Ausländerbehörde

What Ausländerbehörde does

Ausländerbehörde operates the website auslaenderaemter.de, a privately-run directory of nearly all German Foreigners' Offices (Ausländerämter/Ausländerbehörden) organised by postal code region (PLZ 0–9) and alphabetically by city. Despite the official-sounding name, the site explicitly disclaims government affiliation and is operated by Arno Künster under the sole-proprietorship legal entity Handelsvertretung Arno Künster, registered in Neuhausen, Saxony. The platform is built on static HTML pages and provides addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, email contacts, websites, and opening hours for hundreds of local immigration authorities across Germany, with no APIs, mobile apps, or dynamic backend evident.

The core audience is international visitors and migrants to Germany — foreign nationals navigating visitor visas, Schengen visas, student visas, work permits, and residence permits — who need to identify their responsible local Ausländeramt. An English-language version broadens accessibility for non-German speakers. Beyond the core directory, the site publishes information about the Verpflichtungserklärung (declaration of commitment) and the insurance documentation mandated for many visa applications since 1 June 2004, including a referral to besucherversicherung.de for visitor and international health insurance.

The business monetises exclusively through affiliate referrals to that related insurance site (besucherversicherung.de, under common ownership), with no subscription, advertising, or data-licensing model disclosed. The directory itself is free to users, the platform runs on commodity hosting (ALL-INKL.COM), and the operator operates without external investors, parent entities, or subsidiaries.

Name

Ausländerbehörde

Legal name

Handelsvertretung Arno Künster

Website

https://auslaenderaemter.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Privately-operated web directory listing nearly all German Foreigners' Offices (Ausländerämter) by postal code and city, run by Arno Künster's sole proprietorship Handelsvertretung Arno Künster in Neuhausen, Germany, serving international migrants and visa applicants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immigration Information Directory

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Access & Online Government Services for Immigrants (EDAAADAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Immigration Support Services (Translations, Certified Copies, Biometrics, Medicals) (THACAKAH)

Keywords

• Immigration office directory
• Foreigners registration offices
• German visa information
• Visitor insurance referrals
• Official immigration contacts

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuhausen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Affiliate referrals to insurance providers: The website serves as a free directory for German immigration offices and generates revenue by referring visitors to insurance-related websites, particularly besucherversicherung.de for international health insurance and visitor coverage. This is an indirect referral/affiliate revenue model.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

auslaenderaemter.de is a free online directory of German Foreigners' Offices (Ausländerbehörden/Ausländerämter), organized by postal code and city, providing contact details, addresses, and procedural information for foreign nationals navigating German immigration. The site also publishes dedicated informational content on Verpflichtungserklärung (formal obligation declarations) and monetizes through affiliate referrals to a partner visitor-insurance provider (besucherversicherung.de).

Product overview

Ausländerbehörde (operated as auslaenderaemter.de) is a directory service operated by Handelsvertretung Arno Künster. The site is not a government website but a privately-run Internet directory that provides addresses and contact information for foreigners authorities (Ausländerämter) throughout Germany. The service allows users to search by postal code (PLZ) or city name. Additionally, the site offers information about the Verpflichtungserklärung (declaration of commitment) required for visa applications, including guidance on insurance requirements. The directory contains listings for hundreds of local foreigners authorities across all German postal code areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ausländerämter.de Directory Free online directory of German immigration offices (Ausländerämter) searchable by postal code and city, providing addresses, contact details, and procedural information for foreign nationals, visitors, and visa applicants.
• Verpflichtungserklärung Information Service Information content on the Verpflichtungserklärung process — the formal obligation declaration German residents must file to host foreign visitors — including the supporting visitor-insurance requirement and an affiliate link to a partner insurance provider.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• besucherversicherung.deminorOthersThe website references besucherversicherung.de (a specialist for international health insurance) as a partner for supplementary information about visitor insurance, travel health insurance, and insurance for language students and foreign students. This is a content/advertising referral relationship where the site directs users needing insurance information to this external provider. The operator of auslaenderaemter.de is Arno Künster, whose email is [email protected], indicating common ownership.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• besucherversicherung.de: Visitor and international health insurance portal owned by the same operator (Arno Künster). It is the current exclusive affiliate destination of auslaenderaemter.de and represents the only monetization channel for the directory.
• Anwalt.de: One of Germany's largest legal-services directories, listing lawyers and notaries by city and specialty. Comparable in business model (free, ad- and referral-supported local-services directory) rather than in subject matter.
• Make-it-in-Germany: Official German government portal that provides information for skilled workers and immigrants about visas, residence permits, and living/working in Germany. It is the leading authoritative information source for the same audience that auslaenderaemter.de serves.
• 11880.com (11880 Auskunft): Major German phone and business directory service. Comparable in business model (free consumer directory monetized via referrals and ads) and in operating a large indexed local-services database in Germany.

Emerging players

• VisaHQ: Provides visa requirements, application support, and immigration document services for Germany and other destinations. Comparable as a digital immigration information and document-preparation resource aimed at inbound travelers and migrants.
• Schengen Visa Info: Schengen-wide visa news, requirements, and application guidance site with a strong focus on Germany. Overlaps with auslaenderaemter.de as a content-first immigration information destination, though at a regional rather than local-office level.
• iVisa: Online visa application and information service covering 200+ destinations including Germany. Targets the same user intent (foreign nationals needing visa/entry information) but offers a digital application workflow rather than a static directory.

Direct peers

• Germany Visa (germany-visa.org): Privately operated information site that helps visa applicants locate the correct German consulate or immigration authority and understand application requirements. Directly comparable in purpose: helping foreign nationals identify the right German immigration office.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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