Beihilfe NRW

Description

With the BeihilfeNRW app, those eligible for aid from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and participating municipalities can submit the documents required for a short application ("short application for payment of aid") digitally via their smartphone or tablet to the central scanning point in Detmold.

***Participating aid agencies***

Aid agencies of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:

- State Office for Salaries and Pensions
- Düsseldorf district government
- Detmold district government
- Arnsberg district government
- Münster district government
- Cologne district government
- Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court
- Hamm Higher Regional Court
- Cologne Higher Regional Court
- State Parliament
- Chamber of Agriculture

Municipal aid agencies:

- City of Düsseldorf
- City of Cologne
- City of Aachen
- Aachen city region municipal area
- School authority for the Aachen city region
- City of Ahlen
- City of Bielefeld
- City of Bochum
- City of Bonn
- City of Bottrop
- Düren district
- City of Düren
- City of Duisburg
- City of Essen
- City of Frechen
- City of Gelsenkirchen
- City of Herne
- City of Hilden
- Hochsauerlandkreis
- City of Hückelhoven
- Kleve district
- City of Krefeld
- Lippe district
- City of Marl
- City of Mülheim an der Ruhr
- City of Münster
- Oberbergischer Kreis
- City of Remscheid
- Aachen city region
- Rhine district of Neuss
- Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
- Rhein-Sieg district
- City of Solingen
- Viersen district administration
- City of Wesel

University aid offices:

- University of Cologne
- University of Duisburg-Essen
- Technical University of Dortmund

You can view the current list of participating aid agencies here: https://beihilfeappinfo.nrw.de/bürger.html

To record your receipts, simply photograph them using the app. After your documents have been received at the central scanning point in Detmold, you will receive a confirmation of receipt as a message on your smartphone or tablet. Using this app is free.

***Login/Registration***
After you register, you will receive a confirmation code by mail. After this one-time registration, you can submit your receipts digitally.

*** Security and Privacy ***
The photographed receipts are already stored encrypted in the app and then transmitted in encrypted form. Only you have access to your data.

***Compatibility***

Android:
Requires Android version 9 or higher