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The Corona pandemic has caused important changes.

A compilation of important information in different languages can be found here:

• corona-info

The Berlin Office for Immigration (LEA) continuously adapts its procedures and the handling of residence permits to the new conditions. Please check the

• LEA website regularly (in English and German).

If you have questions regarding entering Germany, please read the information on entry restrictions issued by the Federal Police, the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (BMI), and the respective German mission abroad:

• Federal Police (in German)
• Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (in English)
• German mission abroad (in different languages)

The Berlin arrival center continues to accept asylum applications: https://www.berlin.de/laf/ankommen/registrierung-laf/ (in German). An initial medical examination and identification formalities are carried out. If you have any symptoms, a coronavirus test is conducted. For the first 14 days there is an obligation to stay overnight at the arrival center. After that, the allocation to another accommodation takes place. Newly arriving asylum seekers receive accommodation, social benefits and a health insurance certificate. In the arrival center an application form for asylum is filled out, signed by the applicant personally and sent to the BAMF. Occasionally hearings are already taking place. Further important information can be found in ten languages in the

• Info sheets for refugees.

Information on financial support can be found here:

• Financial support

The job centers and social service departments (Sozialämter) are currently closed for appointments, but authorized benefits will of course continue to be paid. Applications can be submitted informally by email or post, unemployment registration by telephone. Applications for further authorization are currently approved until 30.09.2020 without being checked. Notifications of change can be submitted online at

• Notifications of change

Under the following link, all applications can be filled in online or printed out. The applications can be sent by post to the competent authority.

• Formulars (in German)

The citizens’ offices are gradually returning to a regular operation mode. For reasons of infection protection, however, it is still absolutely necessary to make an appointment; spontaneous attendance without an appointment is not possible. A limited number of appointments can be booked online or via the central authority telephone number (030)-115. In a first step, appointments are available primarily for top priority services for which a personal visit is necessary. These include registration, deregistration and change of registration, as well as passport and identity card matters, certificates of good conduct or driving licence matters. In addition, urgent individual requirements can be clarified and appointments made via the citizens’ offices in the districts.

Until 31.12.2020 you can register in writing by e-mail or post. Please find further information here:

• Registration