What are the steps after booking the SERS Service?

Once your consent form has been approved by your school the following applies:

• You receive an email with login details to our online form.
• You have to fill the online form, upload the documents we ask there and submit your form online.
• We check all your entries and documents, in case of errors, we request you for corrections.

For students with address registration in Berlin:

• We prepare your file and submit it to the Immigration Office 
• We receive an individual notification for you from the Immigration Office that you remain legal in Germany until a decision is made, even if your current entry visa/ 90 days expire during the waiting time. The Immigration office notification also states that you keep your current work rights if they have been issued with your entry visa 
• We communicate with the Immigration Office in case of doubts regarding your case.
• We receive the final decision by the Immigration Office. In a positive case, we receive the appointment for you to go to the Immigration Office (procedural time estimated by the Immigration Office is approx. 6-12 weeks at this moment)

For students with address registration in Potsdam

• Once your file is complete, we request an appointment for you from the Immigration Office in Potsdam to keep you legal in Germany even if your entry visa/ 90 days would expire until an appointment is available. The Immigration office informs us about your appointment so that we can invite you by email (procedural time estimated by the Immigration Office is approx. 6-12 weeks at this moment)
• We prepare your file as a guideline and send it to you together with the appointment at the Immigration Office. Please note that different/more/less documents can be requested with the appointment information from what you have filled in our online form and some of the documents need to be presented in original.