German · Ausländerbehörde
Your permit is about to expire and the office issues a temporary confirmation: what to say in German
Your permit is about to expire and the office issues a temporary confirmation.
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How it's done. The Fiktionsbescheinigung is a temporary confirmation while the extension is being processed; with it you may stay and work if stated.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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YOU START
Mein Aufenthaltstitel läuft bald ab. Was muss ich tun?
Mighn OW-faynt-khuhlts-tee-tel loyft bahlt ahp. Vahs moos eekh toon?
My residence permit expires soon. What do I have to do?
Or say:Mein Titel läuft in zwei Wochen ab. Kann ich ihn verlängern?
Mighn TEE-tel loyft een tsvigh VOH-khayn ahp. Kahn eekh een fehr-LAYN-gehrn?
THEY SAY
Sie stellen einen Antrag auf Verlängerung. Dann bekommen Sie eine Fiktionsbescheinigung.Zee SHTEH-layn IGH-nayn AHN-truhk owf fehr-LAYN-geh-roong. Dahn beh-KOH-mayn zee IGH-neh FEEK-tsee-ohns-beh-shigh-nee-goong.
You submit an application for extension. Then you get a Fiktionsbescheinigung.
They might also say:
Wir nehmen Ihren Antrag auf. Bis zur Entscheidung bekommen Sie eine Bescheinigung.
Veer NEH-mayn EE-rayn AHN-truhk owf. Bees tsoor aynt-SHIGH-doong beh-KOH-mayn zee IGH-neh beh-SHIGH-nee-goong.
We accept your application. Until the decision you get a certificate.
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YOU FINISH
Darf ich in der Zeit weiterarbeiten?
Dahrf eekh een dehr tsight VIGH-teh-ruhr-bigh-tayn?
May I continue working during that time?
THEY SAY
Ja, das steht auf der Bescheinigung.Yah, dahs shtet owf dehr beh-SHIGH-nee-goong.
Yes, it says so on the certificate.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “German for life in Germany”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Aufenthaltstitel
OW-faynt-khuhlts-tee-tel
noun
residence permit
läuft
loyft
verb
runs
bald
bahlt
adverb
soon
muss
moos
verb
must, has to
tun
toon
verb
to do
stellen
SHTEH-layn
verb
to put
22 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Können Sie das bitte wiederholen?
KYOH-nayn zee dahs BEE-teh vee-dehr-KHOH-layn?
Can you repeat that, please?
Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen?
KYOH-nayn zee BEE-teh LAHNG-zuh-muh SHPREH-khayn?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Was bedeutet das?
Vahs beh-DOY-tet dahs?
What does this mean?
Similar situations
You are told your permit card is readyAusländerbehörde · A2 in the app
→You ask whether the permit gives you the right to workAusländerbehörde · A2 in the app
→You ask how long processing will takeAusländerbehörde · A2 in the app
→At the immigration office they take your biometric photo and fingerprintsAusländerbehörde · A2 in the app
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