diff --git a/openslides/application/forms.py b/openslides/application/forms.py
index bb4efb80e..8488ffe19 100644
--- a/openslides/application/forms.py
+++ b/openslides/application/forms.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class ApplicationManagerForm(ModelForm, CssClassMixin):
 
 class ApplicationImportForm(Form, CssClassMixin):
     csvfile = FileField(widget=FileInput(attrs={'size':'50'}), label=_("CSV File"))
-
+    import_permitted = BooleanField(required=False, label=_("Import applications with status \"permitted\""), help_text=_("Set the initial status for each application to \"permitted\""))
 
 class ConfigForm(Form, CssClassMixin):
     application_min_supporters = IntegerField(
diff --git a/openslides/application/views.py b/openslides/application/views.py
index eb802555a..ddf3a854e 100644
--- a/openslides/application/views.py
+++ b/openslides/application/views.py
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ def application_import(request):
     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = ApplicationImportForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
         if form.is_valid():
+            import_permitted = form.cleaned_data['import_permitted']
             try:
                 users_generated = 0
                 applications_generated = 0
@@ -563,6 +564,9 @@ def application_import(request):
                         application.title = form.cleaned_data['title']
                         application.text = form.cleaned_data['text']
                         application.reason = form.cleaned_data['reason']
+                        if import_permitted:
+                            application.status = 'per'
+
                         application.save(user, trivial_change=True)
 
                 if applications_generated:
diff --git a/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
index 40abb2a85..953b7c69e 100644
Binary files a/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo and b/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index f59bdd646..cbe885981 100644
--- a/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-04-12 16:50+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-04-13 21:24+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1)\n"
 
-#: openslides_settings.py:42 settings.py:60
+#: openslides_settings.py:42
 msgid "German"
 msgstr "Deutsch"
 
-#: openslides_settings.py:43 settings.py:61
+#: openslides_settings.py:43
 msgid "English"
 msgstr "Englisch"
 
@@ -246,14 +246,14 @@ msgstr "Triviale Änderung"
 msgid "Trivial changes don't create a new version."
 msgstr "Triviale Änderungen erzeugen keine neue Version."
 
-#: application/forms.py:49 application/models.py:53
+#: application/forms.py:49 application/models.py:54
 #: application/templates/application/overview.html:39
 #: application/templates/application/view.html:13
 #: application/templates/projector/Application.html:22 utils/pdf.py:311
 msgid "Submitter"
 msgstr "Antragsteller/in"
 
-#: application/forms.py:50 application/models.py:55
+#: application/forms.py:50 application/models.py:56
 #: application/templates/application/view.html:27 utils/pdf.py:324
 msgid "Supporters"
 msgstr "Unterstützer/innen"
@@ -262,6 +262,14 @@ msgstr "Unterstützer/innen"
 msgid "CSV File"
 msgstr "CSV-Datei"
 
+#: application/forms.py:59
+msgid "Import applications with status \"permitted\""
+msgstr "Anträge als \"Zugelassen\" importieren"
+
+#: application/forms.py:59
+msgid "Set the initial status for each application to \"permitted\""
+msgstr "Setzt den initialen Status für jeden Antrag auf \"zugelassen\""
+
 #: application/forms.py:64
 msgid "Number of (minimum) required supporters for a application"
 msgstr "Mindestanzahl erforderlicher Unterstützer/innen für einen Antrag"