What does Abschiebung mean?
An Abschiebung (deportation) means the state removes a person from Germany against their will, because they must leave.
die Abschiebung · die Abschiebungen (plural)
It is threatened if you are obliged to leave and do not leave voluntarily. A Bescheid often announces it beforehand.
There are often remedies against such notices, with very short deadlines. The deadlines are in the Rechtsbehelfsbelehrung.
A deportation usually leads to a ban on entering again for a certain time.
Get advice immediately, for example from a migration advice service or a lawyer.
Example sentence
Für den Fall, dass Sie nicht freiwillig ausreisen, wird Ihnen die Abschiebung angedroht.
In case you do not leave voluntarily, you are threatened with Abschiebung.
What you can do
Do not wait. Take the letter to an advice centre on the same day.
Related words
- Duldung A Duldung (temporary suspension of deportation) is not a residence permit. It means you actually have to leave Germany, but deportation is suspended for now.
- Ausländerbehörde The Ausländerbehörde (immigration office) is the office for the residence of people without German citizenship.
- Verwaltungsgericht The Verwaltungsgericht (administrative court) decides disputes with authorities outside social and tax law, for example with the Ausländerbehörde.
- Eilantrag With an Eilantrag (urgent application), you ask a court to make a quick provisional decision because you cannot wait.
- Rechtsanwalt A Rechtsanwalt (lawyer) advises you on legal questions and can represent you before offices and courts.