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Without proof of health insurance, a required document is missing at enrolment. Here is how registration, exemption and notification with your health fund work.

Psychotherapy as a student in Germany: consultation rules, waiting times, appointment service 116117 and reimbursement in statutory and private insurance.

Which parental income allowances apply under BAföG, why siblings in training do not add the 770-euro supplement, and how to estimate the amount counted.

Chair position, industrial doctorate or scholarship: how to fund a PhD in computer science in Germany and how you stay insured meanwhile. Figures as of October 2026.

Freelancing after graduation in Germany: when the KSK applies, how the small business rule works for VAT and how to secure your health and pension cover.

Student health insurance ends after your 30th birthday. Here we explain what students over 45 pay, which routes are open and which deadlines apply.

If you study in a course eligible for BAföG, you usually have no claim to basic benefits in Germany. Here are the exceptions and what happens to your health insurance.

For a part-time job abroad, the place of work usually decides. What you need to know about social insurance, tax and health cover, and which documents to get first.

Guest students are usually not enrolled, exchange students often are. This guide explains when student health insurance applies, when it does not, and which proof counts.

Having a child during a PhD in Germany: parental leave until the eighth birthday, two years extension per child and the 2026 amounts explained.