Do I use my home country's passport or my refugee passport to apply for a working visa?

Question

If you have refugee passport from Italy and your country passport from Senegal. Which one can i use if i want to apply for permit of residence in Germany or working visa

Answer 1

Hello @Lamin7746

Nice to hear from you again.

In order to get a visa to enter Germany, you have to have a valid passport or another document that is valid for purposes of identification ("Passersatz" or "Ausweisersatz"). The underlying law is AufenthG §3 (https://dejure.org/gesetze/AufenthG/3.html).

In accordance with AufenthG §48 (2) a residence title which contains information about its owner and a photo, is sufficient to work as a substitute for a passport (https://dejure.org/gesetze/AufenthG/48.html).

To me it looks like you can either use your home country's passport or the document that has been issued by the Italian government (if it fulfils the criteria mentioned above).

Best regards,

Thorgen

Comments

Thanks you alot