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You can only obtain complete information if you indicate the place of residence, the place of business or the building project, depending on the procedure.

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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

In school, the foundation stone is laid for lifelong learning, crucial prerequisites for a successful professional life are created and values and rules of coexistence in our society are taught. That is why it is all the more important. that the right school is selected for a child. Here you will find an overview of school types, degrees, school law and much more.

There are 8 life situations for School

Types of School
Care Offers
Transition From Primary to Secondary School
Change to Another School
Financial and Other Support
School Law
Vacations
Others

There are 43 services for School

Admission to secondary schools Counselling
Advice on the transition to secondary school
Adult education
Adult education centres (VHS) are public institutions of adult education at the municipal level. The adult education centres act on a public order and are not subject to...
All-day schools
All-day schools usually set up two lessons for their pupils on four days (sometimes three days) per school week following a lunch break (with lunch), which, depending on the...
Apply for a new training occupation for people with disabilities
People with disabilities or their representatives can apply to the competent chamber for special training regulations for themselves.
Certify pre-qualification for promotion BAföG
In order for your professional advancement training to be supported by the Aufstiegs-BAföG, you must prove your pre-qualification.
Children's and youth services communal
Your city or municipality or In addition to kindergarten and school, your district offers children and young people a wide range of creative, musical, sporting, technical, craft...
Compulsory education
All children who have reached the age of six up to a fixed cut-off date will be required to attend school at the beginning of the following school year. At the request of their...
Educational and participation services for children, adolescents and young adults Provision of
Education and participation services have been introduced to give children and young people from financially deprived families the opportunity to take advantage of learning and...
Enrolment examination
Before enrolment, doctors of the public health service examine the children by a doctor for health impairments that are likely to affect the ability to attend school. The...
Execution of school dental examinations
Dental services promote dental health for children and adolescents with age-appropriate programmes
Funding For Students
Students receive funding in the form of a grant (50%) from the start of the training, but not for periods prior to application if there is a proven need. and an interest-free...
Funding for training
Pupils who can demonstrate a need to do so will receive a grant which is granted as a non-repayable grant from the start of their training, but not for periods prior to...
Funding school
Special pedagogical support takes place in Lower Saxony in support schools and in all other general education schools. Special educational needs are accepted in the case of...
General education schools: admission - primary school
Pupils from year 1 to 4 are taught in primary school. The primary school teaches its pupils basic knowledge and skills and develops the different skills in a course common to...
General schools: Admission - Gymnasium
The grammar school covers school years 5 to 12, it can only cover school years 5 to 10. It provides its students with a broad and in-depth general education, strengthens...
General schools: Admission - Secondary School
The secondary school comprises the years 5 to 9, where a 10th grade can be set up. Attendance at a 10th grade at the secondary school is voluntary. The secondary school...
General schools: Admission - Secondary school
The secondary school comprises the school years 5 to 10. It provides its students with an extended general education based on life-like issues. Due to a wide range of subjects...
High school
Municipalities offer secondary schools as a new branch of school. It can be a secondary school that brings together secondary and secondary schools, or a secondary school that...
Holidays
In Lower Saxony, school holidays cover a total of 75 working days for a 6-day week and 63 working days for a 5-day week. The summer holidays are determined by the Conference of...
Investigation authorisation certificate
If you are not yet 18 years old and want to start an employment relationship, you must undergo a medical examination (youth protection examination). Without this study,...
Media Centres / Image Centres
Media centres and image centres support the school promoter with regard to the provision of appropriate media and equipment to schools, day care centres and other educational...
Music
Music schools are educational institutions whose essential tasks are the provision of basic musical education, the training of young talents for amateur and lover music, the...
Protection of children and young people
The "protection of children and young people" is a variety of regulations and measures that help to protect children and young people from threats to their well-being. Young...
Public holidays: Authorisation - from exceptions to general rest at work
On Sundays and public holidays, there is generally a general rest. All publicly noticeable activities which are likely to impair such calmness or which are contrary to the...
Register for admission to a German school abroad
Do you live abroad or are you planning to move abroad and would like to register your child at a German school? Find out more about German schools abroad here.
Registration for attendance at an evening grammar school
Here you will find information on admission to an evening grammar school as well as on special features of the type of school.
Retirement of compulsory schooling Application
On request, compulsory education may be suspended: to attend a language course with insufficient knowledge of German, for bringing up children after the expiry of the...
School Psychological Counselling
School psychological counselling is offered in the event of learning and behavioural difficulties, crisis situations, in the context of talent development, school programme...
School of the Second Educational Path
The second educational path includes the school forms evening grammar school and college. Those who are at least nineteen years of age, who have completed vocational training or...
School performance: assessment
In order to demonstrate the level of performance, pupils provide at appropriate intervals according to the requirements of the respective course of education, the class level...
School refusal
Refusal to attend school is understood to be a recurrent or prolonged absence from teaching, which is usually unexcused. Occasional cocking can also be a refusal to attend...
School road safety
The best way to achieve school safety is through the cooperation of the administration, the police, politicians, schools and parents. On the basis of collected data (police...
School trip costs
The transport of pupils is the transport of pupils on the way to school. A right to transport pupils or reimbursement of costs applies only to certain groups of pupils, in...
School trips, school trips and similar trips from day care facilities: reimbursement - of costs
If the school class your child attends is due to be a school trip or a multi-day class trip, you as a parent will usually be charged. The same applies to similar measures for...
Schools in free ownership
Free schools (private schools) complement the public school system and thus play an important role in creating diversity in the Lower Saxony school system. They are run as...
Secondary school
The Integrated Comprehensive School (IGS) teaches pupils from the 5th to 12th grade. The IGS can also be run without a high school. The IGS in Lower Saxony is usually run as a...
Supplementary school, apply for state recognition
As the sponsor of an indicated supplementary school in Lower Saxony, you can apply for recognition of your school. If a supplementary vocational school provides complete...
Support for families with multiple children (from triplets)
The birth of multilings poses particular challenges for families: The care and supervision of infants and young children is usually difficult for the affected families to cope...
Support for training
The aim of the promotion of training under the Federal Training Promotion Act (BAföG) is to give young people the opportunity to complete school or higher education,...
Support for training Authorisation for the visit of a training centre located abroad
In many cases, support for training can also be granted for a period of study or school training (including traineeships). In order to promote a training stay abroad, you must...
Suspension of compulsory schooling Application for supplementary school
The competent regional State Office for School and Education may determine that compulsory education is suspended during the attendance of this supplementary school for a...
Training
Enrolment is the admission of a child to a school, especially a primary school. All children who have reached the age of six up to a fixed cut-off date will be required to...
Work accident / School road accident
If you suffer an accident at the workplace or on the way there, an accident insurance institution will pay for the consequences insofar as they affect your health. The same...

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Exchange of an old driver's license into a new driver's license
Church Resignation Declaration
Motor vehicle re-registration
Apply for child benefit
Apply for a change of tax brackets during marriage or civil partnership
Dog tax fixing
Apply for an identity card
Educational and participation services for children, adolescents and young adults Provision of
Children's passport exhibition

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