The decision made regarding your asylum application will determine whether or not your family members can join you in Germany. If your procedure is ongoing, you will not be entitled to privileged family reunification. You may only apply for family reunification for your dependants (spouse and children) if a positive decision has been made regarding your asylum application and you have been granted asylum or refugee protection. You have to submit an application for family reunification within three months at the Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt).

This also applies if you have been granted subsidiary protection. However, the number of persons who can join you is limited to 1,000 per month. There is no legal entitlement to family reunification. The competent authorities decide on humanitarian grounds who receives a residence permit.