Gelsenkirchen starts digital citizen service: easier than ever!

Gelsenkirchen starts digital citizen service: easier than ever!

The city administration Gelsenkirchen is driving the digital expansion of its citizen service. From January 2025, citizens have the opportunity to apply for numerous services online, which should significantly modernize the administration and facilitate access to important documents. This applies in particular to Gelsenkirchener with a foreign passport, which, for example, want to apply for residence permits for training or employment.

like Radio Emscher Lippe , the use of online services requires a one-time registration. In addition, citizens can digitally transmit work and wage evidence in the future. Various online services are already available, such as the re-registration and the request of documents at the registry office. The city administration plans to gradually expand the digital offer in the coming years.

New digital services from January 2025

As the city of Gelsenkirchen reports on its official website, new online services will be available from January 1, 2025. Among other things, citizens can make online applications for residence permits that apply to training, employment, family reunification and temporary protection. In addition, settlement permits and changes to the side provisions of residence law are also applied for online. For citizens from the EU and EEA space, the digital transmission of documents such as employment contracts and wage evidence is also made possible. In order to be able to access these offers, registration via Bundid required.

This digital step represents an important progress in the modernization of the city administration and underlines the goal of making the citizen service up to date and efficient.