New Rules Expand German Child Benefit Eligibility for Non-Resident Parents
Parents working abroad, including development workers and missionaries, may now qualify for German child benefit claims. This follows new rules that expand eligibility for non-resident parents.
Previously, non-resident parents not unlimitedly tax-liable in Germany had to meet specific legal and administrative requirements to claim family allowances or child benefits. Now, they can do so if they are in an insurance obligation relationship with the Federal Employment Agency, regardless of their affiliation with organizations.
German citizens working abroad as civil servants, judges, or soldiers remain unlimited tax-liable and thus eligible. Additionally, Germans living abroad and working can now claim child benefit for their offspring under certain conditions.
The new rules broaden the scope for non-resident parents to claim child benefits in Germany. They now include those with an insurance obligation relationship with the Federal Employment Agency, regardless of organizational affiliation. This change aims to support families with parents working abroad.
