Welcome
Together with my two colleagues, lawyer Hermann Weische and lawyer Pia Bruckschen, I am part of the office partnership specialising in migration law at Luxemburger Straße 190 in Cologne. I will be happy to advise and represent you and your relatives/employers in organising your residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Residence law is an all-embracing field of law, so I have made it my business not to leave you alone with any legal question. After all, for a successful residence you need a job, legally binding documents on your family situation and a successful integration.
I am offering you a flexible and long-term advice and valuable information on how to make your stay in Germany a success.
My mandate is - depending on the perspective in terms of residence law - usually for the long term. After all, you are entitled to naturalisation after 8 years at the earliest!
Vita
- 2008 until 2018
Studies in European Legal Linguistics at the University of Paris V and the University of Cologne and Studies in Law at the University of Cologne - 2018 to 2020
Legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Bonn and work as a research assistant at the Institute for International Law and Comparative Public Law (Prof. Kempen) - 2021
Admission to the bar
Many years of experience in counselling refugees at the Refugee Law Clinic Cologne e.V. and working in migration law firms, in particular with Hermann Weische, specialist lawyer for migration law in Cologne
Services
Asylum Law
- Application for refugee status according to the Geneva Refugee Convention, granting of subsidiary protection, determination of prohibition of deportation
- Applications for redistribution
- Judicial enforcement after a negative decision on an asylum application
- EU-Dublin procedure
Right of residence
- Visa applications
- Advice on protection against deportation
- Application for long-term toleration
- Lifting of residence restrictions
- Residence permits of all kinds (for family purposes, for humanitarian reasons)
- Educational and labour migration (for training, study, employment, founding a company)
- EU Blue Card
- Special labour immigration procedures
- Detention pending deportation and custody pending departure
- Indefinite residence
- Naturalisation
Social law
- Application for and enforcement of benefit claims under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLG)
- Application for and enforcement of benefit claims under the Federal Child Benefit Act (BKKG)
- Application for and enforcement of benefits for the unemployed/basic security in old age
- Application for and enforcement of child supplement and housing benefit
Family law
- Marriage to foreigners in Germany
- Divorces
- Recognition of custody
- Right of contact
- Adoption proceedings
Criminal law
- Criminal offences in connection with the right of residence
- Joint plaintiff (defense) / protection of victims
- Adhesion proceedings
Labour law
- Application for employment permits
- Administrative proceedings on illegal employment
- Lawsuits against unfair dismissal
Civil status law
- Marriages
- Change of name
- Legalisation of foreign documents
Appointment
Via e-mail:
Please enquire by e-mail and enclose documents (pdf-file).
Via phone:
Monday - Friday between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m,
additionally Thursday between 2 and 5 p.m.
KONTAKT
Benjamin Lensch
Lawyer
Luxemburger Str. 190
50937 Cologne