Applying at the authority is free of charge. What you pay us for is the simplicity.
Three ways
0 €
All by yourself.
Find the form, read the officialese, work out which annexes belong to it. Costs nothing but time.
9,99 €
As a PDF to print out.
Questions in your language, plus the illustrated instructions. Print, sign, send.
29,99 €
No printer? No problem.
Everything printed, in your letterbox, envelope addressed and stamped. Sign it, drop it in, done — you don't even have to go to the post office.
One-off prices, incl. VAT. What exactly each way contains is further down in the comparison.
Who for
You have just moved here.
The first application is due long before the first German word settles in.
Your child lives abroad.
Then extra annexes belong with the form — which ones is written out for you.
Your child turns eighteen.
From then on nothing carries on by itself.
You are self-employed.
The forms then ask for more than they do from employees.
It's several applications at once.
Moving, child, flat — they rarely come one at a time.
Nobody around you speaks officialese.
Not even the people who help you with everything else.
Two ways, one goal
free
GermanForms
Which form?
Everything in one place.
It cost
0 €
and three attempts.
It cost
from €9.99incl. VAT
and one afternoon.
The competent authority alone decides on approval. We do not fill in any application for you and have no influence on whether or in what amount a benefit is granted. Applying at the authority is free of charge.
Comparison
| Feature | Yourself0 € | Download9,99 € | By post29,99 € |
|---|---|---|---|
| The authority's official form | included | included | included |
| Questions in your language instead of officialese | not included | included | included |
| Written out: which annex belongs with it | not included | included | included |
| Your answers in the right place on the form | not included | included | included |
| Illustrated instructions, in German and in your language | not included | included | included |
| Everything printed, sent to you by post | not included | not included | included |
| A second copy for your records | not included | not included | included |
| An informal cover letter | not included | not included | included |
| Envelope addressed and stamped | not included | not included | included |
Which package you choose you decide only at the end.
Plain words
Questions
Twelve: Türkçe, polski, română, العربية, български, українська, русский, hrvatski, shqip, فارسی, Tiếng Việt, English. The questions and the instructions are in your language, the form itself stays in German — that is what the authority requires.
Yes — by hand, on paper. That is why what you get at the end is something to print out, not something to click.
The mail goes to you, not to us. You answer yourself — we do not act as your representative.
Yes. Answering the questions is free, you only pay at the end.