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Apply for benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)

Service Description

If you are seeking asylum in Germany and need financial or medical assistance, you can submit an application.

Benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act include basic care.

This means that you receive support for food, accommodation, heating, clothing, personal hygiene and household items.

You can also receive benefits for personal items such as travel tickets.

If you are pregnant, you will receive additional help in the form of maternity clothes or clothing for your baby.

Medical assistance can be granted if you are ill, need a vaccination or want to have a check-up.

Further assistance is possible, for example for school materials or an interpreter.

The benefit is usually granted to you in the form of a payment card (debit card); however, benefits in kind, vouchers or cash benefits may be granted in individual cases.

The amount of the benefit depends on your personal situation.


Process flow
  • The application must be submitted to the responsible social welfare office of the district or the associated city, municipality, office or independent city in writing or, if offered by the responsible authority, as an online application. If you would like to submit the application in writing, you can obtain the form from the aforementioned authorities. You can also submit the written application with the necessary evidence and documents there.
  • For the online application, please use the link on this page. You can upload the necessary evidence and documents as a file in the online application.
  • Under certain circumstances, the responsible social welfare office of the district or the associated city, municipality, office or independent city may request further documents or evidence from you if there are any deficiencies.
  • You will receive a notification of the decision.
Who should I contact?
  • To the municipal, local, city or district administration or,
  • if you have been accommodated in the state accommodation in Neumünster, to the State Office for Immigration and Refugees (LaZuF)
Requirements
  • You come from a third country.
  • You are staying in Germany.
  • You fulfill one of the following conditions:
    • You have a residence permit.
    • You have a residence permit in accordance with § 25 (5) if your deportation has been suspended and this decision was made less than 18 months ago.
    • You have a residence permit in accordance with §§ 23 (1), 24, or 25 (4) sentence 1 AufenthG.
    • You have a tolerated stay permit according to § 60a AufenthG.
    • You want to enter the country via an airport and have not yet been permitted to enter.
    • You are the spouse, partner or minor child of the above-mentioned persons.
    • You are submitting a subsequent application or second application for asylum.
    • You have applied for a residence permit but have not yet received a decision from the immigration authority.
  • You do not have sufficient income or assets of your own.
  • You are not entitled to other social benefits.
  • You are not entitled to statutory health insurance.
Which documents are required?
  • written application
  • Passport, residence permit or tolerated stay permit
  • Proof of income and assets of all family members in the household
  • Marriage certificate or divorce decree, if applicable
  • Proof of your child's rights of access, if applicable
  • Letters and notices from the immigration authorities
  • Proof of your health insurance, if applicable
  • Proof of your long-term care insurance, if applicable
  • Maternity certificate, if applicable
  • School certificate for your children, if applicable
  • Cost estimates for furniture, if applicable
  • Proof of insurance and travel costs to your work, if applicable
  • Rental agreement and proof of utility costs, if applicable
What are the fees?

There are no costs.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

There is no deadline.

Legal basis
Appeal
  • Objection
  • Complaint
What else should I know?

You must inform the relevant authority immediately if something changes in your life.

This applies, for example, if you work, move or get more money.

If you do not do this, you will no longer receive any money.

If you start work and have not reported this to the relevant social welfare office within three days at the latest, you will have to pay a fine.

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Teaser

If you are seeking asylum in Germany and need financial or medical assistance, you can submit an application.

Process flow

  • The application must be submitted to the responsible social welfare office of the district or the associated city, municipality, office or independent city in writing or, if offered by the responsible authority, as an online application. If you would like to submit the application in writing, you can obtain the form from the aforementioned authorities. You can also submit the written application with the necessary evidence and documents there.
  • For the online application, please use the link on this page. You can upload the necessary evidence and documents as a file in the online application.
  • Under certain circumstances, the responsible social welfare office of the district or the associated city, municipality, office or independent city may request further documents or evidence from you if there are any deficiencies.
  • You will receive a notification of the decision.

Who should I contact?

  • To the municipal, local, city or district administration or,
  • if you have been accommodated in the state accommodation in Neumünster, to the State Office for Immigration and Refugees (LaZuF)

Requirements

  • You come from a third country.
  • You are staying in Germany.
  • You fulfill one of the following conditions:
    • You have a residence permit.
    • You have a residence permit in accordance with § 25 (5) if your deportation has been suspended and this decision was made less than 18 months ago.
    • You have a residence permit in accordance with §§ 23 (1), 24, or 25 (4) sentence 1 AufenthG.
    • You have a tolerated stay permit according to § 60a AufenthG.
    • You want to enter the country via an airport and have not yet been permitted to enter.
    • You are the spouse, partner or minor child of the above-mentioned persons.
    • You are submitting a subsequent application or second application for asylum.
    • You have applied for a residence permit but have not yet received a decision from the immigration authority.
  • You do not have sufficient income or assets of your own.
  • You are not entitled to other social benefits.
  • You are not entitled to statutory health insurance.

Which documents are required?

  • written application
  • Passport, residence permit or tolerated stay permit
  • Proof of income and assets of all family members in the household
  • Marriage certificate or divorce decree, if applicable
  • Proof of your child's rights of access, if applicable
  • Letters and notices from the immigration authorities
  • Proof of your health insurance, if applicable
  • Proof of your long-term care insurance, if applicable
  • Maternity certificate, if applicable
  • School certificate for your children, if applicable
  • Cost estimates for furniture, if applicable
  • Proof of insurance and travel costs to your work, if applicable
  • Rental agreement and proof of utility costs, if applicable

What are the fees?

There are no costs.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

There is no deadline.

Legal basis

Appeal

  • Objection
  • Complaint

What else should I know?

You must inform the relevant authority immediately if something changes in your life.

This applies, for example, if you work, move or get more money.

If you do not do this, you will no longer receive any money.

If you start work and have not reported this to the relevant social welfare office within three days at the latest, you will have to pay a fine.

Weiterführende Informationen

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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