Originally Posted by
Viennafly
Thanks, but I was not aware that this is needed again for GE renewal. I was at the Bundespolizei once when I applied for GE for the first time 5 years ago. Did it say somewhere on the online forms during the renewal that you need to do this and I missed it?
Back in January when I applied for renewal I called the BuPo service point here in MUC and asked if I needed to see them again. The lady told me no need to see them if the passport is still the same. After two months of nothing happening to my application, I just went to to the BuPo office in MUC and asked and they said yes the CBP needs a mesage from them, or else they will not process the application further. If you look at the GE thread on VFT you will see this matches other experiences.
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