Visiting the Ausländerbehörde: Stating your business
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Key Phrases
Wie kann ich Ihnen helfen?
How can I help you?
Ich möchte meine Aufenthaltserlaubnis verlängern.
I would like to extend my residence permit.
Haben Sie Ihre Unterlagen dabei?
Do you have your documents with you?
Skills You'll Learn
Greeting someone politely in an office or appointment setting.
Jemanden in einer Behörde oder bei einem Termin höflich begrüßen.
Explaining the purpose of an appointment about a residence permit.
Den Zweck eines Termins zur Verlängerung der Aufenthaltserlaubnis erklären.
Answering questions about documents and confirming what you have with you.
Fragen zu Unterlagen beantworten und bestätigen, was man dabeihat.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are at a German immigration office for an appointment to extend your residence permit. You speak politely with the staff member and show your passport and application form.
Guten Tag.
Good day.
Guten Tag. Wie kann ich Ihnen helfen?
Good day. How can I help you?
Ich habe einen Termin.
I have an appointment.
Ja, natürlich. Worum geht es?
Yes, of course. What is it about?
Ich möchte meine Aufenthaltserlaubnis verlängern.
I would like to extend my residence permit.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Guten Tag.
GOO-ten tahk
Good day.
Wie kann ich... helfen?
vee kahn ikh HEL-fen
How can I... help?
💬 In questions with a modal like [kann], the main verb stays at the end: [Wie kann ich Ihnen helfen?]. Same pattern: [Wo kann ich warten?].
See breakdown →Wie kann ich Ihnen helfen?
vee kahn ikh EE-nen HEL-fen
How can I help you?
💬 [Ihnen] is the formal [you] used with [helfen]. You'll see this formal form a lot at offices: [Kann ich Ihnen helfen?], [Ich gebe Ihnen das Formular].
🇩🇪 This is standard front-desk language in Germany and sounds polite but neutral. At the [Ausländerbehörde], staff will normally use [Sie]/[Ihnen] with you.
See breakdown →Einen Termin
EYE-nen tehr-MEEN
An appointment
💬 After [haben], masculine [ein] changes to [einen]: [Ich habe einen Termin]. Same pattern: [Ich habe einen Pass].
See breakdown →Ich habe einen Termin.
ikh HAH-beh EYE-nen tehr-MEEN
I have an appointment.
Ja.
yah
Yes.
Natürlich
nah-TUER-likh
Of course
Ja, natürlich.
yah nah-TUER-likh
Yes, of course.
Worum
voh-RUHM
About what
💬 [Worum] is [wo] + [um], used when English would say 'about what'. You'll see the same built-together pattern in [worauf] ('for what/on what') and [womit] ('with what').
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