Detailed description
Blind people and people who are on an equal footing with blind people due to the degree of impairment of their vision receive blind allowance to compensate for the additional expenses caused by blindness - regardless of whether they are gainfully employed or not. The prerequisite for the granting of benefits is that the person seeking help has their habitual residence in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and that the severely disabled ID card contains the mark BL.