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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.

Apply for monthly benefits for the maintenance of foster children

To ensure the necessary maintenance of foster children, ongoing benefits are granted in the form of lump sums for the costs of material expenses and for care and upbringing.

The lump sums for the costs of material expenses are graduated according to age and cover the entire, regularly recurring living expenses of a foster child. The lump sums for care and education are independent of age.

§ Section 39 (3) of the Eighth Social Code (SGB VIII)

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You have a permit for full-time care in accordance with § 44 SGB VIII and are in a full-time care relationship.

There are no costs.

Foster carers can apply for the monthly lump sums themselves if they have a declaration of assignment from the foster child's legal guardians.

The local youth welfare office or the foster children's service can advise you. If necessary, you can also apply for a one-off grant or subsidy there.

There is no deadline.

The local youth welfare office

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

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