You do not have your birth certificate, but you need it for a marriage or other official act, for example? Then you can apply for a birth certificate to be issued.

If you need proof of birth from the former German territories or from the consular and colonial registers, you can apply for a birth certificate. You can obtain this from the registry office I in Berlin.

If you need proof of birth to be presented to foreign bodies, you can apply for a multilingual birth certificate.

If a child is born during a voyage on a German seagoing vessel, the registry office I in Berlin certifies the birth in its birth register. The skipper takes a transcript and forwards it to the Registry Office I in Berlin.

If you have a child, you can apply for child benefit.

As an expectant mother, you can apply for maternity benefit from the Federal Social Security Office (BAS) for the period of protection before and after childbirth and for the day of childbirth. You must meet certain requirements for this.

If you look after your child after the birth, the parental allowance compensates for part of the loss of income.

You, your child or another close family member in ascending or descending lineage was born abroad? Then you can have the birth subsequently certified in the birth register at the registry office responsible for you.

If you are unable to run your household due to pregnancy or childbirth, you are entitled to household help under certain conditions. You can apply for this from your statutory health insurance fund.

If you become a mother, you can receive maternity benefit. You are also entitled to maternity benefit after a miscarriage from the 13th week of pregnancy, provided you take maternity leave.

As regards health protection, there are public preventive measures in place in Germany, which you can benefit from and may need to take into account. Here you can find information on your rights and obligations on compulsory vaccination programmes and screening tests.

If you as parents are not married to each other at the time of your child's birth, you can obtain joint custody by both submitting declarations of custody.

Have you had a child and would like to determine the child's name and order birth certificates, as well as apply for parental allowance and child benefit? Here you can find out how you can do everything at the same time, bundled and simply with one application.

You have applied for assistance for your child and no longer need it? Then you can end the conservatorship at the local youth welfare office.

If you wish to make a declaration recognizing the maternity of your child, insofar as this is required by your home law or the law of the country in which the child has its habitual residence.

In this section, you will find information on your rights and obligations regarding birth, maintenance obligations for children in cross-border family situations, and surrogacy and adoption.

You do not have your birth certificate, but you need it for a marriage or other official act, for example? Then you can apply for a printout from the birth register.

If you wish to make a declaration acknowledging paternity of a child and a declaration of consent from the mother, this can be publicly notarized at any registry office, youth welfare office or notary's office.

If you receive social assistance or basic security and have just had a baby, the social welfare office will bear the costs of counselling sessions.

If you have had a child, you must submit details and proof of the birth, first name declaration and naming of your child to the registry office.

You can plan your 3 years of parental leave flexibly, but you must meet certain requirements. You must give notice of your parental leave to your employer.