671)
Act to combat forced marriages and to better protect victims of forced marriage, and to amend some Acts on residence and asylum.
Amending text(s)
2011-04-12 (DEU-2011-L-89678)
Act to adopt into German legal system: Regulation (EC) No 380/2008 of 18 April 2008 and Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 concerning a uniform format for residence permits for third country nationals
Amending text(s)
2013-01-21 (DEU-2013-L-95543)
Act to amend the Freedom of Movement for EU Citizens Act and some other residents Acts.
Amending text(s)
2013-08-29 (DEU-2013-L-95790)
Act to improve the rights of internationally protected persons and foreign workers.
Amending text(s)
2014-12-23 (DEU-2014-L-98560)
Act to improve the legal position of asylum seekers and accepted foreigners.
Amending text(s)
2015-10-28 (DEU-2015-L-101619)
Act to improve accommodation, care and assistance for foreign children and young persons.
Amending text(s)
2015-12-21 (DEU-2015-L-101624)
Act to amend the Social Code - Book XII and some other Acts.
Amending text(s)
2015-07-27 (DEU-2015-L-101652)
Act on the redefinition of the right to stay and the termination of residence.
Amending text(s)
2016-07-31 (DEU-2016-L-104000)
Integration Act.
Amending text(s)
2016-12-22 (DEU-2016-L-104024)
Act to regulate the claims of foreign persons, basic security benefits for jobseekers according to the Second Book of Social Code, and in social welfare according to the Twelfth Book of Social Code
Amending text(s)
2017-05-12 (DEU-2017-L-106039)
Act on implementation of the European Union residence regulations for labour migration.
Amending text(s)
2017-07-17 (DEU-2017-L-106046)
Act to combat child marriages.
Amending text(s)
2018-03-08 (DEU-2018-L-108166)
Act to extend the suspension of family reunification due to subsidiary protection (BGBl I 9/2018)
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2002-06-20 (DEU-2002-L-61886)
Immigration Act (Zuwanderungsgesetz) [DID NOT ENTER INTO FORCE].
Related text(s)
2002-06-20 (DEU-2002-L-61887)
Freedom of Movement for EU Citizens Act (FreizügG/EU).
Related text(s)
2002-06-20 (DEU-2002-L-61887)
Freedom of Movement for EU Citizens Act (FreizügG/EU).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line in English
Author
Gesetze im Internet
Publisher
Ministry of Justice - Bundesministerium der Justiz
Country
Germany
URL
http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/
File
englisch_aufenthg.pdf (PDF Act in English as of October 2017)
Serial region
Serial title
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I
Date
2002-06-25
Number
No. 38
Page range
pp. 1946-1977
ISBN
03411095