Situation
I have an immigration situation because of the lack of communication from Ausländerbehörde.
Best I can explain:
Me: Been living here since 2022 with family reunification permit valid until Oct 2026 (because passport expires Oct 2026)
January 2026: Passport renewed, residence permit was attached to passport of course
January 2026: Requested a "Transfer of the residence permit to the new passport" https://stadt.muenchen.de/service/en-GB/info/servicestelle-fur-zuwanderung-und-einburgerung/10425556/
February 1, 2026: Applied for Niederlassungserlaubnis (spouse has Niederlassungserlaubnis, I've been living here for 3+ years, working full time, all the other requirements like language, leben in DE, etc, checked)
No answer at all, for anything, not even the transfer of residence permit
Processing time for NE went from 12 weeks, to 20 weeks, and now to 12 months.
June 2026: No answer at all, for anything, so I decided to applied through my work for a Blue Card, as I saw that the processing time for the NE was increased to 1 year
July 2026: Lawyer from my company applied in the first week of July, received a reply in August for an appointment in September, yes! Less tan a month to get a reply with a lawyer.
I have an appointment in September for the Fachkräfte mit akademischer ausbildung, for some reason they didn't make the appointment for the blue card even though I fullfill all of the requirements
Now the issue in hand:
I have received an offer to another company for almost double my salary, I would like to change jobs, but I dont know how can I? I originally had the family reunification visa that allowed me to work anywhere (and I still have it, but it will expire in October, I applied for the Niederlassungserlaubnis as I thought it would take less than 4 months, but now they have changed the processing time to 1 year, and this is why I decided to apply for the work visa, as I need to travel and dont want to be left without status. What can I do? How can I change jobs? Should I just reject the offer just because Ausländerbehörde takes too long to get a decision?
Btw, I looked everywhere how to just extend the family reunification visa, I never found how, it just said that you needed to apply again, so this is why I decided to get the NE, originally the processing time was the same , or less something like that.
