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Your selected location: Emsbüren (484...)

Which place to enter?

The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

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.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Applying for an increase in housing benefit

Process flow

  • You send your application in writing or online to the housing benefit office responsible for you.
  • The authority will check your application and send you a decision.
  • If approved, the housing benefit is usually granted for twelve months.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

If the decision is positive, payment is made from the 1st of the month in which the application for an increase was submitted.

Appeal

Complaint

You will find further information on how to lodge a complaint in the notification of your application for housing benefit.

Applications / forms

Online: please enter your postcode and place of residence.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Who should I contact?

To your local housing benefit authority

Responsible authorities


Emsbüren - Bereich Sozialhilfe
Address: Magistratstraße 5, 48488 Emsbüren
Timetable
Telephone: 05903 9305-0
Fax: 05903 9305-1155
Opening Hours:
Monday:
from 08:00 to 12:00

Tuesday:
from 08:00 to 12:00

Wednesday:
from 08:00 to 12:00

Thursday:
from 14:00 to 18:00

Friday:
from 08:00 to 12:00

Address: Magistratstraße 5, 48488 Emsbüren
Telephone: 05903 9305-0
Fax: 05903 9305-1155
Address: Herzog-Arenberg-Straße 12, 49716 Meppen
Telephone: 05931 44-0
Fax: 05931 44-3621
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

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