Detailed description
If you receive social benefits from Hamburg that secure your livelihood and have a registered address in Hamburg, you can apply for a social discount on season tickets for public transport.
If you receive social benefits from Hamburg that secure your livelihood and have a registered address in Hamburg, you can apply for a social discount on season tickets for public transport.
- They are registered in Hamburg.
- They currently receive subsistence-level social benefits from Hamburg: citizen's allowance, basic income support, benefits under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act.
- You possess a valid identity document with a passport photo.
- Valid identification document (identity card, tolerated stay and registration certificate, residence permit and registration confirmation)
- completed application form
- You can voluntarily submit your benefits statement.
The application form can be downloaded. It is also available for collection at the following locations:
- Social service centers
- Locations of Jobcenter team.arbeit.hamburg
- HVV service centers
The social discount is not granted on weekly tickets or the semester ticket.
The discount cannot be used on a pro-rata basis (on a daily basis).
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- You fill out the application form and sign it.
- You submit the form together with your identification document to an HVV service point.
- Your identity will be confirmed on the form there.
- You will receive your monthly or subscription ticket.
- Your application form will be forwarded to an auditing body for random sampling.
Your request will be processed on site.
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Keywords: HVV social card (ticket) Social ticket Social card
Last updated: 06.02.2026