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Education funding: Announce changes

  • Service description

    If you are receiving BAföG, you must notify us of any changes to your previous application details.

    Some changes lead to an increase or decrease in your entitlement.

    These include:

    • Change due to inclusion in health and long-term care insurance
    • Change in your income
    • Change in your parents' income
    • Change in the income of your spouse or civil partner
    • Changing your accommodation costs
    • Birth of your child

    If your entitlement is increased, you will receive more money each month.

    If the amount is reduced, you will receive less money. You may have to pay back the excess BAföG.

  • Procedure

    If there are any changes to your circumstances, you must notify the Student Finance Office immediately.

    You can do this in writing or online. You must also submit the relevant supporting documents with your application for a change.

    If your entitlement has increased, you will receive a notification of change and the increased amount will be paid to you. You will also be reimbursed retroactively if you have notified us of all changes in good time.

    If your entitlement is reduced, you will receive a lower BAföG payment from the following month. In addition, a check will be carried out to see whether you have received too much BAföG in the past, in which case you will have to repay the excess amount.

  • Who should I contact?

    Please contact the Student Finance Office.

  • Responsible office

    For pupils:

    The education funding offices of the districts or independent cities are responsible for student financial support under the BAföG scheme within Germany. For students attending evening grammar schools, vocational colleges, higher technical colleges and academies, the student finance office responsible is the one in the district where the educational institution is located. For all other pupils, responsibility generally lies with the student finance office of the city or district administration in the parents’ place of residence.

    For students:

    The student services organisations at the universities where students are enrolled, or are due to be enrolled, are responsible for providing BAföG student finance within Germany.

    For an apprenticeship abroad:

    Central international offices in Germany – which vary depending on the destination country – are responsible for BAföG funding for study abroad, for both university students and school pupils. You can find the relevant international office on the website.

    On the website, you can search for the student finance office responsible for your funding.

  • Prerequisites

    There have been changes in your personal circumstances which will affect your entitlement to BAföG

  • Which documents are required?

    • Notice of the amendment
      • Please use Form 7 to report any changes in the income circumstances of your parents or spouse or civil partner
    • Supporting documents relating to the change (e.g. payslips)

  • What fees are charged?

    None.

  • What deadlines do I have to observe?

    You must notify us of any changes without delay.

  • Legal basis

  • Applications / Forms

  • What else should I know?

    You must notify the Student Finance Office of any changes to your name and address. If you have already completed your studies and are no longer receiving BAföG, please also notify the Federal Office of Administration of any changes to your name and address.

  • Short text

    Changes in personal or financial circumstances may lead to a change in entitlement to BAföG. The BAföG recipient must notify the Office for Student Financial Support of this without delay.

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