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If there are any changes in your personal situation during your unemployment, you must report them.
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
A change in your personal situation may affect your entitlement to unemployment benefit. You may receive less or more money. You must therefore report any change in your personal circumstances to your local employment agency immediately. This information is important to ensure that you receive the correct amount of benefits to which you are entitled.
In particular, you must report if you:
In some cases, you should contact your local employment agency before your personal situation changes.
For example, if you take up a second job: The income from the secondary employment may affect the amount of unemployment benefit you receive.
The obligation to notify also applies to changes that may have a retroactive effect on your benefits. This is the case, for example, if you are retroactively granted a pension.
If you receive supplementary unemployment benefit II in addition to unemployment benefit, you must notify the Jobcenter of the change separately. Please follow the instructions for this benefit and use the form for notifying changes when receiving basic income support benefits.
You can submit the notification of change online, in person, in writing or by telephone. You will then receive notification by post as to whether and how the change in your personal situation affects your entitlement to unemployment benefit.
If you would like to submit the notification of change online:
If you would like to submit the notification of change in person on site:
If you would like to submit the notification of change in writing:
If you would like to report the change by telephone:
Fee: none
You must report any changes immediately. This way, you avoid having to pay back benefits if necessary.
Depending on the nature of the notified change, processing will take up to 5 business days.
If you receive a decision that is detrimental to you as a result of the notified change(s), you have the option of lodging an objection. The deadline for lodging an objection is one month after notification of the decision. Further information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the relevant notification.
If you lose your job or your training position, you can apply for unemployment benefits so that you are financially secure.
If you do not have enough money to cover your own living expenses, you can apply for citizen's allowance.