Translation for "zuständigkeitshalber" and more - Germany

Please translate or explain this German sentence which is written below in English.

"zuständigkeitshalber an E313 weitergeleitet"

Thank You

Could mean anything. Always provide context.

Something about your mother and army boots, but as STB says, it's all about context.

"For reasons of competence it has been forwarded to E313"

Whatever the "it" is.

if it is written below in english why do you need it translated.

Babel fish says :

"Passed on for reasons of competence at E313"

Dunno if that helps...

My brother requested to German authority to process his visa on urgent basis because his university's lectures will begin on 1st October,2009.This sentence which I have written below is the answer he got from German authority.

I guess his application for his Visa has been passed on to E313.

Thanks Franks. Does it mean that he will receive his visa within few days?

What do you think how much information is in these four words.
I can´t tell you, neither I know what E313 is.

It appears they are questioning your brother's competence to be and claim to be a student. This is something Germans do and most countries would before issuing a visa. Security here is very tight coming up to the elections so they are just running a few checks I'm sure that no idiots get into this fine land. I'm sure he will get an answer by... November.

Based on my recent experience with visas (both for Germany and the UK), I am going to go ahead and assume that no serious importance will be given to the urgency of your brother's situation. I too am currently in a similar scenario, and after three weeks of waiting for what I was told was a 99% chance of getting a visa before yesterday, I am now forced to go to the US through an expedited process and then fly back. Luckily, we students are one of the wealthier demographics

Though it seems, based on people's responses, that it is indeed being sent to some "special" E313 authority, I would never presume that you will get it in a few days. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

Good luck!

The E313 runs from Antwerp to Liege.
Your application has been sent there.

Looks like E313 is ethyl gallate.



Does your brother commonly associate with 3 HOs?

My favourite post ever in the history of Toytown.

There's some more information on zuständigkeitshalber on the Proz page. It's basically one of those long, vague, complicated words frequently found in German that could simply be deleted without actually affecting the sentence in any way.