Guidance

UK Defence in Germany - Information notes

Information notes in support of UK Defence in Germany, produced by the Germany Enabling Office.

From:
Ministry of Defence and Strategic Command
Published
18 November 2022
Last updated
12 March 2024 — See all updates

Documents

052022 Control of Aliens and Immigration Germany including Employment

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2024-9912 BFBS Direct to Home (DTH) - expires 8 March 2025

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2024-9908 Personal Exports Scheme - expires 8 March 2025

PDF, 194 KB, 3 pages

2024-9735 Return of Goods Relief - expires 11 February 2025

PDF, 209 KB, 4 pages

2024-9737 Return of Goods Relief (RGR) – mid assignment - expires 11 February 2025

PDF, 226 KB, 3 pages

2023-9605 Personal Imports - expires 24 November 2024

PDF, 142 KB, 4 pages

2023-9063 NATO SOFA and Spouse Employment (FAQ) - expires 12 June 2024

PDF, 159 KB, 3 pages

Details

The Germany Enabling Office (GEO) is the United Kingdom’s military mission in Germany and the responsible authority for enabling, monitoring and assuring the conduct of United Kingdom defence in Germany under the United Kingdom’s obligations to the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (NATO SOFA) and the Supplementary Agreement (SA) in Germany.

The NATO SOFA and the SA are the international legal agreements enabling the military of the United Kingdom to operate in Germany.

Our engagement with UK defence personnel in Germany, and where applicable broader Europe, is routinely through the customer-facing UK National Support Elements (UK NSE).

Though the GEO is not directly customer facing you will receive communication from us via your NSE. Our routine official communications with those NSE are in the form of information notes.

Where possible those information notes will be made available on this webpage.

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Published 18 November 2022
Last updated 12 March 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated: BFBS Direct to Home (DTH). Added: Personal Exports Scheme. Added: link to ‘Spousal employment - NATO Status of Forces Agreement’. Added: information about the NATO Status of Forces Agreement and Supplementary Agreement in Germany; who the Germany Enabling Office is responsible to.

  2. Expired information notes removed. New information notes introduced.

  3. All Germany Enabling Office information notes are reviewed annually and either removed or replaced as is appropriate. Updated: '2023-9605 Personal Imports'.

  4. Force Information Note 2023-9063 added due to annual expiry of previous edition. Previous version deleted.

  5. New information note added reference BFBS Direct to Home service.

  6. 022022 BFBS Direct to Home removed (expired 17 March 2023).

  7. Added: 2023-8557 Return of Goods Relief - Mid-Assignment and 2023-8568 Transfer of Residence and Return of Goods Relief.

  8. Expired information note removed.

  9. New information note added in regard to Nationwide Alert Day - Warnung der Bevölkerung in Germany

  10. First published.