Beihilfe NRW

With the Aid NRW app, those entitled to 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 an aid") digitally via their smartphone or tablet to the central scanning station in Detmold.

***Participating aid agencies***

Aid offices of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:

- State Office for salaries and benefits

- District Government Dusseldorf

- District government Detmold

- District government Arnsberg

- District government of Munster

- Cologne district government

- Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court

- Hamm Higher Regional Court

- Cologne Higher Regional Court

- Parliament

- Chamber of Agriculture

Municipal aid agencies:

- City of Dusseldorf

- City Cologne

- City Aachen

- Education authority for the city region of Aachen

- City of Ahlen

- City of Bielefeld

- City of Bochum

- City of Bonn

- City of Duren

- City of Duisburg

- City of Essen

- City Frechen

- City of Gelsenkirchen

- City of Herne

- City of Hilden

- Hochsauerland district

- City Hueckelhoven

- Kleve district

- City of Krefeld

- circle lip

- City of Marl

- City of Mülheim an der Ruhr

- City of Munster

- Oberberg district

- District of Olpe

- City of Remscheid

- Rheinisch-Bergischer district

- Rhein-Kreis Neuss

- Rhein-Sieg district

- City of Solingen

- District administration Viersen

- City of Wesel

Aid offices of the universities:

- University of Cologne

- Technical university Dortmund

You can view the current list of participating aid agencies here: http://beihilfeappinfo.nrw.de/Teil- teher.html

To capture your receipts, simply photograph them with the app. After your documents have been received by the central scanning station in Detmold, you will receive confirmation of receipt as a message on your smartphone or tablet. This app is free to use.

***Login/Registration ***

After your registration you will receive a confirmation code by post. After this one-time registration, you can transmit your receipts digitally.

***Security and Privacy***

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

*** Compatibility ***

Android version 10 or higher is recommended.