Apply for your data stored in the Central Register of Foreigners to be blocked for transmission

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.

• 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.

• Proof of your identity
• where applicable, appropriate evidence that you or another person may be put at risk by the transfer
  

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Varies depending on the authority

• § Section 4 Act on the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR Act)
• § Section 7 Implementing Ordinance to the AZR Act (AZRG-DV)
• General administrative regulation on the AZR Act and the AZRG-DV

Forms You can obtain them from your responsible office

Online procedure possible: no

Written form required: yes

Personal appearance required: no

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).

23.09.2019