Drift provides AI-assisted general immigration information and access to independent licensed lawyers. It is not a law firm and does not provide personalised legal advice or representation.

General information explains legislation, official procedures, common requirements, and typical next steps without reaching a legal conclusion about one person’s case.

Advice becomes individual when it requires a legal assessment of a person’s particular facts, documents, deadlines, risks, or strategy. That work is handled by an independent licensed lawyer.

The German Legal Services Act—Rechtsdienstleistungsgesetz or RDG—defines a legal service as activity in a specific third-party matter that requires a legal examination of the individual case. It also regulates who may provide out-of-court legal services.

Drift therefore keeps the legal assessment and professional judgment of an individual immigration matter with an appropriately authorised lawyer. Read the official RDG.

The German Lawyers’ Remuneration Act—Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz or RVG—governs remuneration for lawyers’ professional work, including statutory fees and the framework for fee agreements.

The independent lawyer or their engagement documentation confirms the legal service, applicable price, billing terms, and any separate costs. Read the official RVG.

The lawyer decides how to analyse, advise on, or represent a case. Drift does not direct the lawyer’s professional judgment and does not guarantee a decision by an immigration authority or court.

Seek individual legal review where a matter involves a deadline, refusal, removal risk, uncertain status, travel restrictions, work rights, conflicting official information, or other significant consequences.