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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.

Recognition of politically persecuted persons as persons entitled to asylum or as refugees under the Geneva Refugee Convention Decision

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In Germany, politically persecuted persons are entitled to recognition as persons entitled to asylum under Article 16a of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany (GG) or as refugees within the meaning of the Convention on the Status of Refugees of 28.06.1951 (Geneva Refugee Convention).


Anyone wishing to exercise the right to recognition must undergo a recognition procedure.

Who should I contact?

Responsibility lies with the branch office of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), which is located in the immediate vicinity of your initial reception centre.

Lower Saxony maintains an initial reception centre - the State Reception Authority of Lower Saxony - with locations in Braunschweig, Bramsche, Friedland, Oldenburg and Osnabrück.

Responsible authorities

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Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) - Außenstelle M B 9 - Braunschweig
Address: Boeselagerstraße 4 , 38108 Braunschweig
Timetable
Telephone: 0531 3545-0
Fax: 0531 3545-199
Email: Get in touch
Address: Im Rehagen 12, 49565 Bramsche
Telephone: 0521 9316-490
Fax: 05461 9455-848
Email: Get in touch
Address: Klostermark 70-80 , 26135 Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
Telephone: 0441 2060-0
Fax: 0441 2060-299
Email: Get in touch
Address: Heimkehrerstraße 16, 37133 Friedland
Telephone: 0911 943-8753
Fax: 05504 949-9317
Email: Get in touch

Which documents are required?

  • All existing documents proving your identity and curriculum vitae

What are the fees?

Fees may apply. Please contact the relevant authority.

Process flow

If an asylum seeker reports to the border authority, he or she will forward him or her to the nearest initial reception centre, which is the responsibility of the country concerned. However, this does not apply if he meets the conditions for refusing entry, for example because he is entering from a safe third country. If a foreigner only identifies himself or herself as an asylum seeker in Germany, he or she will also first be referred to the nearest initial reception centre.

Asylum seekers then submit their asylum application. A data comparison with the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR) is carried out and a residence permit is granted, which grants a temporary right to stay in the Federal Republic of Germany for the purpose of carrying out the asylum procedure.

Subsequently, the legally required, non-public hearing of the asylum seeker takes place in accordance with § 25 of the Asylum Procedure Act (AsylVfG) by employees of the competent authority. For this purpose, the asylum seeker must appear in person and explain the reasons for persecution. After that, a decision on the asylum application is made. In principle, the individual fate of the individual is decisive.

The decision on the application for asylum shall be taken in writing and shall state the reasons on which it is based. It is served on the asylum seeker with information on the right of appeal.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the competent authority.

What else should I know?

Legal basis

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

Further Links

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Single points of contact of the state of Lower Saxony, Single points of contact of the countries of Europe, advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families.
Access information on the single point of contact for the state of Lower Saxonyvisit Website Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEsVisit advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families