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Benefits under the Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz (Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act) - report a change

Leistungen nach Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz - Änderung melden
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
If you receive benefits under the Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz (Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act, AsylbLG) and your personal circumstances have changed, you must report the changes to the Landesamt für Flüchtlingsangelegenheiten (State Office for Refugee Affairs, LAF). This applies, for example, if your income situation has changed. You do not need to report some changes; these are carried out by the authority on its own initiative (von Amts wegen): • Discharge from the reception facility (Aufnahmeeinrichtung) pursuant to sections 47-50 of the Asylgesetz (Asylum Act, AsylG) • Change to benefits under section 2 of the Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz (AsylbLG) in accordance with SGB XII (Social Code, Book XII) • Referral to the Sozialamt (social welfare office) if the requirements for district-level responsibility (Zuständigkeit) are met • Restriction of entitlement pursuant to section 1a of the Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz (AsylbLG)

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Requirements

• You are a foreign national, are actually present in the federal territory, and meet certain residence-law requirements sozialrecht.berlin.de/kategorie/rundschreiben/rs-soz-03-2026 A foreign national is entitled to benefits if they hold one of the following residence permits (Aufenthaltstitel): • AE (Aufenthaltserlaubnis – residence permit) under Section 23 (1) AufenthG (Aufenthaltsgesetz – Residence Act) (admission of groups of persons) • AE under Section 24 AufenthG (temporary protection in the event of a mass influx pursuant to EC Directive 01/55/EC) • AE under Section 25 (4) sentence 1 AufenthG (urgent humanitarian/personal reasons) • AE under Section 25 (5) AufenthG, provided the Duldung (toleration/suspension of deportation) has not yet been in effect for 18 months (legal or factual obstacles to departure whose end cannot be foreseen) • Suspension of deportation (Duldung) under Section 60a (1) AufenthG (group provision) • Suspension of deportation (Duldung) under Section 60a (2) AufenthG (legal or factual obstacles to departure whose end is foreseeable, or for which the person is responsible themselves) • Residence is deemed tolerated under Section 71a (3) in conjunction with Section 71 AsylVfG (Asylverfahrensgesetz – Asylum Procedure Act) (subsequent asylum application) • Residence is deemed tolerated under Section 71a (3) AsylVfG (second asylum application) • Changes have occurred in your receipt of benefits under the Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz (AsylbLG – Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act) You must report the following changes to the Landesamt für Flüchtlingsangelegenheiten (State Office for Refugee Affairs): • Changes in income, regardless of the type of income (earned income, Arbeitslosengeld I [unemployment benefit I], child benefit, maintenance payments, etc.) • Changes in your financial assets • Changes in matters relating to your residence status (granting of a residence permit (Aufenthaltserlaubnis), etc.) • Changes in personal, family, and other circumstances (birth of a child, moving house, moving out, moving in, hospital stay, marriage, divorce, etc.)

Documents you need

• Application for Sozialhilfe (social assistance) • Attachments to the application for social assistance • Personal identification and residence documents • Meldebestätigung (registration confirmation) • Health insurance card • Proof of income and assets • Proof of any other necessary needs, where applicable • The scope of documents required, in particular proof of income and assets, depends on the specifics of the individual case.

Forms

• Application for social assistance - Application form A <file://///itsfs013.its.verwalt-berlin.de/Daten/02xn/Download/mdb-f51699-soz_iii_b_1____01_14-1.pdf> • Annex 1 - on maintenance, for the application for social assistance <https://www.berlin.de/formularserver/formular.php?51306&typ=.pdf> • Annex 2 - for foreign nationals / asylum seekers, for the application for social assistance <https://www.berlin.de/formularserver/formular.php?51307&typ=.pdf> • Annex 3 - on real property, for the application for social assistance <https://www.berlin.de/formularserver/formular.php?51337&typ=.pdf> • Annex 6 - on rent arrears, for the application for social assistance <https://www.berlin.de/formularserver/formular.php?92376&typ=.pdf> • All applications, annexes and information sheets www.berlin.de/sen/asgiva/service/formulare/

Fees

None

Legal basis

• Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz (AsylbLG) [Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act] www.gesetze-im-internet.de/asylblg/ • Ausführungsvorschriften über die Zuständigkeit für die Leistungsgewährung nach dem Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz (AV ZustAsylbLG) [Implementing Provisions on Responsibility for Granting Benefits under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act] sozialrecht.berlin.de/kategorie/ausfuehrungsvorschriften/av- • Ausführungsvorschriften über die örtliche Zuständigkeit für die Leistungen der Sozialhilfe nach dem SGB XII (AV Zuständigkeit Soziales – AV ZustSoz) [Implementing Provisions on Local Responsibility for Social Assistance Benefits under SGB XII] www.berlin.de/sen/soziales/service/berliner-sozialrecht/kate

Processing time

60 min

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Original

German original

Service number 349986 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/349986/