You must act to safeguard your right of residence in Germany if you

• do not have German citizenship,
• are living or working in Germany on 31 December 2020 and
• one of the following cases applies to you:
  • you are a UK national or
  • as a family member of a UK national, you have one of these German documents:
    • a residence card or
    • a permanent residence card or
  • On 31 December 2020, you were a family member of a UK national who was living in Germany on 31 December 2020 and you later move to Germany to join the UK national.

Note:
Family members in this sense are spouses, civil partners and children below 21 years of age. Other relatives in an ascending or descending line (parents, (great-)grandparents, children, (great‑) grandchildren, etc.) are affected if they receive financial or in-kind support from UK nationals. Other relatives and partners can be considered by discretion, i.e. after taking a close look at the individual case.