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Administrative Court Munich, Judgment of February 13, 2020 \u2013 M 10 K 18.5802<\/strong><\/p>\n

If one wishes to obtain a residence permit, the Residence Act requires a certain degree of cooperation. This includes the obligation to report one\u2019s residential address and any changes of residence. Failure to comply with this obligation makes it impossible to file a lawsuit, as the lawsuit does not meet the admissibility requirements due to the lack of an address.<\/p>\n

In the present case, the plaintiff applied for a settlement permit, which was denied. Since the plaintiff did not provide a residential address at the time of filing the lawsuit, the lawsuit was dismissed as inadmissible.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Facts of the Case:<\/span><\/h2>\n

<\/span>Serbian National Requested Extension of Residence Permit<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The plaintiff applied for a residence permit from the defendant. The plaintiff is Serbian national<\/a> and was born in Germany in December 2000. In a letter dated 19 March 2018, one of the plaintiff's authorised representatives applied to extend his residence permit. On 31 July 2018, the plaintiff's father approached the defendant and applied for a settlement permit for the plaintiff.<\/p>\n

By notice dated November 16, 2018, the requests for extension and issuance of the residence permit from March 19, 2018, and July 31, 2018, were denied by the defendant (items 1 and 2 of the notice). The plaintiff was required to leave Germany by December 14, 2018, at the latest (item 3). In the case of culpable and significant non-compliance with the departure obligation, a ban on entry and residence for one year could be imposed (item 4). In the event of a failure to leave by the deadline, the plaintiff would be deported to Serbia or another willing state (item 5).<\/p>\n

<\/span>Residence Permit Denied and Deportation Threatened<\/span><\/h3>\n

On November 26, 2018, the plaintiff\u2019s legal representatives filed a lawsuit with the Bavarian Administrative Court in Munich, requesting the annulment of the notice dated November 16, 2018, and additionally requesting the defendant to issue the requested residence permit. The lawsuit was dismissed.<\/p>\n

In the complaint dated November 26, 2018, the plaintiff was designated with an address. Together with a letter dated March 25, 2019, the plaintiff\u2019s legal representatives submitted a guardian\u2019s certificate for the plaintiff, valid until August 31, 2019, which contained a new address for the plaintiff.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Plaintiff Eventually Untraceable<\/span><\/h3>\n

On February 7, 2020, the defendant reported that the plaintiff no longer resided at the last known address and had been listed as having moved to an unknown address in the register since August 29, 2019. The plaintiff\u2019s father was reported to be in the jurisdiction of the district office \u2026 Later, the defendant stated that the plaintiff\u2019s father was registered in \u2026. The court then requested the plaintiff\u2019s legal representatives to provide a current address where the plaintiff could be served. No such information was provided. In response to the court\u2019s inquiry before the oral hearing, the plaintiff\u2019s legal representatives instead stated that they did not know the plaintiff\u2019s new address.<\/p>\n

The court found that the plaintiff was currently not registered.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Judgment of the Administrative Court Munich<\/span><\/h2>\n

<\/span>Lawsuit Dismissed as Inadmissible Due to Missing Address<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Administrative Court Munich dismissed the lawsuit as inadmissible. Despite the absence of the plaintiff and their representatives at the oral hearing, the court could decide on the lawsuit because the summons for the hearing, which was received by the plaintiff\u2019s representatives on December 19, 2019, indicated this possibility (\u00a7 102 Abs. 2 VwGO).<\/p>\n

The Munich Administrative Court dismissed the action as inadmissible.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The court stated that the lawsuit was inadmissible due to the lack of a serviceable address for the plaintiff.<\/span><\/h3>\n

According to \u00a7 82 Abs. 1 VwGO, the lawsuit must include, among other things, the designation of the plaintiff. This also requires providing a serviceable address for the plaintiff to carry out necessary service processes in the court proceedings (Hoppe in Eyermann, VwGO, 15th ed. 2019, \u00a7 82 Rn. 3 with further references). Since the admissibility requirements must be met at the time of the last oral hearing, the court must have a current serviceable address for the plaintiff at that time (cf. Schenke in Kopp\/Schenke, VwGO, 24th ed. 2018, Intro \u00a7 40 Rn. 11). If the plaintiff changes their address during the proceedings, they are obliged to inform the court of the new address due to their duty to cooperate. This also applies if the plaintiff has a legal representative (Hoppe, op. cit.).<\/p>\n

The court was not aware of a serviceable address. The plaintiff had been deregistered as having moved to an unknown address since August 29, 2019. Due to the plaintiff\u2019s evasion, it was not expected that they would receive service at this (outdated) address. In particular, the defendant\u2019s representative indicated before the oral hearing that the defendant had unsuccessfully attempted to contact the plaintiff at this address in another matter. The court did not have a new address for the plaintiff. The court was unable to determine the plaintiff\u2019s current registration address in \u2026, or \u2026, or \u2026 within the Bavarian authorities\u2018 network Baybis. The defendant\u2019s representative stated at the oral hearing on February 13, 2020, that the plaintiff still did not have a serviceable address or registration address. Therefore, the requirement for admissibility, the serviceable address, was missing.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Court Also Saw No Need for Legal Protection as the Plaintiff Had No Interest in a Decision<\/span><\/h3>\n

Additionally, the lawsuit lacked the need for legal protection.<\/p>\n

According to established case law, only those who pursue a legally protectable interest are entitled to a court decision on the merits. This procedural requirement is a consequence of the general prohibition of abuse of rights and must be examined by the court ex officio at every stage of the proceedings. If it is absent, the procedural request must be dismissed as inadmissible (Sodan in ders.\/Ziekow, VwGO, 5th ed. 2018, \u00a7 42 Rn. 33; BVerfG, decision of October 27, 1998 \u2013 2 BvR 2662\/95 \u2013 juris Rn. 16 with further references; BayVGH, decision of December 10, 2001 \u2013 21 B 00.31685 \u2013 juris Rn. 20). The required need for legal protection can also lapse during a court proceeding. The court may conclude the loss of a previously existing need for legal protection if the behavior of a party seeking protection suggests that they are no longer interested in the court\u2019s decision (BVerfG, decision of October 27, 1998 \u2013 2 BvR 2662\/95 \u2013 juris Rn. 17; OVG NW, decision of February 1, 2002 \u2013 21 A 1550\/01.A \u2013 juris Rn. 5; BayVGH, decision of December 20, 1999 \u2013 10 ZC 99.1418 \u2013 juris Rn. 2 f.).<\/p>\n

It is recognized in case law that the evasion of foreigners seeking to secure further stay in Germany leads to the loss of the need for legal protection (cf. BayVGH, decision of June 6, 2006 \u2013 24 CE 06.1102 \u2013 juris Rn. 13 ff.; decision of March 6, 2014 \u2013 10 ZB 13.1862 \u2013 juris Rn. 4). In such a case, it could not be assumed that the affected person wanted to continue the proceedings. In this case, it was particularly noted that the plaintiff did not inform their representatives of the move. It was therefore evident that the plaintiff was not interested in receiving further updates about the status of the proceedings through the representatives. As the plaintiff also did not report a new address to the court, they were no longer reachable by the court, either directly or through their representatives. The fact that the court might have needed to obtain additional information from the parties or wanted to contact them for other reasons before preparing the oral hearing is also understandable to a layperson. Therefore, if there is no willingness to remain reachable during the proceedings, it cannot be assumed that there is a genuine interest in the outcome of the proceedings that would justify a court decision (cf. BayVGH, decision of December 10, 2001 \u2013 21 B 00.31685 \u2013 juris Rn. 21 f.). Thus, there was also a lack of the admissibility requirement of the need for legal protection.<\/p>\n

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