Since 01.01.2021, the child benefit for the first and second child is 219 EUR per month, for the third child it is 225 EUR and for the fourth and each further child 250 EUR per month.
The "Familienkassen/Child Benefit Offices are responsible for child benefit for employees in the public sector. However, for civil servants in the public sector, the child benefit is applied for from the Landesfamilienkasse of the Landesamt für Finanzen (LfF) and is paid directly to the entitled person each month together with the salary.
How to apply for child benefit as a civil servant or employee in the public sector?
- Fill in the form Antrag auf Kindergeld and the annex Anlage Kind
- Send the forms together with copy of birth certificate to the Landesfamilienkasse
- If you are not coming from an EU/EW-Country or Switzerland, please enclose your residence permit.
Postal adress:
Landesamt für Finanzen
Landesfamilienkasse
Postfach 10 02 64
95402 Bayreuth
Child benefit in cross-boarder cases
If you or the other parent is holding an EU/EW or Switz Nationility or is still living in one of those countries, you can receive child benefit in a cross-boarder case. In such cases, it is examined whether a reduction or a differential amount is to be paid.
Please see the information sheet in German Merkblatt Kindergeld in grenzüberschreitenden Fällen or English leaflet child-benefit in cross-boarder cases
- Fill in the form Antrag auf Kindergeld and the annex Anlage Kind
- Fill in the form Anlage Ausland
- Copy of the foreign birth certificate. If you have another official document certifying the birth of your child, you can also use this as proof.
However, in cross-border cases where supranational legislation is applicable to the to the applicant or to another parent, there are Family Benefits Offices with special
responsibilities.
→ You can find the relevant Family Benefit Office in the leaflet child-benefit in cross-boarder cases.
For general questions you can always turn to the Familienkasse Süd:
Konaktnummern
Tel: +49 9417808-259
(Fragen zu Kindergeld)
Tel: 0800 4 5555 30 *
(Fragen zu Kindergeld und Kinderzuschlag)
Tel: 0800 4 5555 33 * (Auszahlungstermine)
Mandatory requirement for the receipt of child benefit
For new applications for child benefit, your tax identification number and the tax identification number of your child/children must always be stated immediately on the application form. For allocation within the Landesfamilienkasse (family benefits office of the LfF) or the other family benefits office responsible for you, it is always necessary to state your complete reference number (see child assessment notice or, alternatively, your payslip).
How to apply for child benefit generally?
You can apply for child benefit
a) online
b) in writing by sending the application form to the Familienkasse (family benefits office)
The responsibility of the Familienkasse depends on the employment agency that is responsible for your place of residence. The Familienkasse Bayern Süd (family benefits office Bavaria South) in Deggendorf is responsible for the city of Munich, for customers with the first letter of the surname A - K. Customers with the first letters of the surname L - Z must contact the Familienkasse Passau.
Postal adress:
Familienkasse Bayern Süd (- Standort Passau)
93013 Regensburg