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I am an international student in Germany. I believe I will finish my study at the end of February. After that, I plan to extend my resident permit. However one of my passports will expire, I plan that use another valid passport to extend the resident permit. The question is, can I? Since the last time I extended my resident permit, I use my old passport, I don't know if there is any binding between passport and resident permit.

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I am from Hong Kong, so I have a Hong Kong passport and a British National Oversea (BNO) passport.

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    The snswer may depend on the reason why you have more than 1 passport (same citizenship etc).
    – Mark Johnson
    Feb 14, 2022 at 21:39
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    Residence permits are based on the person. A change of citizenship leads to a change in your file. They may ask which citizenship you wish to use (for the residence permit) in the long term. So make your renewal application and inform them of the situation. For Hong Kong, where this situation should be well known, this should cause no big problem.
    – Mark Johnson
    Feb 15, 2022 at 19:10
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    Can you not replace the expiring passport? Your dealings with the German authorities will surely be simpler if you do.
    – phoog
    Feb 15, 2022 at 20:02

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The process is called Übertragung and you need to make an appointment with the Ausländeramt to do the change. The permit is always linked with the passport and expires with it.

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