Spätaussiedler applications Federal Expellees Act

The admission of people who are still affected by the consequences of the Second World War and its side effects because of their German ethnicity is regulated in the Federal Expellees Act (BVFG). The legislature has set the number of repatriates and family members to be admitted annually at around 100,000 people. Admitting these people and managing immigration is one of the core tasks of Section Group BS II.

Since the German immigration law came into force on July 1, 1990, immigrants or ethnic German repatriates have to go through a formal admissions procedure at the Federal Office of Administration from their area of origin before they leave for Germany. As part of this admission procedure, the Federal Office of Administration checks whether the legal requirements have actually been met and then issues the admission notification. Only this authorizes entry into the Federal Republic of Germany.