Current Information About RLC Counseling

We only offer legal counseling on matters relating to German/EU asylum and humanitarian immigration law. We, unfortunately, do not have expertise in legal matters from other countries.

Rahlstedt-Counseling: Mondays from 3:30-5:30 pm.

At the Haus 2 of the Gymnasium Meiendorf (Schierenberg 60, 22145 HH). This is an open consultation for which you do not need an appointment however,  we recommend you arrive early to avoid long wait times.

Altona-Counseling:  Wednesdays from 3 – 6 pm. 

At the “Embassy of Hope” at the Thalia in der Gaußstraße (Gaußstraße 190, 22765 Hamburg). This is an open consultation for which you do not need an appointment however, we recommend you arrive early to avoid long wait times.

St. Georg-Counseling:  Thursdays, 3 – 5 pm.

At the Caritas premises (Danziger Str. 66, 20099 Hamburg). Please make an appointment in advance via this e-mail address: rlc-beratung[at]uni-hamburg.de

Please also tell us in your email if a translator is needed during the counseling.

Online-Counseling: Fridays from 3 – 6 pm.
If you seek legal advice online, please send us an email to: rlc-beratung[at]uni-hamburg.de

We will send you an appointment and the link for counseling afterwards. Please note that in order to plan the meeting times, it is necessary that you send us an email at least a day in advance until 8pm. Please also tell us in your email if a translator is needed during the online counseling.

We are looking forward to seeing you and wish you all the best!
The Refugee Law Clinic Hamburg

Important Information for your Consultation:

Please bring any documentation relevant to your asylum procedure (letters from the BAMF, a lawyer, the reception centre, the Ausländerbehörde, health certificates…).

Depending on the composition of our team, we can offer legal advice in different languages: German, Farsi, Arabi, Turkish, Russian, English, French and Spanish.

The Refugee Law Clinic Hamburg does not provide legal advice via email, Facebook or telephone. Please come to our walk-in hours listed above to talk about your case. No appointment is necessary.

Please note our terms and conditions below!

Important!
Please note that we can not provide legal consultation via e-mail or telephone.
  1. The Legal Consultation offered by the Refugee Law Clinic is not provided by lawyers, but by students who are not yet examined in the field of law
  2. Consultation is free of charge and non-binding.
  3. Should the complexity of an individual case overextend the consulting students abilities in any way, the consultation can be ended at any time. In this case the advice seeker must be informed immediately.
  4. The Liability for errors and mistakes during consultation is limited to gross negligence and the consultants’ usual care and diligence.
  5. The Informations shared during consultation by those seeking advice -as well as any provided documents- shall be treated confidentially by lawyers and consulting students. Submitted Data shall only be used in order to process the enquiry. The Data may be stored. Data will neither be given to nor shared with any third party. All Data will be deleted irretrievably at the end of the project, at the latest.
  6. Protection from possible seizure or confiscation does not exist. A right to refuse to testify does not exist for consulting students and possibly for supervising lawyers.
  7. The above provisions shall also apply in case of their partial invalidity.