Apply for a travel allowance for integration courses

You can apply for a travel allowance online via the federal administration portal or in writing to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF).

Online application

• You open the online application on the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de and log in with:
  • the online ID function of your identity card,
  • the electronic residence permit,
  • the eID for EU citizens or
  • with the ELSTER certificate of your online tax office (via BundID)
• Fill out the application form.
• Upload the required documents as a scan.
• Submit your application.
• The regional office of the BAMF will check your application.
• You will receive notification by post or digitally that your application has been approved or rejected.

Written application

• Go to the website of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) and open the application form.
• You can either
  • fill it out on screen or
  • download it and then fill it in.
• Print out the form and sign it.
• Send the form with the necessary documents by post to your responsible regional office of the BAMF.
• The BAMF regional office will check your application.
• You will receive notification by post that your application has been approved or rejected.

• You can apply for a travel allowance if you do not have to pay a contribution towards the costs of the integration course. This is the case if you receive one of the following benefits:
  • Citizen's allowance, basic income support for jobseekers (benefits according to SGB II)
  • Social assistance (benefits according to SGB XII)
  • Benefits according to the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act
  • Employment promotion benefits (benefits according to SGB III)
• The walk is over 5 km. However, you can also receive a travel allowance for a distance of less than 5 km if you are unable to walk from your place of residence to the course location. You will need a medical certificate as proof.
• Regardless of the type of cost exemption, you can apply for a travel allowance if you are severely disabled.

• Application form
• If applicable, proof of exemption from costs or proof of receipt of
  • Citizen's allowance, basic income support for jobseekers (benefits according to SGB II),
  • Social assistance (benefits according to SGB XII),
  • Benefits according to the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act or
  • Employment promotion benefits (benefits according to SGB III).
• If applicable, a medical certificate stating that you cannot reasonably be expected to walk 5 kilometers
• Proof of existing severe disability, if applicable
  • You can prove your severe disability with
    • Severely disabled person's pass (degree of disability of at least 50 percent) or
    • comparable proof showing that the impairment is to be classified as a severe disability

There are no costs.

You must submit the application in good time before the start of the course in order to receive the subsidy.

• § Section 4a (1) Ordinance on the Implementation of Integration Courses for Foreigners and Late Resettlers (Integration Course Ordinance - IntV)

• Objection

Further information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification.

• Administrative court action

30.06.2025