Increasingly foreign residents in Germany are being given a 'Fiktion' in place of a new or renewed residence permit to stay in the country. We want to know how many readers are affected.
A Fiktionsbescheinigung, sometimes called a Fiktion for short – also known as a 'fictional certificate' or 'temporary stay permit' in English – is a document that may be issued by Germany's immigration authorities after someone has applied to extend or change their residence permit.
As The Local has reported, it seems that more and more foreign residents in Germany have found themselves living on a Fiktion in recent years.
Additionally, in some cases people find themselves being stuck with one of these "temporary" permits for months or even years on end.
In one case an Adidas employee living in Nuremberg told The Local he was given a Fiktionsbescheinigung for an entire year, and then received another a year later, before he finally received the residence permit he was entitled to.
