First steps - 21st June 2017 View online at http://vmkrcmar21.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/wordpress/lkrottal-inn/de First steps Top Page 1 First steps - 21st June 2017 View online at http://vmkrcmar21.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/wordpress/lkrottal-inn/de Welcome Welcome to the Rottal-Inn district! Dear new citizens, a warm welcome to the Rottal-Inn district. You must have a lot of questions about life in Germany and in the Rottal-Inn district. This App was designed as a small guidebook and advice book to make it easy for you to find helpful information. This App will give you useful and helpful tips about daily life in our region in different languages. Volunteers and help centres can also use this App to learn about the services available and to find information. We hope this App makes your life in Rottal-Inn a little bit easier. We are happy to welcome you and hope that you will find your way quickly and will feel at home in our region. District Chief Executive Michael Fahmüller Top Page 2 First steps - 21st June 2017 View online at http://vmkrcmar21.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/wordpress/lkrottal-inn/de Overview of contact persons Immigration Office What does the Immigration Office do? It grants things like residence permits and regulates visa applications (for instance for family reunions). The Immigration Office does not assess asylum applications. That is done by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). Rottal-Inn District administration – Immigration Office Ringstraße 4-7 84347 Pfarrkirchen Tel: 08561/20-0 (Switchboard) | e-mail: [email protected] Opening hours: Mon – Fri 8.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. Mon + Thu 1.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. Internet Your contact person Social Services What do Social Services do? They help with social matters such as asylum seeker benefits. Even if you have fallen ill and have to see a doctor, as an asylum seeker, you will be given a sick leave notice from Social Services employees. Rottal-Inn District administration – Social affairs Ringstraße 4-7 84347 Pfarrkirchen Tel: 08561/20-0 (Switchboard) Opening hours: Mon – Fri 8.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. Page 3 First steps - 21st June 2017 View online at http://vmkrcmar21.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/wordpress/lkrottal-inn/de Mon + Thu 1.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. Internet (Overview and Contact persons) Child Welfare Services What do Child Welfare Services do? The Child Welfare Services advise parents, youths and children on educational issues and are responsible for all youth care benefits. Child Welfare Services are responsible for immigration matters for unaccompanied foreign minors. District administration Rottal-Inn – Youth and Family Office (Amt für Jugend und Familie) Ringstraße 4-7 84347 Pfarrkirchen Tel: 08561-200 (Switchboard) | e-mail: [email protected] Internet Federal Employment Agency (Agentur für Arbeit) Responsible for unrecognised asylum seekers (i.e. asylum procedures are still in progress (permit) or request for asylum was rejected (legal tolerance) What does the Federal Employment Agency do?The Federal Employment Agency is your point of contact regarding the transition from school into the labour market (career counselling), job placement, and professional development advce as well as employer advice (employer services). Visitor’s address: Federal Employment Agency Max-Breiherr-Str. 3 84347 Pfarrkirchen Tel: 0871-697-330 (Team Migration) Opening hours: Mon – Fri 7.30 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. Mon 1.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Page 4 First steps - 21st June 2017 View online at http://vmkrcmar21.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/wordpress/lkrottal-inn/de Thu 1.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. You can find translated documents right here: translations (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) Job Centres responsible for recognised asylum seekers (i.e. asylum application was approved) What do the Job Centres do?The Job Centre is your point of contact if you are unemployed or need financial help. It pays financial benefits but will also help you to reintegrate into the labour market, if necessary. It also helps you find a language course, gives career advice, and helps you get your diplomas recognised. Visitor’s address Job Centre Ringstraße 23 84347 Pfarrkirchen Opening hours: Mon – Fri 7.30 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. Mon and Thu 1.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Tel: 08561-982-369 e-mail: [email protected] Migration advice for adult immigrants (“Migrationsberatung für Erwachsene” – MBE) Caritas Eggenfelden Herr Christof Scheck Stadtplatz 1 84307 Eggenfelden Tel.: 08721/911105 E-Mail: [email protected] The “Seele-Fon” – your number of mental support The “SeeleFon” is a nationwide telephone and electronic self-help service. It supports Page 5 First steps - 21st June 2017 View online at http://vmkrcmar21.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/wordpress/lkrottal-inn/de refugees and migrants in mental distress and their families. You will find partners who have experience in dealing with exceptional mental situations, e.g. Your child sits sadly on the side and ponders all the time. Your wife or husband talks about nightmares in the morning. It is worthwhile to accept the help. Your number of mental support: 0228 / 71002425 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10 to 12 am and 2 to 3 pm Top Page 6 First steps - 21st June 2017 View online at http://vmkrcmar21.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/wordpress/lkrottal-inn/de Asylum seekers: Your accommodation After arriving in the Rottal-Inn district, accommodation will be provided for you. You can not choose this place of accommodation by yourself. This place of accommodation is your home for the duration of the asylum process. A set of rules you will have to follow will be available at your place of accommodation. Contact person Every place of accommodation is managed by a “director”. Decentralised Accommodation is overseen by employees of the Social Services. Shared Accommodation (“GU’s”) is overseen by the authorities of Lower Bavaria. You will be informed when the competent authorities are on-site in your accommodation. Social Services District administration Rottal-Inn – Social affairs Ringstraße 4-7 84347 Pfarrkirchen Tel: 08561/20-0 (Switchboard) Opening hours: Mon – Fri 8.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. Mon + Thu 1.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. Your contacts Top Page 7 First steps - 21st June 2017 View online at http://vmkrcmar21.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/wordpress/lkrottal-inn/de Asylum seekers: What do you need to do first? You have arrived in the Rottal-Inn district and have moved into your assigned accommodation. As an asylum seeker you will have to keep a number of appointments with the authorities in the near future. The process is as follows 1. In consultation with your accommodation’s director an appointment will soon be made with the responsible municipal administration so you can: – register with the registration office – apply for benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act (AsylbLG) 2. Make an appointment with the district administration Rottal-Inn: – with Social Services, regarding benefit receipt under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act (AsylbLG) – with the Immigration Office to present your “identification card“, e.g. proof of arrival or residence permit. as well as all available proof of identify, e.g. passports, certificates from your home country If you have not applied for asylum with the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) yet, do not cancel your asylum application appointment. 3. Start learning German and get information on life in Germany: – you can find more information on how to learn German in the “German Language” (Deutsche Sprache) chapter – make use of the helpful App “Ankommen” (Arrival) during your first weeks in Germany [available in: ??????? | ????? | English | Français] – If you are no longer in compulsory education you can immediately start a “work opportunity” (Arbeitsgelegenheit) (in accordance with § 5 AsylbLG). This needs to be checked and approved by the district administration. A work opportunity is not a job, but an additional, charitable activity, e.g. within an accommodation facility or a communal institution. You will not receive a salary, but you will receive a small allowance. As a recipient of benefits, doing a “work opportunity” may be compulsory. 4. The BAMF decides on your asylum application: Page 8 First steps - 21st June 2017 View online at http://vmkrcmar21.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/wordpress/lkrottal-inn/de The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) considers you application for asylum in Germany. You will be informed of its decision by letter. The BAMF can make different kinds of decision: – if the decision is positive your application will be granted – if the decision is negative your application will berejected Contact person Federal Employment Agency The Federal Employment Agency is your point of contact regarding the transition from school into the labour market (career counselling) and access to the labour market. Visitor’s address: Max-Breiherr-Str. 3 84347 Pfarrkirchen Tel: 0871-697-330 (Migration Team) Opening hours: Mon – Fri 7.30 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. Mon 1.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Thu 1.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Immigration Office District administration Rottal-Inn – Immigration Office Ringstraße 4-7 84347 Pfarrkirchen Tel: 08561/20-0 (Switchboard) | e-mail: [email protected] Opening hours: Page 9 First steps - 21st June 2017 View online at http://vmkrcmar21.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/wordpress/lkrottal-inn/de Mon – Fri 8.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. Mon + Thu 1.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. Internet Your contacts Social Services District administration Rottal-Inn – Social affairs Ringstraße 4-7 84347 Pfarrkirchen Tel: 08561/20-0 (Operator) Opening hours: Mon – Fri 8.00 a.m.