URA

URA is a reintegration project specifically for migrants returning to Kosovo.

The project offers reintegration support after your return to Kosovo to enable you to sustainably reintegrate in your country of origin.

What support is available?

Your individual support will be discussed in a consultation on site in Kosovo and may include the following services:

You can receive the following consulting and in-kind services as part of the reintegration project:

psychological support
Free social counseling and help in finding a job
partial reimbursement of travel expenses to the return center in Pristina
one-time payment of a bridging allowance
one-time reimbursement of medical expenses
One-time furnishing subsidy
monthly rent subsidy
One-time payment of the costs for language courses
Provision of basic school equipment for school children
Assumption of costs for tutoring for children and teenagers
Assumption of the costs for club memberships and leisure activities for children
Assumption of the costs for child care
Financial aid for education costs
Financial assistance for living expenses during education and training
Start-up money for promising business ideas

Please note: You have no legal right to the support.

Who is eligible for URA assistance?

You can only receive support through URA if you are returning from one of the following federal states: Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Bremen, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia (only voluntary returnees), Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia (only voluntary returnees). You must have resided in Germany for at least six months prior to your return.

How can you apply for URA?

You can apply for the assistance benefits only at the Return Center in Prishtina:

Rruga Arkitekt Karl Gega No. 38
10000 Pristina
Republik Kosovo

Phone: +383 45 625 886
Office hours are Monday to Friday 09:00-11:30 and 12:30-16:00.
Please note that registration must be made within eight weeks of return to the Pristina Return Center.

Which documents do you need?

You should bring the documents relating to your asylum procedure, e.g. the certificate of registration as an asylum seeker (in short "BÜMA" or the proof of arrival). Please also bring the birth certificates of children born in Germany and the German school certificate for children who are still minors, if this applies to you.