ausländerbehörde refused to Changing address

Question

Hello team,
On behalf of my friend I would like to ask you for advise. My friend got job since Jan 2023 and integration course In Braunschweig and recently she applied for transfer From Gifhorn where she used to live unfortunately Gifhorn ausländerbehörde refused to Change her address to Braunschweig without reason that she might go back to live in Gifhorn. She has a job, paying apartment, and she doesn't receive any money from government. Please advise what to do that she can stay in Braunschweig to continue integration courses and her job.
Her asylum request is still in process

Best,
Regards

Answer 1

Hi @Malcolm

She is entitled to live in Braunschweig as she is able to support herself financially through work. The law is clear on this.

It is not clear from your question what exactly she did ‘to change her address’. It is not just a case of informing the Ausländerbehörde you have an address somewhere else. She needs to make a written application for the removal of the obligation to live in Gifhorn. This application is made with the ‘Landesaufnahmebehörde Niedersachsen’. Here are their contact details:

https://***.lab.niedersachsen.de/startseite/service/kontakt/kontakt-140915.html

This application is called ‘Antrag auf Aufhebung der Wohnsitzauflage‘. If she has not already done so, she should make this application with a copy of her work contract and payslips.

The relevant law to refer to is paragraph 60, section 1 of the law on asylum (Asylgesetz):

https://***-gesetze--im--internet-de.translate.goog/asylvfg_1992/__60.html?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Only asylum applicants whose livelihoods are not secure can be obliged to live in a certain place.

Also important to reference in the application are directions made by the Interior Ministry in Niedersachsen about such cases. It makes clear that the authority has to remove the residency obligation if a person earns enough:

Soweit vorher eine Wohnsitzauflage nach § 60 Abs. 1 Satz 1 AsylG an dem in der Verteil-

und Zuweisungsentscheidung nach § 50 Abs. 4 AsylG genannten Ort (Bezirk der Auslän-

derbehörde) verfügt wurde, ist diese von der zuständigen Landesaufnahmebehörde Nieder-

sachsen (LAB NI) aufzuheben.

The document can be found here: 2024-01-22 Hinweise zum Umgang mit Wohnsitzauflagen nach § 60 Abs.1 AsylG - Download (PDF)

I recommend she refers to this document in her application.

Best,

Éanna