Apply for the subsequent inclusion of spouses and descendants in the Spätaussiedler admission notice

You can submit the application for subsequent inclusion in the admission notice in writing or online.

Written application:

• Download the application form from the website of the Federal Office of Administration and print it out.
• Alternatively, you can also request the form in writing from the Federal Office of Administration.
• Fill out the form and add the necessary supporting documents.
• Submit the application documents to the Federal Office of Administration.
• You will receive the respective processing status and the decision of the Federal Office of Administration by post without being asked.

Online application:

• Go to the website of the Federal Portal and fill out the application form electronically.
  • Note: For the online function you need your identity card with PIN number
• Add the other required documents as a scan.
• Submit your application.
• The BVA will review your application.
• After the examination of your application has been completed, you will receive the respective processing status and the decision of the Federal Office of Administration without being asked.

If your application is approved:

• After their arrival in Germany, the family members involved go to the Friedland branch of the Federal Office of Administration.
• The identity of the family members is checked there.
• The registration procedure is initiated there. Due to the Corona pandemic, the registration procedure is currently preceded by accommodation in a transit accommodation financed by the federal government.
• After successful completion of the registration procedure, the family members are assigned to a federal state, taking into account family ties (residence of the ethnic German repatriate).
• If desired, family members can submit a name declaration in the distribution procedure to adapt the first and last name to the German language.

If your application has been denied:

• If you do not agree with the rejection notice of the Federal Office of Administration, you have the option of filing an objection against it.
• If you do not agree with the notice of objection, you can file a complaint with the Administrative Court of Cologne.

Only your spouse and your descendants (children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren) can be included retrospectively.

• The marriage with the non-German spouse has existed for at least 3 years.
• Your spouse and your adult descendants have a basic knowledge of the German language corresponding to level A 1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

• Birth certificate(s) and, if applicable, marriage certificate(s), adoption certificate(s), divorce certificates of all persons wishing to resettle
• Workbooks of persons wishing to resettle who were born before 01.01.1974
• Certificates of good conduct of all persons older than 16 years of age who wish to resettle
• In the case of adults, proof of basic knowledge of the German language at level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (for example, by means of a certificate from the Goethe-Institut or by a language level test at a German mission abroad)
• Please note the information on the nature of the documents to be submitted on the website of the Federal Office of Administration in the area of ethnic German repatriates.

There are no costs.

• Objection period: 1 month after notification
• Deadline for filing an action: 1 month after service of the notice of opposition

T he duration of the procedure ranges from several months to several years and depends, among other things, on the involvement of the applicant and the language skills of the family members.

• Forms available: Yes
• Written form required: Yes
• Informal application possible: Yes
• Personal appearance required: No
• Online service available: Yes

• Contradiction
• Action before the Administrative Court

Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community

13.06.2022

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.