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Write an email!
Apparently, the federal and state governments are turning a blind eye to our precarious situations. So feel free to write an email to the BMBF or the responsible ministry in your federal state in which you describe your situation and send our demands to the responsible ministers.
If you want, you can also sent us your statement and demands to statement@keinmalzahlung200.de and we will send collected statements to the respective governments.
How to apply for your 200€ in a (relatively) data-saving way*
We consider the application for the (K)Einmalzahlung (one-time) payment to be too demanding, and the process also requires a lot of data from students. Our friends from netzpolitik.org even consider, that the process is violating the GDPR.Therefore, we would like to recommend a variant that collects the least amount of data.
First of all, it won't work completely without a BundID account. This is the account you need to apply for on the platform. The platform is to be activated on March 15 at einmalzahlung200.de. To make sure that the BundID account can be clearly assigned to you, it requires further verification - but: this is also possible without an Elster certificate or online ID card!* You can get a personal PIN from your educational institution. Then you only have to create a BundID account with your email and password and avoid the use of your online-ID card or Elster certificate. This way, all students can get their money regardless of their passport or technical requirements.
* Update: The BMBF and various state ministries apparently make contradictory statements on this.
Yes, they aren't even able to do that. In the end we can't promise that this way will be possible.