Students from EU countries and from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland do not require a residence permit.

Students from countries outside the EU, please note:

If you have entered with a visa and wish to do a full degree at HSBI, please apply for the residence title approximately 6 weeks before your initial visa expires. If you were able to enter Germany without a visa, you have 90 days after your arrival in Germany to register with the Ausländerbehörde (immigration office) and apply for a residence title. Please bring the following documents for your appointment at the immigration office:

• Proof of matriculation
• Proof of membership in a German statutory health insurance

or (if you have private health insurance)

• Proof of membership in a private health insurance and exemption from compulsory insurance (this document can be issued to you by any statutory health insurance provider)
• Passport and visa
• Passport photo
• Proof of financing (blocked account, scholarship, financial guarantee from your parents, etc.)
• Cash to pay for the processing fee

For more information, please contact the competent immigration office.