Apply for your data stored in the Central Register of Foreigners to be blocked for transmission
If you are a foreigner living in Germany for more than 90 days, your personal data will be stored in a central register for foreigners. Public authorities can obtain information about you from this register.
Non-public bodies, authorities of other countries and supranational or intergovernmental bodies can also obtain data from the Central Register of Foreigners if the legal requirements are met.
You can apply for your personal data to be blocked if you believe that you or your relatives are at risk. The data will be blocked if:
- your interests worthy of protection or those of another person could be impaired by the transfer of the data or
- at the request of the witness protection service.
Blocked data is subject to a transmission block. They may only be transmitted to non-public bodies, authorities of other countries or intergovernmental bodies in exceptional cases (without your consent).
If there is an overriding public interest, the block is also effective vis-à-vis public authorities. How long the block applies depends on the individual case.
- Central register of foreigners Entry of transmission block
- AZR contains personal data of foreign nationals who live or have lived in Germany for more than 90 days
- In addition, data of foreigners can be recorded on special occasions relevant to residence law (e.g. when applying for asylum)
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Data is blocked in the following cases:
- if interests worthy of protection of the person concerned or another person may be impaired by the transmission of the data
- at the request of the witness protection service
- Blocked data may not be transmitted to non-public bodies, authorities of other countries or intergovernmental bodies without the consent of the person concerned
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Responsible: Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (as registration authority or during an asylum procedure) or immigration authorities responsible for the place of residence
- Proof of your identity
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where applicable, appropriate evidence that you or another person may be put at risk by the transfer
- You can demonstrate in a concrete and comprehensible manner that your interests or the interests of another person worthy of protection may be impaired by the transfer of your data.
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You can apply for a transfer block from the Central Register of Foreigners in writing or in person:
If you apply for the transmission block in person:
- Find out from your local immigration office what documents you need. If necessary, make an appointment.
- At your appointment, a member of staff will listen to you to find out the reasons for your request. A decision will then be made on your application.
- You will then receive a written decision. If your application is approved, the transfer block will apply immediately.
If you apply for the transfer block in writing:
- Ask your local immigration office which application form and other documents you need. If there is no application form, an informal signed application is sufficient.
- Send your application and the required documents to your foreigners authority, the Central Register of Foreigners or the branch office of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees responsible for processing your asylum application.
- After your application and documents have been checked, you will receive a written decision. If your application is approved, the transmission block will apply immediately.
Please note: Data transmission blocks can also be saved ex officio if there are interests worthy of protection or an overriding public interest. If a transfer block has been stored in the register ex officio, you as the data subject will be informed by the body that decided to store the data.
Varies depending on the authority
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Forms You can obtain them from your responsible office
Online procedure possible: no
Written form required: yes
Personal appearance required: no
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The transfer of data despite an existing transfer block is permitted in individual cases if there is an overriding public interest in knowing the blocked data (for example, to prosecute criminal offenses).
- Central register of foreigners Entry of transmission block
Remark: Display of performance in the source portal
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- Central register of foreigners Entry of transmission block
- AZR contains personal data of foreign nationals who live or have lived in Germany for more than 90 days
- In addition, data of foreigners can be recorded on special occasions relevant to residence law (e.g. when applying for asylum)
-
Data is blocked in the following cases:
- if interests worthy of protection of the person concerned or another person may be impaired by the transmission of the data
- at the request of the witness protection service
- Blocked data may not be transmitted to non-public bodies, authorities of other countries or intergovernmental bodies without the consent of the person concerned
-
Responsible: Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (as registration authority or during an asylum procedure) or immigration authorities responsible for the place of residence
- Proof of your identity
-
where applicable, appropriate evidence that you or another person may be put at risk by the transfer
- You can demonstrate in a concrete and comprehensible manner that your interests or the interests of another person worthy of protection may be impaired by the transfer of your data.
none
You can apply for a transfer block from the Central Register of Foreigners in writing or in person:
If you apply for the transmission block in person:
- Find out from your local immigration office what documents you need. If necessary, make an appointment.
- At your appointment, a member of staff will listen to you to find out the reasons for your request. A decision will then be made on your application.
- You will then receive a written decision. If your application is approved, the transfer block will apply immediately.
If you apply for the transfer block in writing:
- Ask your local immigration office which application form and other documents you need. If there is no application form, an informal signed application is sufficient.
- Send your application and the required documents to your foreigners authority, the Central Register of Foreigners or the branch office of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees responsible for processing your asylum application.
- After your application and documents have been checked, you will receive a written decision. If your application is approved, the transmission block will apply immediately.
Please note: Data transmission blocks can also be saved ex officio if there are interests worthy of protection or an overriding public interest. If a transfer block has been stored in the register ex officio, you as the data subject will be informed by the body that decided to store the data.
Varies depending on the authority
none
Forms You can obtain them from your responsible office
Online procedure possible: no
Written form required: yes
Personal appearance required: no
none
The transfer of data despite an existing transfer block is permitted in individual cases if there is an overriding public interest in knowing the blocked data (for example, to prosecute criminal offenses).
- Central register of foreigners Entry of transmission block
Remark: Display of performance in the source portal
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.