Obtaining a late repatriation certificate

If you have received a notice of admission as an ethnic German repatriate and are registered in Germany at your new place of residence, you will receive a certificate as an ethnic German repatriate and thus German citizenship.

You are considered an ethnic German resettler if you are of German descent and live in a state of the former Eastern Bloc or the successor states of the former Soviet Union. Your stay in Germany must be justified and approved via a special admission procedure.

After entering the Federal Republic of Germany, you will first be taken to the Friedland Reception Center of the Federal Office of Administration. There you and your family members will undergo a registration and distribution procedure. You will receive a registration certificate confirming your participation in the procedure.

You will then be assigned to a federal state to which you and your family will relocate. You will then receive a certificate from the Federal Office of Administration confirming that you are an ethnic German repatriate or a relative.

This certificate also gives you German citizenship and entitles you to benefits from, for example, pension and statutory accident insurance, the Federal Employment Agency or social welfare offices.