ELFE - Complete the name determination, parental benefit application, and child support application at the same time as a combined family benefit.

Procedure

You can apply for the combined family benefits bundled together at the same time or only selected individual services via the ELFE online service.

• To do this, use the online service ELFE - Simply Benefits for Parents.
• After submitting the application from the online service, it will be transmitted to the relevant specialized procedure of the competent authority.

Legal bases

• Gesetz zur Digitalisierung von Verwaltungsverfahren bei der Gewährung von Familienleistungen § 1-9; Begründung A.1.

More information

• The office responsible for the administrative service "birth notification" is the registry office in whose district the respective child was born.
• The office responsible for the administrative service "child benefit" according to the Income Tax Act is the Federal Central Tax Office (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern), the execution is the responsibility of the offices of the family benefits office of the Federal Employment Agency (by way of organ lending) and the family benefits offices of the public service.
• The parental allowance offices of the federal states in which applicants reside are responsible for the administrative service "parental allowance".