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Hallo Everyone,

First of all I would like to thanks all of members in this group for your really hard, helpful ideas and support for my and our community members for better outcomes.

I have plan to transfer to Berlin or Potsdam in next year for my partner’s (German person) place so currently I’m living in Freiburg and working full time and living private apartment also completed A2 and Leben in Deutschland certificate as well. And my Asylum application still processing and over 17 months after interview and living in Germany over 28 months, have some questions regards to this case.

1. From where I want to ask about this case, from Freiburg or Berlin/Potsdam?

2.What are the document or application that I need to fill out for above mentioned related Amts?

3.We have a Idea that my partner can write official letters to asked both Ausländische Amt whether I can move to another state or not? Is it ok or not?

Thank you all !!!!!
asked Sep 10, 2024 in Home & Living by Lovewithme | 1,177 views

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Hi @Lovewithme

Firstly, you’re very welcome. I’m glad our work is appreciated.

If you are not receiving any asylum seeker benefits from the Sozialamt, then you are no longer obliged to live in a particular place in Germany. You make an application to have this obligation removed. It is called ‘Antrag auf Aufhebung der Wohnsitzauflage’. Often people refer to this application as ‘Antrag auf Umverteilung’ but this is not strictly correct. ‘Umverteilung’ means a person is assigned a new place of residence, for example because they have family members there. In your case it is the ‘Aufhebung’ that is appropriate, because you no longer receive benefits.

You make this application with your local Ausländerbehörde in Freiburg. It is first checked by them before being forwarded to the Ausländerbehörde in Potsdam. If they also say it is ok, then you can move. You can use the form provided by the city of Freiburg here:

https://***.freiburg.de/servicebw/Antrag_Umverteilung_Streichung_Wohnsitzauflage.pdf

You can see also in that form that they use the term Umverteilung rather than Aufhebung for asylum seekers. You do not have to use the form. You can also write a letter with the information. You have to provide three months of payslips from your job to show you are financially self-sufficient.

The potential difficulty I see in your case is the location of your workplace. If you worked in Freiburg and planned to move to another city near it, then as long as you can commute to work from there it would not be a problem.

If your company has an office in Potsdam (or Berlin), or your job is completely in home office, then it can also work. You should provide something from your employer confirming this. Otherwise, the Ausländerbehörde are going to presume you are going to end up in Potsdam without a job and be entitled to benefits from the Sozialamt there. If this did happen, you would be required to move back to Freiburg. But I doubt they will permit you to move in  the first place unless in the examples I mentioned above.

Your partner can write a letter to include in the application but the relationship is not relevant in this situation as you are not married. The alternative is to find and work a job in Potsdam for a few months and then request the official move.  

Best,

Éanna

answered Sep 12, 2024 by mbeon-Éanna
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