Kindergeld (child benefit)

The application to Familienkasse — with all the annexes your case needs.

You answer the questions in your language — the official form is filled in in German.

Start filling in

What can be in your set

Which sheets belong with it follows from your answers. You see the list in the application before you pay anything.

Always included

KG 1 — Hauptantrag
KG 1-AnK — Anlage Kind

Depending on your situation

KG 1a — Kindergeld für Vollwaisen (BKGG)if you are a full orphan yourself and are applying for the Kindergeld for yourself
KG 1-AnEU — Anlage EUif you are a national of an EU country
KG 51R — Anlage Ausland (Rentner/Waisen)if you draw a pension or it concerns an orphan and there is a foreign connection
KG 51 — Anlage Auslandif you or a child live abroad or work is done there
KG 51-ju — Anlage Ausland (BA/RS/ME/XK)if it concerns Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro or Kosovo
KG 3b — Lebensbescheinigungif a child lives abroad — the certificate that it is alive You do not fill in the lower part of this sheet (part B) yourself — a registration authority does that.
KG 12a — Erklärung Pflegekindfor every child living in your household as a foster child
KG 14 — Bestätigung Weiterleitungif the Kindergeld has gone to another person so far
KG 46 — Pfändungsschutzkontoif your account is a seizure-protected account
KG 80 — Einwilligung unverschlüsselte E-Mailsif you would like to get post from Familienkasse by e-mail

Sheets that others fill in

We enclose these sheets ready prepared. They are filled in by your firm or by an authority — not by you and not by us.

KG 54-A — Arbeitgeberbescheinigung (BA/RS/ME/XK)You do not fill in this sheet yourself.
KG 54 — ArbeitgeberbescheinigungYou do not fill in this sheet yourself — it is for your employer.
KG 54z — Arbeitgeberbescheinigung (Seeleute)You do not fill in this sheet yourself — it is the version for seafarers and is meant for your employer.

What you enclose in addition

Not an official form, but documents you add yourself.

Aufenthaltstitel (Nachweis)Enclose a copy of your residence permit.

What we do not yet fill in

Your case may call for these sheets; we do not fill them in yet. If it affects you, that is said in the application — and you get the sheet yourself from the body concerned.

KG 11a — Bescheinigung (kein Ausbildungsplatz)if a child over 18 has not found a training place
KG 4e/4f/… — Nachweis Behinderungif a disability has to be evidenced for a child

How it goes

Step 1
Answer questions
One step after another, in your language. What is compulsory carries a red asterisk; without those details things cannot go on.
Step 2
Check details and buy
Before payment you see all your answers once more and a picture of the first sheet. Only then do you pay.
Step 3
Download and hand in
After payment the finished set is ready as a PDF — for 48 hours, as often as you like. Print, sign, hand in.

What it costs

The price depends on how many children you are applying for Kindergeld for.

Your case	What is produced	Price	Difference
One child	Main application and one child annex.	9,90 €	—
Two children	Main application and one annex for every child.	11,90 €	+ 2,00 €
Three children	Main application and one annex for every child.	13,40 €	+ 1,50 €

Every further sheet costs less than the one before. A set never costs more than 19,90 €, however extensive it becomes. It is a one-off payment — no subscription, no account.

Hand it in at Familienkasse yourself

Send the signed application with all annexes and supporting documents to Familienkasse yourself. The Familienkasse responsible for your place of residence is the one to use; which one that is and where to write is at www.familienkasse.de. You can send the documents by post or hand them in in person. Antragscenter does not submit the application and does not forward it — this last step is yours.

Ready?

You can stop at any time and carry on later — what you enter stays on this device for 48 hours. Payment comes only at the end.