{"id":2861,"date":"2018-02-14T14:30:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T13:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/migration-law\/tolerance\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:43:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:43:33","slug":"tolerance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/migration-law\/tolerance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolerated Stay (Duldung)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Tolerated Stay (Duldung)&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Lora%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>A tolerated stay permit is not a residence permit, but a certificate of temporary suspension of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/migration-law\/deportation\/\">deportation<\/a>. For many people who are unable to obtain a residence permit, it is nevertheless the only way to remain in Germany temporarily. <\/p>\n<h3>When is there a right of tolerated stay (Duldung)?<\/h3>\n<p>You are entitled to tolerated stay if it is not possible to leave the country for legal or factual reasons, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are no flight connections to the home country.<\/li>\n<li>The passport required for deportation is not available to the immigration authorities.<\/li>\n<li>Deportation would be life-threatening for health reasons.<\/li>\n<li>You have started training in a recognized vocational training <strong>(Ausbildungsduldung<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How long is a tolerated stay permit (Duldung) valid?<\/h3>\n<p>In principle, a humanitarian residence permit should be issued after a maximum toleration period of 18 months. In practice, however, the tolerated stay is often extended for several years &#8211; often on the grounds that the obstacle to leaving the country is self-inflicted, for example because the person did not cooperate in obtaining a passport. <\/p>\n<h3>Employment during the period of Tolerated Stay (Duldung)<\/h3>\n<p>In principle, you can be permitted to take up employment with a tolerated stay permit. However, this does not apply if the obstacle to leaving the country is considered to be self-inflicted. In these cases, there is an almost unlimited ban on working. <\/p>\n<h3>Tolerated stay permit (Duldung) revoked &#8211; what to do?<\/h3>\n<p>If a tolerated stay permit is not granted or extended and a border crossing certificate is issued instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/migration-law\/deportation\/\">deportation<\/a> may be imminent. In this case, you should seek advice from an advice center or a lawyer <strong>immediately<\/strong> &#8211; whether legal protection in administrative court is still possible depends on the individual case. <\/p>\n<h3>Note on our advice<\/h3>\n<p>Tolerance is a marginal area of our practice. We only accept mandates in this area to a limited extent. If you would like an initial assessment, please use our contact form &#8211; we usually reply within one working day and tell you openly whether we can help.  <\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; padding: 13px 28px; background: transparent; border: 1.5px solid #8b2020; border-radius: 2px; color: #8b2020; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/contact-form\/\">Request an initial assessment<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Tolerated Stay (Duldung)&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Lora%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A tolerated stay permit is not a residence permit, but a certificate of temporary suspension of deportation. For many people who are unable to obtain a residence permit, it is nevertheless the only way to remain in Germany temporarily. When is there a right of tolerated stay (Duldung)? You are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/migration-law\/tolerance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tolerated Stay (Duldung)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2862,"parent":2831,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2861","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2861"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3874,"href":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2861\/revisions\/3874"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}