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Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

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Request a block on the transmission of your data stored in the Central Register for Foreigners


If you are a foreigner living in Germany for more than 90 days, your personal data will be stored in a central register for foreigners. Public authorities can obtain information about you from this register.

Non-public agencies, authorities of other states and supranational or intergovernmental agencies can also receive data from the Central Register of Foreigners if the legal requirements are met.

You can apply for your personal data to be blocked if you believe that you or your relatives are in danger. The data will be blocked if:

  • your interests worthy of protection or those of another person may be affected by the transmission of the data, or
  • at the request of the witness protection service.

Blocked data are provided with a transmission block. They may only be transferred to non-public bodies, authorities of other states or intergovernmental bodies in exceptional cases (without your opinion).

If there is an overriding public interest, the block is also effective vis-à-vis public authorities. How long the block applies depends on the individual case.

Which documents are required?

  • proof of your identity
  • where appropriate, suitable evidence that you or another person may be put at risk by the transfer

Requirements

  • You can demonstrate in a concrete and comprehensible manner that your interests or the interests of another person worthy of protection may be affected by the transfer of your data.

What are the fees?

none

Process flow

You can apply for the transfer block from the Central Register of Foreigners in writing or in person:

If you apply for the transfer block in person:

  • Find out which documents you need from your competent foreigners authority. If necessary, make an appointment.
  • At your appointment, a member of staff will listen to you to find out the reasons for your request. A decision will then be made on your application.
  • You will then receive a written decision. If your request is approved, the information block will apply immediately.

If you request the transfer block in writing:

  • Inform yourself at your responsible foreigners authority which application form and which further documents you need. If there is no application form, an informal signed application is sufficient.
  • Send your application and the required documents to your Aliens' Registration Office, the Central Register of Foreigners, or the branch office of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees responsible for processing your asylum application.
  • After your application and documents have been examined, you will receive a written decision. If your application is examined positively, the transfer block will apply immediately.

Note: Blocks on transmission can also be saved ex officio in the case of interests worthy of protection or overwhelming public interest. If a transfer block has been stored in the register ex officio, you as the person concerned will be informed by the office that decided on the storage.

Processing duration

Varies depending on the authority

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

none

Applications / forms

Forms: can be obtained from your competent office

Online procedure possible: no

Written form required: yes

Personal appearance required: no

none

What else should I know?

The transfer of data despite an existing transfer block is permitted in individual cases if there is an overriding public interest in knowing the blocked data (for example, in order to prosecute criminal offences).

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Contact point

Responsible authorities


Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
Address: Frankenstraße 210, 90402 Nürnberg
Timetable
Telephone: +49 911 943-0
Fax: +49 911 943-10000

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)