Assistance for asylum seekers
Service description
What is help for asylum seekers?
This assistance is for foreign nationals who do not have enough money to live on. The exact conditions for the payment of assistance under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act must be checked locally.
Who can receive help?
- Asylum seekers
- Foreign nationals with tolerated stay (temporary STOP of deportation)
- People with certain residence permits for humanitarian reasons (in the event of war in their home country)
- Persons obliged to leave the country
The aid primarily covers the costs of:
- Food, clothing and accommodation
- Pocket money
- Illness, pregnancy and birth
What does the payment of aid depend on?
From the
- personal situation
- Amount of income
- Amount of assets
When does the aid start to be paid?
From the month in which the person in need of assistance submits an application themselves.
When is the aid paid?
It is always paid in advance, which means, for example, that the money for the month of August is paid into your account by 31 July at the latest.
Which documents are required?
You will need to complete an application form.
You can obtain this application from your local social welfare office.
The application must
- complete
- filled in truthfully
- signed by yourself
- dispatched or
- be delivered
You must provide all facts and evidence necessary for processing.
If available, the following documents must be enclosed with the application:
- Identity card
- Proof of residence status
- Wage or salary slip; for the last 6 months (proof of income)
- Bank statements (for the last 3 months)
- Current proof of assets via savings accounts, equity funds, building society savings contracts, life insurance policies, etc.
- Proof of insurance policies taken out (household contents/liability insurance)
- Tenancy agreement or documents on residential property and the running costs for it
- Pension certificate
- Child benefit notice, housing benefit notice
- Divorce decree, maintenance order
- Severely disabled person's pass
- Social security card
- Proof of pregnancy, maternity passport
- Medical certificate for special food (special dietary requirements)
Medical certificate of need for care, etc.