The Grundsicherungsgeld Application (formerly Bürgergeld) – The Main Jobcenter Form — on Video
This video is from the OK+ channel, runs about 21 minutes and was published in 2025. It is the filmed walkthrough that accompanies our written guide to The Grundsicherungsgeld Application (formerly Bürgergeld) – The Main Jobcenter Form — watch it here, and find the detail in writing in the linked article below.
What this video shows
- The main sections of the Hauptantrag and the order to work through them
- Entering your personal details and those of the household of need (Bedarfsgemeinschaft)
- The fields for housing, rent and heating costs
- What belongs in the income and assets sections
- The declarations you sign at the end of the application
- The documents normally required with the application
The official links for this subject
- Hauptantrag (HA) — official PDF
- Anlage EK, the income annex — official PDF
- Anlage KI, the child annex — official PDF
- Anlage VM, the assets annex — official PDF
- Anlage SV, the social-insurance annex — official PDF
- Anlage KDU, the housing and heating annex — official PDF
- Official completion guidance (Ausfüllhinweise) — PDF
- The download page for all official SGB II forms
The full written guide
If you would rather have the detail in writing — the forms, the links and the common mistakes — the full guide is here:
The Grundsicherungsgeld Application (formerly Bürgergeld) – The Main Jobcenter Form
Watch the video on YouTube
And if you would rather watch on YouTube directly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUPFwsZtx6E
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