Core Family of a Protection Beneficiary — Application after Three Months

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Which family relationships qualify?

The core family qualifies: the spouse or partner and the minor unmarried children of the protection beneficiary.

See recorded sources

https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Familie/NachzugZuDrittstaatlern/nachzug-zu-drittstaatlern-node.html
If you are a spouse or partner or a minor unmarried child (the "core family") of persons entitled to asylum, recognised refugees, persons entitled to subsidiary protection, or resettled refugees

Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?

The sponsor must be a foreigner holding a residence permit under s.23(4), s.25(1) or s.25(2) AufenthG, or a settlement permit under s.26(3)/(4). Family reunification under s.36a to persons with subsidiary protection is not granted until the end of 23 July 2027.

See recorded sources

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/BJNR195010004.html
(2) Bei dem Ehegatten und dem minderjährigen ledigen Kind eines Ausländers, der eine Aufenthaltserlaubnis nach § 23 Absatz 4, § 25 Absatz 1 oder 2, eine Niederlassungserlaubnis nach § 26 Absatz 3 oder nach Erteilung einer Aufenthaltserlaubnis nach § 25 Absatz 2 Satz 2 eine Niederlassungserlaubnis nach § 26 Absatz 4 besitzt, kann von den Voraussetzungen des § 5 Absatz 1 Nummer 1 und des Absatzes 1 Nummer 2 abgesehen werden.
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/BJNR195010004.html
(14) Bis zum Ablauf des 23. Juli 2027 wird ein Familiennachzug nach § 36a zu einer Person, der eine Aufenthaltserlaubnis nach § 25 Absatz 2 Satz 1 zweite Alternative erteilt worden ist, nicht gewährt.

What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the evidence needed to prove the family relationship.

What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?

Within three months of recognition the core family can join even without secured subsistence or sufficient living space; after the three-month period reunification remains possible, but the protection beneficiary must then show efforts to find work and own accommodation.

See recorded sources

Limits of the record

BAMF page dated 01/03/2024; statute (s.29(2) sentence 1) makes the waiver discretionary ("kann") outside the window.

https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Familie/NachzugZuDrittstaatlern/nachzug-zu-drittstaatlern-node.html
you can move to Germany even if your subsistence is not covered and sufficient living space is not available.
https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Familie/NachzugZuDrittstaatlern/nachzug-zu-drittstaatlern-node.html
Family reunification is also possible after the three-month period has expired. The person entitled to protection already living in Germany must however then demonstrate that they are making efforts to find work and their own accommodation.

How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?

The privileged three-month window runs from final recognition (or from issue of the s.23(4) permit for resettled persons); if recognition follows a court judgment it starts after the new positive BAMF decision; a timely application by the sponsor also preserves the deadline. Family members who come for family reunification may take up work. The official source does not state the duration of the family member's permit or a route to independent or permanent status.

See recorded sources

Limits of the record

Duration of the family member's permit and route to independent/permanent status not stated in captured sources for this route.

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/BJNR195010004.html
der im Zuge des Familiennachzugs erforderliche Antrag auf Erteilung eines Aufenthaltstitels innerhalb von drei Monaten nach unanfechtbarer Anerkennung als Asylberechtigter oder unanfechtbarer Zuerkennung der Flüchtlingseigenschaft oder subsidiären Schutzes oder nach Erteilung einer Aufenthaltserlaubnis nach § 23 Absatz 4 gestellt wird und 2. die Herstellung der familiären Lebensgemeinschaft in einem Staat, der nicht Mitgliedstaat der Europäischen Union ist und zu dem der Ausländer oder seine Familienangehörigen eine besondere Bindung haben, nicht möglich ist. Die in Satz 2 Nr. 1 genannte Frist wird auch durch die rechtzeitige Antragstellung des Ausländers gewahrt.
https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Familie/NachzugZuDrittstaatlern/nachzug-zu-drittstaatlern-node.html
If recognition is granted by a court judgment (e.g. in the case of an appeal against a rejection of the asylum application), this period only begins after a new, positive decision is issued by the Federal Office. In the case of admission under the resettlement procedure, the period begins when the relevant residence permit is issued for the first time.
https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Familie/NachzugZuDrittstaatlern/nachzug-zu-drittstaatlern-node.html
You are also entitled to take up work if you come to Germany for the purposes of family reunification.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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Core Family of a Protection Beneficiary — Application after Three Months

Which family relationships qualify?

Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?

What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?

What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?

How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?

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