Filling In the Kindergeld Application – Basic Child Benefit in Germany — on Video
This video is from the OK+ channel, runs about 11 minutes and was published in 2025. It is the filmed walkthrough that accompanies our written guide to Filling In the Kindergeld Application – Basic Child Benefit in Germany — watch it here, and find the detail in writing in the linked article below.
What this video shows
- Who may claim and where the claim goes
- The main form KG 1, field by field
- The child annex KG 1-AnK — one per child
- The tax identification number of the child and the parent, and why the claim is incomplete without it
- The situation of a child over eighteen and what is then required
- The documents to attach and the order to send them in
The official links for this subject
- Official Kindergeld forms page — in seventeen languages, and the online application
- Official Kinderzuschlag forms page
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:
Filling In the Kindergeld Application – Basic Child Benefit in Germany
Watch the video on YouTube
And if you would rather watch on YouTube directly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjWSwfx9wpM
A tool that shortens the road
The OK Plus DE app gathers German administrative calculators and form templates in one place, free, ad-free, in seven languages. Android and iPhone, from the same page:
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