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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.

School trips, school trips and comparable trips of day-care centres: reimbursement - of costs according to SGB II

For school trips or multi-day school trips, you as parents usually have to share the costs. You can therefore apply for a one-off benefit from the competent authority. The prerequisite for this is that you are in need of assistance within the meaning of Book II of the Social Code (SGB II) – basic provision for jobseekers. Support may also be considered if you are unable to cover the necessary costs entirely from your own resources.

Social Code – Second Book (SGB II)

§ 19 Abs. 2 i.V m. § 28 Abs. 2 Sozialgesetzbuch – Zweites Buch (SGB II)

Documents may be required. Please contact the competent authority.

There are no fees.

There are no deadlines to be observed.

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

The responsibility lies with the municipality and the city in which you have your residence.

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

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