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City of Bonn

Immigration office, Citizenship office, Declaration of commitment

Information in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when collecting personal data

Person responsible
(Department/division/department, title, name, function, telephone, e-mail)
City of Bonn
The Mayor of Bonn
Citizens' Services
Immigration Office
Telephone: 0228 - 776000
E-mail:  auslaenderamtbonnde
Data Protection Officer
(Title, name, telephone, e-mail; postal address for external DPO)

City of Bonn
The Mayor of Bonn
Data Protection Officer
Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz 2-4
53111 Bonn
Telephone: 0228 - 77 34 65
E-mail:  datenschutzbeauftragterbonnde

Purpose(s) of data processing
(Specify the main tasks; e.g. issuing and withdrawing driving licenses)

Controlling and limiting the influx of foreign nationals, taking into account the Federal Republic of Germany's ability to receive and integrate foreign nationals as well as its economic and labor market policy interests; cooperation within the framework of the Federal Republic of Germany's humanitarian obligations; implementation of state and federal regulations on the entry, residence, employment and integration of foreign nationals; implementation of administrative procedures under citizenship law.

Tasks include:

  • Issuing or extending residence permits
  • Issuing certificates of registration as an asylum seeker (BüMA), residence permits and tolerated stay permits
  • Participation in visa procedures
  • Declarations of commitment
  • Obligations to participate in an integration course
  • Decisions on the justification and enforcement of the obligation to leave the country and all measures required in this context
  • Spatial restrictions on residence permits, tolerated stay permits or residence permits
  • imposition of requirements, conditions and other ancillary provisions
  • Issuing a replacement passport or identity card
  • Establishing and securing identity
  • Determinations in accordance with the Freedom of Movement Act/EU
  • Naturalization
Essential legal basis/s
(both in terms of substantive law and procedural and data protection law)
  • §§ Sections 86 ff of the Act on the Residence, Gainful Employment and Integration of Foreigners in the Federal Territory (AufenthG)
  • §§ Sections 62 et seq. of the Residence Ordinance (AufenthV)
  • §§ Sections 7 of the Asylum Act (AsylG)
  • § Sections 5a, 11 of the Act on the General Freedom of Movement of EU Citizens (FreizügG/EU)
  • §§ Sections 6 ff, 14 ff, 32 of the Act on the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR Act)
  • §§ Sections 31 ff of the Citizenship Act (StAG)
  • Ordinance on the Implementation of the Act on the Central Register of Foreigners (AZRG-DV)

In all other respects, the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), the Data Protection Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (DSG NRW), the Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO) and the Administrative Offences Act (OwiG) as well as other state and federal statutory provisions required for the fulfilment of the duties of the Foreigners' Registration Office shall apply, unless otherwise regulated by special law.


Recipients and categories of recipients of the data
(as a rule)

Data may be transferred to the following bodies in individual cases:

  • Immigration authorities
  • German diplomatic missions abroad (embassy, consulate general)
  • social authorities
  • Employment Agency
  • Internal administrative bodies (e.g. youth welfare office, registry office, fines office, residents' registration office, city treasury, public order service)
  • Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF)
  • Federal Office of Justice
  • Federal Office of Administration
  • Federal Printing Office
  • Cologne district government (supervisory authority)
  • Police and other law enforcement authorities
  • Public prosecutor's offices
  • Courts
  • Office for the Protection of the Constitution
  • Military Counter-Intelligence Service
  • State and federal ministries (e.g. hardship commission of the state of NRW)
  • Other authorized third parties in Germany and abroad
Duration of storage and retention periods
(from legal provisions such as cash register, commercial and tax law or KGSt recommendations)

The duration of data storage depends on the respective purpose of data collection. In principle, a retention period of ten years applies to foreigners' files after the end of their stay in the federal territory, unless there are processes that require a different retention period - e.g. in cases of expulsion or deportation.

The storage or retention period for naturalization files is 30 years.
Rights of the data subject
(general list, requirements)

Data subjects have the following rights if the legal and personal requirements are met:

  • Right to information about the processed personal data
  • Right to rectification of inaccurate data
  • Right to erasure or restriction of data processing
  • Right to object to data processing due to special circumstances
  • Right to complain to the supervisory authority about data protection violations
Competent supervisory authority
(Name, postal address, telephone, e-mail, homepage)

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia
Kavalleriestraße 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf

Telephone 0211 - 384 24-0
Fax 0211 - 384 24-10
E-mail  poststelleldi.nrwde

Internet  www.ldi.nrw.de (opens in a new tab)