MigrationCheck is the product of years spent working individual immigration cases in Germany. The casework came first. The platform is how that knowledge is made accessible.
Systematically. Accurately. Without ambiguity.
Our Mission
For years, the knowledge of how German immigration law actually works existed only in specialist offices. Which routes apply to which profiles. What authorities look for. Where applications fail and why. That knowledge was accessible to those who could afford individual advice, and largely out of reach for everyone else.
MigrationCheck was built to change that. We took everything accumulated across years of individual casework: the edge cases, the procedural patterns, the discretionary decisions that only become visible after working hundreds of files. We encoded it into a platform that anyone can use, in minutes, without a legal background.
This is not about making immigration law simpler than it is. German residence law is complex by design, and pretending otherwise does applicants a disservice. What we do is translate it: into clear questions, structured logic, and a precise picture of what each individual situation actually requires.
The result is a tool that gives people the same starting point that used to require a specialist consultation. Not a replacement for legal advice where that is needed. A foundation that makes every next step more informed.
Our Track Record
Years of migration consulting practice establish a deep body of casework. Complex profiles, contested decisions, authority negotiations, and the ability to find viable paths where others saw none.
Thousands of cases across Ausländerbehörden, BAMF offices, and visa embassies. Procedural patterns, administrative exceptions, and overlooked routes are documented. The kind of knowledge that only accumulates in the field.
The accumulated casework is engineered into a precision rule engine for the first time. German immigration statutes (AufenthG, BeschV, StAG) are mapped into a logic framework by the same specialists who worked the cases.
Ongoing integration of legislative amendments, Bundesgesetzblatt tracking, and live case feedback. Every rule update is human-reviewed before deployment. The expertise stays current.
Built incrementally, never rushed. Every rule in the engine has a human author and a legal citation.
How We Work
Every rule in the engine is traced to a specific paragraph of the Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG), Beschäftigungsverordnung (BeschV), Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz (StAG), or an official BAMF or BMI publication. What the statute says is the foundation. How it is applied in practice, across hundreds of individual cases and authority decisions, is what makes the difference.
German immigration law changes frequently. When it does, each amendment is read, assessed, and encoded by the same specialists who worked the cases. No automated scraping of statutory text.
The eligibility engine reflects not just what the statute says, but how authorities apply it in practice: which interpretations hold at Ausländerbehörde level, which discretionary decisions go which way, and where edge cases require specialist judgment.
Most people arrive at a visa office underprepared, without a clear picture of their own situation. MigrationCheck changes that. Whether you proceed independently, book a consultation, or engage a specialist, you start from a position of knowledge. That changes every conversation that follows.
The Company
Based in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, MigrationCheck is operated by Steinert MigrationGuide GmbH — a company founded by immigration specialists with direct practice experience across the German administrative system.
The company operates at the intersection of legal expertise and software engineering: every rule in the platform is authored and reviewed by specialists, not derived algorithmically.
Contact
Address
Steinert MigrationGuide GmbH
Hoferstr. 9B
71636 Ludwigsburg
Germany
Phone
+49 7141 3872997Years of casework, encoded into a precise assessment of your situation. Based on official sources. Built for the cases that matter.
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