Ummeldung, travel & social benefits
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 1:28 pm
Hi everyone 
We're a couple, both EU citizens, with 2 kids, 3 yrs and 3 months old, respectively, the latter born in May this year. I'm unemployed as of April receiving Elterngeld (and Kindergeld). My husband has a contract until the end of November and is scheduled to receive Elterngeld in December 2024 and Mar 2025. So, except those months, he will get unemployment money from the end of his contract on. We are currently looking for jobs outside Germany so we don't know yet when we are leaving.
We received a notice for Eigenbedarf on our apartment and will have to be out by November. It's been complicated to find an apartment given our future social situation and uncertainty.
We are considering to travel for some time before the actual move to a new apartment, but this would mean we would have a period of void where we would be without an address in Germany during that travel. Renting an Airbnb or similar during that time would not make sense as we would not be around.
My questions are:
- how long can we be without an ummeldung address in Germany? (this would determine how long we plan to travel - can we travel at all?!)
- do we loose the above-mentioned social benefits during this time?
Thanks in advance!
InesPT
PS- I say ummeldung but if we change municipality (which is also possible) it would have to be a new anmeldung.
We're a couple, both EU citizens, with 2 kids, 3 yrs and 3 months old, respectively, the latter born in May this year. I'm unemployed as of April receiving Elterngeld (and Kindergeld). My husband has a contract until the end of November and is scheduled to receive Elterngeld in December 2024 and Mar 2025. So, except those months, he will get unemployment money from the end of his contract on. We are currently looking for jobs outside Germany so we don't know yet when we are leaving.
We received a notice for Eigenbedarf on our apartment and will have to be out by November. It's been complicated to find an apartment given our future social situation and uncertainty.
We are considering to travel for some time before the actual move to a new apartment, but this would mean we would have a period of void where we would be without an address in Germany during that travel. Renting an Airbnb or similar during that time would not make sense as we would not be around.
My questions are:
- how long can we be without an ummeldung address in Germany? (this would determine how long we plan to travel - can we travel at all?!)
- do we loose the above-mentioned social benefits during this time?
Thanks in advance!
InesPT
PS- I say ummeldung but if we change municipality (which is also possible) it would have to be a new anmeldung.
