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Information on child benefit may be of interest to you because:

  • your parents can receive child benefit for you up to the age of 25 if you are still in education or training
  • you may be able to claim child benefit for yourself if your parents do not support you
  • you may be entitled to child benefit for your own child

Parents are entitled to child benefit if they have their residence or habitual abode in Germany. It is independent of the parents' income.

  • Only one person can receive child benefit for the same child.
  • Child benefit is regulated by law in the Income Tax Act (EStG) and the Federal Child Benefit Act (BKGG).
  • Child benefit can also be applied for and claimed by students with a residence permit according to §16 Residence Act if they are gainfully employed (e.g. mini-job)!

Child benefit must be applied for in writing at the family benefits office of the employment agency. It is paid from the month in which the eligibility requirements were met for at least one day, after receipt of the written application retroactively for a maximum of six months. Application forms are available in German and English.

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Johanna Usinger
Student life advising, focus on international affairs
Student Life Advisor
Room 1, Counseling Center in Mensa II (Leibnizstraße 12-14), 24118 Kiel, Germany
Office hoursMon+Thurs 11.00-14.00
Ramona López
Advice on student life, focus on studying with children
Student Life Advisor Kiel
Room 4, Counselling Centre in Mensa II (Leibnizstraße 12-14), 24118 Kiel
Office hoursMon+Thurs 11.00-14.00
Stefanie Prüss
Counseling Student Life
Student Life Advisor
Room 43, office in the refectory building, Mönkhofer Weg 241, 23562 Lübeck
Office hoursTue-Thu 10.00-13.00 (no open hours during the week Jan. 23rd to 27th)
Janne Marie Wolter
Counseling Student Life
Student Life Advisor
Thomas-Fincke-Str. 7, 24943 Flensburg
Office hoursMon + Wed 10.00-13.00
Beatrice Richter-Bethge
Counseling Student Life
Student Life Advisor
Room 0.44, Office FH Westküste, Fritz-Thiedemann-Ring 20, 25746 Heide
Office hoursWed + Thur 10-13
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