BAföG - Vocational preparation year (BVJ)

Course description

If you are attending the vocational preparation year, you may be eligible for training assistance (BAföG).

Prerequisites

• You must attend a vocational preparation year.
• you do not live with your parents or one of your parents and the
journey to the intended training centre is more than 2 hours (outward and return journey combined) from your parents' or one of your parents' place of residence.oryou
• run your own household and are married or in a civil partnership.
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• run your own household and were married or in a civil partnership.
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• run your own household and live with at least one child.

Your parents' income is taken into account in the calculation.

Required documents

You must present the following documents:

• Copy of passport as an EU citizen or residence permit as a non-EU citizen
• Form 1 (application for educational support, curriculum vitae: please fill out without gaps and to the month from the end of primary school)
• Form 2 (school certificate): completed by your school
• Certificate of your health and long-term care insurance (if you do not have family insurance)
• Copy of your tenancy agreement (if you do not live with your parents)
• Form 3 (declaration of income from your parents and, if applicable, spouse* or partner*): from both parents and, if applicable, spouse* or partner* based on their income from the calendar year before last
• Income tax assessment notice(s) from both parents and, if applicable, spouse or partner from the calendar year before last
• School or study certificate or training contract from your siblings

You can find the forms under the heading "Forms & Links".