Our family is living without a residence permit in Germany. Can or must my child still go to school?
If you are living in Germany without a residence permit, that is, you are illegally residing, whether your child can or must attend school depends on your state.
Be sure to get support from an MBE (Migrationsberatung [Immigration counselling]) office or a family counselling agency.
Children living illegally in Baden-Wuerttemberg are not obliged to attend school. However, they are allowed.
Children living illegally in Bavaria are obliged to attend school.
Children living illegally in North Rhine-Westphalia are obliged to attend school.