Apply for subsequent inclusion of spouses and descendants in the late resettler admission decision

You can apply for subsequent inclusion in the admission decision in writing or online.

Written application:

• Download the application form from the website of the Federal Office of Administration and print it out.
• Alternatively, you can also request the form in writing from the Federal Office of Administration.
• Complete the form and attach the necessary supporting documents.
• Submit the application documents to the Federal Office of Administration.
• You will receive the current processing status and the decision of the Federal Office of Administration by post without being asked.

Online application:

• Go to the website of the federal portal and complete the application form electronically.
  • Note: You will need your ID card with PIN number to use the online function
• Add the other required documents as a scan.
• Send your application.
• The BVA will check your application.
• Once your application has been reviewed, you will receive the processing status and the decision of the Federal Office of Administration without being asked.

If your application is approved:

• The family members involved will go to the Friedland branch office of the Federal Office of Administration upon arrival in Germany.
• The identity of the family members will be checked there.
• The registration procedure is initiated there. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the registration procedure is currently preceded by accommodation in transit accommodation funded by the federal government.
• Once the registration process has been successfully completed, family members are allocated to a federal state, taking into account family ties (place of residence of the late repatriate).
• If desired, family members can submit a name declaration during the allocation procedure to adapt their first name and surname to the German language.

If your application has been rejected:

• If you do not agree with the rejection notice from the Federal Office of Administration, you have the option of lodging an appeal against it.
• If you do not agree with the notice of objection, you can lodge a complaint with the Cologne Administrative Court.

Only your spouse and your descendants (children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren) can be included retrospectively.

• The marriage with the non-German spouse has existed for at least 3 years.
• Your spouse and your adult descendants have a basic knowledge of the German language corresponding to level A 1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

• Birth certificate(s) and, if applicable, marriage certificate(s), adoption certificate(s), divorce certificates of all persons wishing to resettle
• Employment records of persons willing to resettle who were born before 01.01.1974
• Certificates of good conduct of all persons older than 16 years who wish to resettle
• In the case of adults, proof of basic knowledge of German at level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (e.g. a certificate from the Goethe Institute or a language proficiency test at a German diplomatic mission abroad)
• Please note the information on the nature of the documents to be submitted on the website of the Federal Office of Administration in the section on late repatriates.

There are no costs.

• Objection period: 1 month after notification
• Time limit for legal action: 1 month after notification of the notice of objection

D he duration of the procedure ranges from several months to several years and depends, among other things, on the cooperation of the applicant and the language skills of the family members.

• § Section 27 (2) sentences 1 and 3 of the Act on the Affairs of Expellees and Refugees (Federal Expellees Act - BVFG)

• Objection
• Action before the administrative court

• Forms available: Yes
• Written form required: Yes
• Informal application possible: Yes
• Personal appearance necessary: No
• Online service available: Yes

13.06.2022